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Anna Wright; Anne Martin; Anna D. Johnson; Deborah Phillips; Diane Horm; Gigi Luk; Sherri Castle; Owen Schochet; Jane Hutchison; Anne Partika; April Dericks – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Public preschool can provide opportunities for earlier detection of child health problems and receipt of special needs services. This is especially important for children from low-income households who disproportionately face cost barriers to obtaining health screenings and services. Objective: This study explores the possibility that…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Identification, Early Intervention
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Madelyn Ambler; Brian W. Ernest – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2025
Students who receive special education services are identified as having one of the 13 disabilities categories recognized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This identification allows for services such as educational, social-emotional, and/or behavioral supports. However, labeling students with a disability can also have…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience
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Rachel Elizabeth Fish; Kenneth Shores; João M. Souto Maior – Exceptional Children, 2026
This essay provides a two-pronged critical assessment of a subset of the literature on racial disproportionality in special education: that which aims to estimate racial disparities among otherwise similar children. This body of research has shown that Black students are less likely than "comparable" White students to receive special…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Race, Special Education, African American Students