The key research issue of this thesis is what professional key stakeholders perceive as the factors that result in some Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) being more successful than others. This is a qualitative study of data which was collected between 2006 and 2009 using chaos and co…
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This study explored how parents or caregivers of adolescents or adults with mild intellectualdisabilities described the influence of faith communities on the Quality of Life (QOL) andits domains of spiritual, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of their loved ones in thisp…
This study examined parents' motivations for filing for due process and the determining factors New Jersey Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) in the New Jersey Third Circuit court consider when they chair special education due process hearings regarding student placements. The res…
The place of inquiry implemented a School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (SWPBIS) plan in 2016 with the goal of building a positive organizational climate while reducing the number of discipline infractions and office referrals. Although interventions and suppo…
Students with disabilities experience better postsecondary outcomes when they are engaged in high-quality transition planning and services during high school. Yet, many secondary schools fall short of their transition-related responsibilities. Delivery of effective transition pr…
The purpose of this study was to examine qualities and practices within the lived experiences of secondary co-teachers contributing to positive co-teaching experiences in special education inclusive secondary classrooms. This study also sought to understand the qualities and pra…
Current U.S. federal special education policy under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) allows states to define their own criteria to identify young children with nonspecific delays for special education using the disability category option of developmen…
Federal law states that any student suspected of having a disability must meet initial eligibility requirements to qualify for special education services. Furthermore, an individual education program (IEP) team is required by federal law to re-evaluate each student with a qualif…
Black African immigrants from Kenya, like other immigrants, value school. They consider education as a mechanism of upward mobility. School is considered as the key to a better life that would provide access to social mobility, and economic stability for immigrant families as th…
The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to examine teacher candidates’ perspectives and experiences about teaching students with dis/abilities from nondominant backgrounds in culturally sustaining ways. I conducted a series of individual interviews and focus group…
This study examined resource high school students' self-concept and the effect that it has on academic achievement in a rural school district in low country South Carolina. This study examined the self-concept model of the Piers-Harris 3. In the Piers Harris 3 model, the researc…
Research has indicated that African American children are placed in special education programs at a significantly higher rate than children from other races (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019b). Limited research has been conducted to address what is causing this ove…
Literacy plays an especially important role in aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) because spelling and writing support precise communication. Fortunately, the importance of literacy is reflected in federal legislation that mandates that all students, regardle…
Focus on instructional leadership for school principals continues to be prominent in educational research and reform, as accountability for student achievement increases. The relationship between instructional leadership and special education needs more representation in researc…
Bu araştırmanın amacı destek eğitim odasında (DEO) görev alan öğretmenlerin özel öğrenme güçlüğü (ÖÖG) olan öğrencilerle yaptıkları eğitim öğretime ilişkin görüş ve önerilerini belirlemektir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmış ve destek eğitim odasında görev yapan 1…
This article examines the history of music and arts integration on childhood-age learning processes, with emphases on the cognitive and educational benefits of music. The researcher proposes the question, “What role does music play in a typical elementary classroom?” and investi…
Throughout special education history, students with disabilities have been denied appropriate services and excluded from their general education peers. While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that all students with disabilities ages 3-21 have access…
The purpose of this study was to determine whether mapping with Cognitive Behavior Modification would produce superior performance to mapping without Cognitive Behavior Modification. Forty-seven learning disabled students, twenty-seven eighth graders and twenty seventh graders, …
This study explored the effects of a three-week vocabulary intervention for three Spanish-dominant bilingual preschoolers with expressive language delay. The project addressed the relative and absolute treatment differences among the young bilinguals receiving treatment for over…