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- Use of Projective Techniques in Emotional Disturbance Evaluations
- Developing Culturally Responsive Transition Plans Using the Indicator 13 Checklist
- An Assessment of Perceived Antecedents to Attitudes of College Students towards Children with Autism
- Exploring the Effects of the AutisMate Application on a 12 year-old boy with ASD: A Case Study
- Addressing the Need for Progress in Special Education: Understanding Endrew F. and the Role of Special Educators
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- Challenging Behavior in Students with an Intellectual Disability: Promoting Understanding and Compassionate Educational Practice
- Exploring Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness to Teach Students with Disabilities
- But...How Helpful is That? Parents' Views on the Helpfulness of Selected Resources When Making Educational Decisions for Their Young Children with Disabilities
- An Investigation of Co-teaching to Improve Academic Achievement of Students with Disabilities: A Meta-analysis
- Evaluation of the Rhythmic Arts Project, a Multi-Modal Rhythm-Based Perception and Action Intervention, in a School-Based Setting in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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- Responding to the Endrew’s Decision: Measuring Meaningful Educational Benefit
- Social Skills for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities: Can Community Based Instruction Help?
- Mobile Hearing Screening in a Rural Community School in Ghana
- An Investigation of Special Education Preservice Teachers' Perspectives and Practices of STEAM Education
- Increasing Teachers' Use of Behavior-Specific Praise with the Teacher vs. Student Game
- Building Independence Through Self-Prompting with Technology
- Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities: Characteristics of Universal Design of Instruction in Odds-Beating Middle Schools
- Social Skill and Self-Advocacy Goals: An IEP Study
- Perspectives on Current Practices and Barriers to Training for Paraeducators of Students with Autism in Inclusive Settings
- Poverty and Learning: The Effects of Poverty in the Classroom
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- Understanding the Removal of Classroom Auditory Distractors: An Interactive Design
- Communication in Support of Students with Disabilities Attending Career Technical Education
- Strategies for Supporting Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders in STEM Education
- Gifting the Ungifted: Disproportionality of Minority Students in Gifted Education
- Prompting with Wearable Technology to Increase Teaching Behaviors of a Preservice Special Education Teacher
- "How Am I Doing?" Teaching Children with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders to Self-Manage Their Behaviors
- Developing Peer Mediated Interventions for Secondary Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Fostering Reading Motivation in Self-Contained Classrooms for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Exceptional Gifted in West Virginia: Reflections of a Teacher of the Exceptional Gifted on the State Program
- The Effect of a Skills-Based Behavioral Program on Raising the Self-Concept of Individuals with Mild Intellectual Disability in UAE
- Democratic Citizenship Education and Inclusion: Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Social Studies
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- Social Skills and Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities: Can Community Based Instruction Help?
- Supporting Students with Disabilities During Group Activities: Five Tools Every Inclusive Mathematics Educator Needs
- Using an Alternating Treatment Design in a Co-taught Classroom to Measure Student On-task Behavior
- A Whole Language Reading Intervention: A Case Study
- Common Purpose, Uncommon Results: A Literacy Collaboration for a Preschooler with Down Syndrome
- Educational Policy: Instruction and Assessment
- Increasing Use of Research-Based Practices: Action Research Report on a College-School Partnership to Support Instruction Aligned to Middle School Common Core Math Standards for Students with Significant Disabilities
- The Impact of Assistive Technology on Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
- Effects of Video Modeling and Video Modeling Plus Prompting and Reinforcement on the Daily Living Skills of a Student with Autism
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- Supervisory Teacher Coaching in K-12 Classrooms
- Factors that May Hinder the Implementation of the School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention Support Model
- Matching Students to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Single Case Study
- Academic Experiences of Students Who are Deaf at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
- The Effect of Video Modeling on Preschoolers' Learning Who are Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis
- Autism Support Teachers' Attitudes about Inclusion for Children with Autism
- Disabilities and Social Engagement: Inclusive Classroom Preparation for Pre-Service Art Teachers
- Student Engagement in an Online Special Education-General Education Graduate Program
- Mindfulness Meditation with High School Students who Receive Special Education Services: Research Recommendations from a Pilot Study
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- Implementation of a Post-Secondary Inclusive Recreation Program
- Strengthening Social and Emotional Intelligences Through Writing
- Let's Get Parents Ready for their Initial IEP Meeting
- Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Classrooms: A State-Wide Survey of Teacher Education Faculty
- Are We Practicing What We Are Preaching? An Evaluation of Self-Determination Instructional Components in IEPs at a Midwestern High School
- STRETCH (Students Ready To Make Change): Making a Difference in the Lives of Students
- Effects of Activity Schedules on Challenging Behavior for Children with Autism
- Alternative Approaches to IEP Conflict: A Review of the Literature
- Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of a Student Self-Advocacy Teacher Rating Scale
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- The History of Behavioral Treatments in Autism: From the Punitive to the Positive
- How Early Experiences in a Kindergarten Classroom Shape the Development of Self-Regulation Skills of Children
- Mothers' Perspectives and Experiences of Speech Generating Devices
- Teachers' Pedagogical Competence in Adapting Curricula for Children with Learning Difficulties (LD) in Primary Schools in Ghana
- Parents are the Experts: Understanding Parent Knowledge and the Strategies They Use to Foster Collaboration with Special Education Teams
- Examination of Social Story Format on Frequency of Undesired Behaviors
- Preparing Early Childhood Educators for Blending Practices in Inclusive Classrooms
- Pre-Service Teachers Assisting the Transition of the Student with Autism from School to Adulthood
- Pre-service Teacher Self-Efficacy for Teaching Students with Disabilities : What Knowledge Matters?
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- How Expert Special Educators Effectively Negotiate Their Job Demands
- Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment: A Promising Postsecondary Transition Practice for Building Self-Determination among Students with Intellectual Disability
- Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Identifying Characteristics of Successful Districts
- A Comparative Study of Teachers’ Pedagogical Competencies in Supporting Children with Learning Difficulties in Primary Schools in Ghana and Brunei Darussalam
- A Case Study of Factors that Influenced the Attrition or Retention of Two First-Year Special Education Teachers
- Significant Outcomes in Case Law in the United States: Autism and IDEA in 2013, Transition Issues and Changes in Diagnostic Evaluation Criteria
- Effectiveness of Pearson’s SuccessMaker Mathematics for Students with Disabilities
- Teachers' Methodologies and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS for Students with Visual Impairments in Selected Residential and Integrated Schools in Ghana
- Managing Asthma in Elementary and Middle Schools: Adherence to Federal Laws and National Guidelines
- Use of Social Narratives as an Evidence-Based Practice to Support Employment of Young Adults with ASD: Practitioner’s Guide
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- Examining the Attitudes of Secondary General Education and Special Education Teachers Toward Inclusion of Children with Autism in General Education Classrooms
- Action Research Report: Using Objects to Increase Reading Comprehension in Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
- The Redundancy Effect on Retention and Transfer for Individuals with High Symptoms of ADHD
- Guidelines for the Administration of Educational Programs for Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Visually Impaired, or Deafblind
- Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Social Studies Classrooms: Middle School Teacher Perceptions
- General Education and Special Education Teachers' Attitudes Towards Inclusion
- Steps to Becoming Independent: Toilet Training Challenges Facing Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Leadership Style of Head Teachers of Basic Special Schools as Correlates of Retention of Special Needs Educators in Southern Ghana
- Revisiting the Regular Education Initiative: Multi-tiered Systems of Support Can Strengthen the Connection Between General and Special Education
- Effects of Inclusion Classrooms on Academic Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities and Students in General Education
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- The Implications of a System-Wide Positive Behavioral Intervention Initiative: From Design to Successful Implementation
- Creating an Environment for Pre-Service Teachers to Work with Learners with Special Needs
- Are We Ready to Have Teachers with Learning Disabilities? A Study of School Principals' Observations
- Follow-Up Study to Family Members’ Reactions to the Initial Special Education Meeting
- Perceptions of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Towards Their Partnerships with Teachers
- Brain Gym: Pseudoscientific Practice
- Housing and Independent Living for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Using the “ASKED” Model to Contrive Motivations and Teach Individuals with ASD to Ask wh-Questions in Natural Settings
- An Analysis of Factors Influencing Low Enrolment and Retention of Girls with Disabilities in Integrated Primary Schools in Embu County, Kenya
- Employing Case Study Methodology in Special Educational Settings
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- The Effects of Special Education Training on Educator Efficacy in Classroom Management and Inclusive Strategy Use for Students with Autism in Inclusion Classes
- The Effectiveness of Using a Social Story Intervention to Improve Social Interaction Skills of Students with Autism
- Preventing and Responding to Student Escalation: Combining De-Escalation Strategies and Function-Based Support
- Teaching Sam to Read: An Integrated Team Approach with One Child with ASD
- High Stakes Testing in the 21st Century: Implications for Students in Special Education
- Identifying and Correcting Barriers to Successful Inclusive Practices: A Literature Review
- Cameras in Self-Contained Classrooms: Legal, Professional and Student Implications
- Effects of an Intervention on Math Achievement for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Crossing Borders and Building Bridges: A Video Ethnography of Special Education in Nuevo Progresso, Mexico
- Evaluating and Using Literature Including People with Disabilities in All Classrooms
- A Pilot Examination of the Adapted Protocol for Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching
- Principals and Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusion in Israel
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- Elements of Good Teaching and Good Teachers: A Theoretical Framework and Effective Strategies for Special Educators
- What Factors Contribute to Self-Efficacy
- Co-Teaching and Collaboration: Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Sense of Efficacy in Teaching Students with Disabilities
- Creating a Common Table: Using Peer Mediated Intervention to Promote Social Communication Skills with At-Risk and Autism Spectrum Disorder Populations
- Home-School Collaboration for Students with ASDs: Parents’ Perspectives
- Validating an Observation Protocol to Measure Special Education Teacher Effectiveness
- Teaching Play Skills Through the Use of Assistive Technology and Instructional Strategies: A National Survey
- Student Outcomes in a Blended Preschool Program
- A Meta-Analytic Review of Tactile-Cued Self-Monitoring Interventions Used by Students in Educational Settings
- Teachers’ Knowledge of Special Education Policies and Practices
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- Learning Disabilities Today: An Examination of Effective and Not-So-Effective Interventions
- Teaching Algebraic Equations to Middle School Students with Intellectual Disabilities
- Students with Disabilities in the Polish Educational System After the Political Changes (2007-2012)
- FAPE and LRE in Online Learning: Special Education Directors’ Perspectives
- A Preliminary Investigation of the Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction in Reading Decoding for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities
- Perspective Taking Through Film: Educating Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers About Autism
- Comparing Student and Teacher Perceptions of the Importance of Social Skills in a Self-Contained Setting
- Inclusive Education Practice in Southwestern Nigeria: A Situational Analysis
- Parent Perspectives on Home-Based Intervention for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: The Parent-Implemented Communication Strategies (PiCS) Project in Illinois, USA
- The Digital Divide and Inequities for Students with Disabilities: Needed….A Bridge Over Troubled Waters!
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- Effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) on Maladaptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Review of the Literature
- Comparing Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) and Piers-Harris 2 Scores of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Perceptions of Disability and Special Education Services: The Perspectives of Korean-American Parents of Children with Disabilities
- Instructional Constraints Faced by Learners with Muscular Dystrophy: A Case of Joytown Special Primary School, Thika, Kenya
- The Perspectives of K-12 Stakeholders Involved in Early Implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI)
- The Role of Peer Guided Play for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Improving Science Scores of Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities through Engineering Problem Solving Activities
- Service Delivery for High School Students with High Incidence Disabilities: Issues and Challenges
- Teaching Children with Autism to Ask Questions
- The Principals' Impact on the Implementation of Inclusion
- Fostering Special Education Certification through Professional Development, Learning Communities and Mentorship
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- Speech-Language Services in Public Schools: How Policy Ambiguity Regarding Eligibility Criteria Impacts Speech-Language Pathologists in a Litigious and Resource Constrained Environment
- Are Parents Really Partners In Their Child’s Education?
- Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors’ Perceived Influences on the Secondary Transition Planning Process and Postsecondary Outcomes of Students with Disabilities
- Gender Differences in Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Elementary School Students
- African American Parental Beliefs About Resiliency: A Delphi Study
- Blending Common Core Standards and Functional Skills in Thematic Units for Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities
- Effects of Peer Tutoring and Academic Self-Monitoring on the Mathematics Vocabulary Performance of Secondary Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
- Teaching Multiplication with Regrouping Using the Concrete-representational-abstract Sequence and the Strategic Instruction Model
- Student and Teacher Perceptions of the Five Co-Teaching Models: A Pilot Study
- Students with Disabilities’ Perspectives of STEM Content and Careers
- A Researcher's Story of Assessing Motor Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- The Impact of Video Modeling on Improving Social Skills in Children with Autism
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- Using E-Readers to Improve Reading for Students with Mild Disabilities
- Importance of Quality of Life Issues: A Pilot Comparison of Teachers and Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Effects of Early Childhood Education on Children with Hearing Impairments in Special Schools in Kiambu, Murang’A and Nyeri Counties, Kenya
- Bringing ABA into Early Childhood Routines to Meet the Needs of Young Children with ASD
- Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers As They Relate to Professional Practice
- Effectiveness of Transitional and Follow-Up Programmes to Community Integration of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (YAWID) in Kiambu County, Kenya
- Family Communication: Strategies for Building Effective Partnerships and Working Relationships
- ADHD in Preschool: Approaches and Teacher Training
- Practitioners' Perceptions of Their Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in Online Teaching of Students with and without Disabilities
- Effects of Environmental and Instructional Factors on Student Motivation and Self-Directed Learning
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- Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education Policy in the United States
- Autism Spectrum Disorders and Implications for Teachers
- Stop the Blame Game: Teachers and Parents Working Together to Improve Outcomes for Students with Behavior Disorders
- Positive and Negative Aspects of Inclusion Services
- Teacher Perceptions of Response to Intervention Implementation
- Supporting Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Their Families
- Adolescence: A Period of Transition
- Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Participating in Recess
- Issues and Concerns of Assessment for English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
- Maximizing the Potential of Our Youth with Intellectual Disabilities: Rethinking Functional Curriculum
- Trust and Communication: Perspectives of Mothers of Children with Disabilities on the Role and Importance of Communication in Trusting Relationships with Teachers
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- Responses to Positive versus Negative Interventions to Disruptive Classroom Behavior in a Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- A Comparison of Two Curricular Models of Professional Development to Increase Teacher Repertoires for Instructing Students with Autism
- Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Teachers of Special Education in Shillong, India
- Helping Preservice Special Educators Scaffold the Reflection Process
- Preparing Preservice Teachers to Address Bullying through Cartoon Lessons
- Special Educator Evaluation: Cautions, Concerns and Considerations
- Working Together for Learning Together: Supporting Students and Teachers with Collaborative Instruction
- General Education Teachers’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders: Are They Still Being Overlooked and Underserved?
- Should I Stay or Should I Go. Revisiting Influencing Factors of SPED Teacher Attrition & Retention - A Review of the Literature
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- Using a Four-point Scaled Writing Rubric: Improving the Quantity and the Quality of the Writing in a First Grade Specialized 8:1:1 Classroom
- Effective Inclusion Strategies for Professionals Working with Students with Disabilities
- Professional Development to Support Students with Disabilities in Multi-Tier Classrooms: A Case Study
- Integrated Education in Contemporary Poland
- The Effects of Self-Graphing on Oral Reading Fluency for a Student with E/BD within an Alternative Education School
- Applied Behavior Analysis: Current Myths in Public Education
- Application of the RtI Model in Learning Disability Diagnosis: Perceptions of Current Practices by New Jersey Special Education Administrators
- An Exploratory Study of Successful Paperwork Management Techniques for Novice Special Education Teachers
- Factors Influencing Teacher Behavior with Students with Diverse Learning and Behavioral Needs
- Educational Outcomes for Students with Special Needs: The Impact of Support and Resources on Teachers’ Perceptions
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- Identifying and Integrating Relevant Educational / Instructional technology (E/IT) for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students with Disabilities in Urban Environments
- Implementing and Monitoring the Response to Intervention Process: The Special Educator Perspective
- Nature and Causes of Locomotor Disabilities in India
- The Over Identification of Minority Males in Middle School Special Education Programs: Examining the RTI Model
- Literacy Based Behavioral Interventions and Video Self-Modeling with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Students with Speech Impairments Participating in Recess
- Writing IEPs for the Audience of Teachers, Parents, and Students: The Case for the Communicative Individual Education Program
- Comparison of Gifted and Advanced Students on Motivation Toward Science Learning and Attitude Toward Science
- Exploring the Experiences of Special Educators Following the Joplin Tornado
- Addressing the Shortage of Speech-Language Pathologists in School Settings
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- Factors that Affect the Success of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Inclusive Placements
- Theoretical Frameworks for Math Fact Fluency
- FAPE Model of Exceptional Student Education Leadership
- Working Towards Math Facts Mastery
- District-Wide PBIS Team Questions Related to Using the PBIS Framework to Transition Students with Challenging Behaviors from an Alternative School to a Neighborhood School
- Students with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Participating in Recess
- Current Issues in Teaching Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- An Evaluation of Inclusive Education of Students with Visual Impairment in Schools and University in Beira, Mozambique
- Transition Knowledge of High School Special Education Teachers in a Midwestern School District
- The Competency Based Community Assessment: A Five Step Process
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- Resilience Theory: Risk and Protective Factors for Novice Special Education Teachers
- The Ability-Achievement Model Versus the Response to Intervention Model: Which Model is More Accurate in the Assessment of Diagnosing Students with Learning Disabilities?
- A Program Evaluation of an Inclusive Model for Training Pre-Service General Education Teachers to Work with Students with Special Needs
- Evaluation of Push-In/Integrated Therapy in a Collaborative Preschool for Children with Special Needs
- Students with Multiple Sclerosis Participating in Recess
- Perspectives of Parents Who Have a Child Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
- High Fructose Corn Syrup, Mercury, and Autism - Is there a Link?
- The Use of a Functional Behavioral Assessment-Based Self Management Intervention for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
- Teaching Common Core Math Practices to Students with Disabilities
- Involuntary Teacher Transfer in Special Education: Concepts and Strategies for Teachers Facing New Assignments
- How One Teacher, Two Students with Visual Impairments, and a Three-year R & D Project Could Change How All Students Learn Science
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- Consulting to Support Emotional Behavioral Disordered Students: Implementing a Behavioral School-Based Approach
- Finding Opportunity in Co-Teacher Personality Conflicts
- Meeting the Needs of Special Education Students in Inclusion Classrooms
- Community-Based Instruction (CBI) as a Component of a Successful Transition Plan for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
- Postsecondary Education Experience for Students with Developmental Disabilities: A Look into Perceptions of Parents of Senior High Transition Students on a Small University Campus
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Assistive Technology: Action Research Case Study of Reading Supports
- A Qualitative Study of Special Education Certification Methods and How They Affect Teacher Efficacy
- The Classroom Infrastructure and the Early Learner: Reducing Aggression During Transition Times
- Development of Web Quest Lesson Enhancing Thai Reading Skills for Students with Down Syndrome at Lower Elementary
- Should Children with Auditory Processing Disorders Receive Services in Schools?
- The Use of a Rubric as a Tool to Guide Pre-Service Teachers in the Development of IEPs
- Quality Care for Down Syndrome and Dementia
- Does Repeated Reading Improve Reading Fluency and Comprehension for Struggling Adolescent Readers?
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- The Psychological, Behavioral, and Educational Impact of Immigration: Helping Recent Immigrant Students to Succeed in North American Schools
- High Anxiety: Addressing Family Issues in the Transition of Students with Disabilities from Middle Grades to High School
- Identifying and Helping Struggling Readers
- Research in Reading Interventions for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Personal Epistemology and Self-Efficacy in the Special Education Teacher
- Cooking for Independence: Middle School Students Gain Skills While Cooking
- A Student’s Guide to Navigating the IRB: How to Successfully Navigate a Potentially Overwhelming Process
- Teacher Candidates’ Knowledge of Special Education Law
- A Veteran Special Education Teacher and a General Education Social Studies Teacher Model Co-teaching: The CoPD Model
- How Do Job Related Field Experiences Affect Job Readiness in Secondary Transition Students?
- Using Music to Increase Math Skill Retention
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- Attitudes among Vietnamese Educators Towards Students with Disabilities and Their Implications Relative to Inclusive Practices: The Findings of a Preliminary Investigation
- An Exploration of Instructional Support Use in a Secondary Science Classroom
- Students with Sickle Cell Anemia Participating in Recess
- Who Does the Alternate Assessment Really Assess?
- Exploring Transition Education and Community-Based Instruction for High School Students with Disabilities: A Practice in Taiwan
- Correlates of Attitudes Toward Academic and Physical Inclusive Practices for Students with Disabilities and Selected Leadership Behaviors Among Middle School Principals in North Carolina
- Study of Thai Language Oral Reading Problems For Students with Down Syndrome: Grade Range 1
- Podcasting and Digital Video in the Classroom: A Call for Research
- Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Participating in Recess
- Differentiating for Struggling Readers and Writers: Improving Motivation and Metacognition through Multisensory Methods & Explicit Strategy Instruction
- Extracurricular Activities and 504 Plans
- Using an Accountability Tool to Improve the Quality of Outcomes on Individual Family Service Plans
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- Effective Teacher Behaviors Evident in Successful Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Students with Mild Mental Retardation Participating in Recess
- Teaching Artists: Serving Special Education Students in Local Schools
- A Multi-Faceted Approach to Successful Transition for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
- High School Teacher Perceptions of the Student Assistance Team Process
- A Review of Research on the Educational Benefits of the Inclusive Model of Education for Special Education Students
- The Millennial Generation Special Education Teacher: Promise or Problem
- One-to-one in the Inclusive Classroom: The Perspectives of Paraeducators Who Support Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- The Role of Self-Efficacy on Job Readiness s and Career Choice among People with Intellectual Disability in Singapore
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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Implications for Teachers
Crystal Echaniz, M.A.
Harmony School of Innovation, El Paso, Texas.
Kathleen A. Cronin, Ph.D.
New Mexico State University
Abstract
This paper reviews characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), possible causes of ASD, current demographic information, the effects on the individual with ASD and the family, as well as diversity and multicultural issues related to autism. Additionally, the paper provides pertinent information about students with ASD for both general education and special education teachers including a review of special education laws, pedagogical strategies, the individual education plan (IEP), the use of behavior plans, accommodations and modifications appropriate for students on the autism spectrum, assistive technology, and professional development.
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