There is a high need for social and emotional coping skills for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This paper presents a group-based cognitive behavioral approach to addressing social, emotional, and executive functioning skills for adolescents with ASD. This paper…
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Opportunities for individuals with exceptional needs to participate in inclusive environments have increased in recent years due to the implementation of various laws. Throughout the history of education, individuals with exceptional needs were prevented from attending higher ed…
Many Christian schools provide special education services and supports, but how these programs are specifically developed and implemented is mostly unknown. There are challenges these schools face in providing these programs, but how schools address these factors is also undisco…
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty learning social, behavior, and communication skills. These difficulties may manifest in various ways and, in some circumstances, lead to problematic sexual behavior (PSB). PSB are behaviors that occur at an inapprop…
Despite an increase in the number of families raising a child with an identified disability, the evidence that these families have unique and pressing needs for supports, and the existence of some supportive policy infrastructure, the current quantitative evidence base about how…
Functional communication training (FCT) has long been empirically supported as a best-practice approach for treating problem behavior and teaching alternative more appropriate forms of communication. However, the modality that is selected for the functional communication respons…
Special education is a field that is expanding at a rapid pace. A second field of education that has been in existence for only a few decades is the modern Christian K-12 day school. The merging of the two of these phenomena in education creates a research platform that few have…
Students with disabilities often exhibit low rates of academic engagement (Barrett, Bradshaw, & Lewis-Palmer, 2008; Harrison et al., 2012), which directly impacts in- and post-school success (Wagner et al., 2006). Fortunately, self-regulation interventions have a long history of…
The first of the following articles provides a review of the literature related to vocalizations among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, with special attention paid to speech-generating devices (SGD)…
Re-authorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 (IDEA) shifted identification of students with disabilities from an IQ-achievement discrepancy model to an early preventative Response to Intervention model. This pilot study reviews the brief history of sp…
Educational access for students with disabilities has progressed throughout history so that students, regardless of their disability, receive a free and appropriate public education alongside their nondisabled peers (Dudley-Marling & Burns, 2014). Teachers’ attitudes towards tea…
Disparity in the identification of educational disabilities among minority populations has been of great concern throughout the history of special education in the United States. The literature has suggested that there is disparity between how parents of special education studen…
The position of secondary Special Education Transition Specialist has evolved into a pivotal role in the transition planning process for students with disabilities. Through state level legislative efforts, licensed Special Educators and select others are able earn a Transition S…
The Family Quality Of Life (FQOL) of families who have a child with Tourette Syndrome (TS) has not yet been investigated globally. The purpose of this study was to gather data and listen to the voices and opinions of families of children with TS in order to examine the extent to…
This study deals with the perspective of Indonesian parents of children with disabilities concerning the inclusion of their children in mainstream schools. It explores the extent to which these parents believe in inclusion and what they identify as challenges and opportunities i…
Poetry is a genre that supports all aspects of literacy-reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and it is the first to which most children are exposed through motherly lullabies. Yet, while many studies have been conducted on prose comprehension, there is little empirical res…
The ultimate goal of this concurrent embedded mixed-method study was to describe the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) and understand the role of Response to Intervention at the fourth-grade elementary school level on the academic performance. This study examined …
In Saudi Arabia, the majority of students with severe disabilities are still educated in special schools that do not meet their unique needs for interaction with their typically developing peers in public schools settings where they could improve social, communication, and acade…