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Rayner, Gillian; Beaumont, Elaine; McAndrew, Sue; Irons, Chris – Health Education Journal, 2021
Background: Stress, and particularly burnout, is a major problem among healthcare workers and can lead to high staff turnover and low patient/client satisfaction. Objective: To explore the impact of 3-day compassion-focused therapy training on those delivering education to healthcare students. The underpinning premise was that the training course…
Descriptors: Altruism, Higher Education, Therapy, Health Education
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Costa, Mila; McMullen, Mary Benson – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
Infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) learn what it means to be members of, and to belong to and be accepted by, their societies by adopting behaviors, attitudes, manners, and ways of thinking that are deeply rooted in what is valued in their culture. Infant and toddler teachers play a pivotal role as transmitters and maintainers of culture when…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Cultural Influences, Preschool Teachers
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Pierce, Doris; Spence, Amy; Sakemiller, Lisa; Roberts, Celeste – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
This study of occupational therapy services to students with disabilities, 14 to 16 years of age, demonstrated effectiveness (Pierce, Spence, Sakemiller, & Roberts, 2020). The intervention approach was developed by 14 school-based occupational therapy personnel from 10 Midwestern school districts and described using grounded theory. Forty-two…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Intervention
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Benson, Tracey A.; Salas, Spencer; Dolet, Tia; Jones, Bianca – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2021
Urban charter schools targeting Black communities struggle to recruit Black teachers and even more to retain them. At the same time that scholarship has begun to recenter Black and Brown teachers' lives, the narrated perspectives of Black women teachers are often drowned out in urban educational reform's Hollywoodization. In this article, we story…
Descriptors: Caring, Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Minority Group Teachers
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Amlani, Salma A.; Paulson, Eric J. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2020
The purpose of this multisite case study was to understand students' experiences of academic services and policies at community colleges (CCs) in India and how they perceived these experiences as impacting their success in college. Participants included 19 students from four CCs across diverse geographical locations in India who agreed to respond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Experience
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Raspa, Melissa; Bann, Carla M.; Gwaltney, Angela; Benke, Timothy A.; Fu, Cary; Glaze, Daniel G.; Haas, Richard; Heydemann, Peter; Jones, Mary; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Lieberman, David; Marsh, Eric; Peters, Sarika; Ryther, Robin; Standridge, Shannon; Skinner, Steven A.; Percy, Alan K.; Neul, Jeffrey L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects females. Recent work indicates the potential for disease modifying therapies. However, there remains a need to develop outcome measures for use in clinical trials. Using data from a natural history study (n = 1,075), we examined the factor structure, internal consistency,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Lubin, Jacqueline – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2020
Using an adaptation of Brownell and Smith's (1993) conceptual model, this study sought to examine the perception of primary and secondary special educators in St. Lucia of their roles as compared to roles of special education teachers universally. A survey, consisting of 89 Likert-scale statements and five closed ended questions, was administered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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Anderson, Susan E.; Putman, Rebecca S. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2020
This study investigated the perspectives of elementary special education teachers regarding integrating technology into lessons. Eight special education teachers at a private university laboratory school, who varied in their levels of teaching experience and confidence with using technology, participated in the study. We interviewed each teacher…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
Tarlise N. Townsend – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation addresses several contemporary health challenges affecting the US population, drawing on methods and perspectives from health services research, social demography, and medical sociology. Paper 1 examines the pathways from educational attainment to difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Educational Attainment, Disabilities, Age Differences
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Clary, Christy D. – Journal of Extension, 2018
A picture is worth a thousand words! Extension professionals are often looking for the picture that best captures an event and tells its story. Look beneath the surface, though, and a picture is worth much more. Developing a 4-H press corps results in a collection of useful photos but has the added benefit of providing 4-H members with an…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Extension Education, Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities
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Curryer, Bernadette; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Dew, Angela; Wiese, Michele Y. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Increased choice and control is a driving force of current disability policy in Australia for people with disability and their families. Yet little is known of how adults with intellectual disability (ID) actually experience choice and control within their family relationships. We used interpretative phenomenological analysis of individual,…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Intellectual Disability, Adults, Independent Living
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Cankaya, Serkan; Kuzu, Abdullah – International Education Studies, 2018
Mobile skill teaching software has been developed for the parents of the children with intellectual disability to be used in teaching daily life skills. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of the mobile skill teaching software developed for the use of the parents of the children with intellectual disability. In…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parent Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Daily Living Skills
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Hughes, Claire; White, Naomi; Foley, Sarah; Devine, Rory T. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Traditional measures of school readiness are labour-intensive and do not assess family support. Aims: The current study used the newly developed Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI: Hughes, Daly, Foley, White and Devine 2015) to examine 6-month longitudinal stability and change in teachers' ratings of young children's school…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, School Readiness, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires
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Diegelmann, Karen M.; Test, David W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Post-school outcomes for students with intellectual disability continue to lag behind other students with disabilities. One way to improve outcomes for these students is to include them in decisions about their future by teaching students how to participate in their IEP meetings. Self-monitoring provides immediate feedback, motivation, and teaches…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Intellectual Disability, Individualized Education Programs, Meetings
Collins, Benjamin – Congressional Research Service, 2018
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for veterans (VR&E) is an entitlement program that provides job training and related services "to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Training
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