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Special Education Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
Now showing items 81-100 of 298
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Collaborative Strategic Reading: Fostering Success for All
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A College and Career Readiness Framework for Secondary Students with Disabilities
(SAGE Publications, 2015-06-05)In this qualitative study, a proposed organizing framework of college and career readiness for secondary students with disabilities was developed based on a synthesis of extant research articulating student success. The ... -
Peer Learning in Virtual Schools
(Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, 2014)This article is about peer-to-peer learning amongst students within K–12 virtual schools. This issue is examined through a case study of experiences of three students with disabilities enrolled in one virtual school and ... -
Universal design for learning innovation configuration: Recommendations for preservice teacher preparation and inservice professional development.
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The use of assistive technology by people with mental retardation and barriers to this outcome: A pilot study
(IOS Press, 1995)While it is generally acknowledged that people with mental retardation do not utilize assistive technology to the degree warranted, there has been little empirical evidence to support this assumption. This article reports ... -
Self-directed career preference selection for individuals with intellectual disabilities: Using computer technology to enhance self-determination
(IOS Press, 2003)Objectives: To conduct a preliminary study investigating the application of a self-directed video and audio software program to assist individuals with intellectual disabilities to express their vocational job preferences. ... -
Self-determination, vocational rehabilitation, and workplace supports
(IOS Press, 2003)This article introduces the special issue on self-determination and vocational rehabilitation by defining the selfdetermination construct and examining its relevance to vocational rehabilitation services. -
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Centers for independent living and transition-age youth: Empowerment and self-determination
(IOS Press, 2004)Abstract. A primary function of centers for independent living is to empower individuals with disabilities and to support greater independence. These functions overlap with the purpose of transition planning for youth ... -
The programming evaluation procedure: A diagnostic and accountability instrument for teachers
(Educational Technology Publications, 1975)Although many special education teachers attempt to reduce academic tasks into small, sequential steps to promote better learning for students, few of them have a consistent method for evaluating their effectiveness ... -
Disability eligibility issues and university student assessment outcomes
(IOS Press, 2001)Many issues pertaining to identifying and documenting university students with learning disabilities (LD) have been discussed in the professional literature or litigated. This article documents the eligibility procedures ... -
The Scaled Arrival of K-12 Online Education: Emerging Realities and Implications for the Future of Education
(Bioinfo Publications, 2013)Dramatic increases in K—12 online education for all students, including those in traditionally underserved populations, necessi2 tate a reconceptualization in the way educators plan and implement instruction. In this ... -
Technology use by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to support employment activities: A single-subject design meta analysis
(IOS Press, 2006)Objectives: Technology has the potential to improve employment and rehabilitation related outcomes for persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of technology use on employment-related ... -
Eight weeks of supplementation with a multi-ingredient weight loss product enhances body composition, reduces hip and waist girth, and increases energy levels in overweight men and women
(BioMed Central, 2013-10-01)Background Numerous natural products are marketed and sold claiming to decrease body weight and fat, but few undergo finished product-specific research demonstrating their safety and efficacy. Objective To determine ... -
Emerging new practices in technology to support independent community access for people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities
(IOS Press, 2011-04-05)The concept of community access is a multidimensional term, which may involve issues related to physical access, knowledge and information, power and control, relationships and communications, advocacy, participation and ... -
Views from Inside a Pediatric Clinic: How Arizona's Political Climate Has Impacted Arizona's Youngest Latino Learners
(AMAE Inc, 2013)It is critical that we examine impacts that recent immigration policies such as SB1070 are having on Arizona’s youngest Latino learners.The large number of Latinos under the age of five, and the impact that this upcoming ... -
Identifying and Defining the Structures That Guide the Implementation of Participant Direction Programs and Support Program Participants: A Document Analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2014-01-30)Participant direction (PD) programs offer the individual with a disability or his or her surrogate decision maker varying degrees of choice and control over the individual’s supports and services. We conducted a document ... -
Identifying and defining the activities of participant direction programs: A document analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2013-10-09)We analyzed the design of various U.S. programs of participant direction offering participants (individual with a disability or his or her surrogate decision-maker) some level of choice and control over the individual’s ... -
Development and Use of Curricular Adaptations for Students Receiving Special Education Services
(SAGE Publications, 2012-11-30)This study is a quasi-experimental descriptive design, with existing educator-made adaptations evaluated. The goals of this study were to (a) describe how educators develop adaptations and (b) evaluate the effectiveness ... -
Individual Education Plan Goals and Services for Adolescents With Autism: Impact of Age and Educational Setting
(SAGE Publications, 2010-11-01)The purpose of this study is to describe the educational programs for adolescents with autism (age 12—16 years) in inclusion and noninclusion settings as reflected in their Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals, services, ...