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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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Supporting new special education teachers: How online resources and Web 2.0 technologies can help
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2011)The article explores online resources and Web 2.0 technologies that can be used to provide support services and aid in the mentoring process for first year special education teachers. It describes how traditional teacher ... -
Preparing prospective teachers on the web
(Council for Exceptional Children, 1998)Part of a special issue on the use of the World Wide Web in special education. The writers describe how they have started to integrate the Internet and World Wide Web into preservice teacher education in the hope of expanding ... -
Tips for Transition
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2010)The article focuses on the best practices solicited by the Division on Career Development & Transition (DCDT) for the student to adult life transition planning for youth with disabilities. The DCDT launched an effort to ... -
Teaching writing strategies to young students struggling with writing and at-risk for behavioral disorders: Self-regulated strategy development
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2006)The article focuses on the use of the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) educational model, which teaches students the planning, goal setting, and self evaluation skill necessary to writing success. The article ... -
Six things to never say or hear during an IEP meeting: Educators as advocates for families
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2012)The article discusses strategies for successful communication and collaboration between parents of children with disabilities and educators in individualized education programs (IEPs) that are mandated by the U.S. Individuals ... -
Don't water down: Enhance content learning through the unit organizer routine
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2000)The writer considers a content enhancement routine called the unit organizer routine. This routine focuses on how a teacher introduces, builds, and gains closure on a content area unit's critical ideas and information. In ... -
Overcoming challenges: Going mobile with your own video models.
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A Model for Parent-Teacher Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination in Young Children With Disabilities
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A function-based intervention to decrease disruptive behavior and increase academic engagement
(Joseph Cautilli, 2007)A range of interventions exist to prevent and respond to disruptive classroom behavior. This study documents the efficacy of a function-based intervention conducted using a multiple baseline across settings design. ... -
Finding effective intervention and personnel preparation practices for students with autism spectrum disorders
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2004)The CEC Research Award recognizes researchers for the significant contributions they have made to special education. We believe that the members of this distinguished group have much to share with our readers. We have ... -
The impact of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on student self-determination
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2012)Promoting self-determination has become a best practice in special education. There remains, however, a paucity of causal evidence for interventions to promote self-determination. This article presents the results of a ... -
Impact of curriculum modifications on access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2010)This study investigated whether curriculum modifications predicted student and teacher behaviors related to the general education curriculum and if there were differences in ecological, student, and teacher variables ... -
Examining individual and ecological predictors of the self-determination of students with disabilities
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2007)This article examines the impact of multiple individual and ecological factors on the self-determination of students with learning disabilities, mild and moderate mental retardation, and other health impairments. Baseline ... -
Classroom Variables and Access to the General Curriculum for Students With Disabilities
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2007)This study investigated the degree to which students with intellectual and developmental disabilities have access to the general education curriculum and the degree to which such access is related to and predicted by ... -
Self-determination and student involvement in standards-based reform
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2004)Promoting self-determination has become ‘best practice’ in the education of students with disabilities. We synthesize the decade's work in this area as a foundation for considering issues pertaining to promoting ... -
Promoting access to the general curriculum by teaching self-determination skills
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2004)Although participation and progress in the general curriculum is mandated for all students, models to achieve such access often neglect students with more severe disabilities. Promoting self-determination linked to standards ... -
Paraprofessional involvement in self-determination instruction for students with high-incidence disabilities
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2012)Although enhancing students' self-determination is advocated as a central element of high-quality special education and transition services, little is known about the ways in which paraprofessional are involved in promoting ... -
An Examination of the Evidence Base for Function-Based Interventions for Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders Attending Middle and High Schools
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2009)The authors field-tested the core quality indicators and standards for evidence-based practices for single-case design studies developed by Homer and colleagues (2005) by applying them to the literature exploring functional ... -
Promoting self-determination for transition-age youth: Views of high school general and special educators
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2008)Recent developments in policy and practice have emphasized the importance of promoting self-determination and supporting access to the general curriculum for youth with disabilities. To understand how these trends align, ... -
Outcomes of a teacher-led reading intervention for elementary students at-risk for behavioral disorders
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2007)To date, reports of reading interventions for students at risk for emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) that have been published in refereed journals have involved sustained support by university or school-site personnel. ...