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Fortuna, Ron – Support for Learning, 2014
The transition from the primary to the secondary phase in education can be a pivotal moment for many students, but for students who have autism, their difficulties with socialisation and emotional regulation can make this time period especially challenging. This article explores the experiences of key stakeholders regarding the issue of students…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Mainstreaming, Elementary School Students
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Dillon, Gayle Victoria; Underwood, Jean D. M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Transferring from mainstream primary to secondary school can be especially problematic for children with an autism spectrum disorder. Two groups of parents (nine pretransition and six posttransition parents) contributed to this 15-month-long study. Perceptions of the pretransition group were captured through focus groups and in-depth interviews at…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Autism, Focus Groups, Peer Acceptance
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Rugg, Natalie; Donne, Vicki – Volta Review, 2011
The present study examines the perception of parents and teachers towards the transition process and preparedness of students who are deaf or hard of hearing from a listening and spoken language school in the Northeastern United States to a general education setting in their home school districts. The study uses a mixed methods design with…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Deafness, Partial Hearing
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Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed.; Rotatori, Anthony F., Ed. – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Volumes 22 and 23 of the "Advances in Special Education" address the current top perspectives and issues in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) by providing chapters written by active researchers and scholarly university professors who specialize in this area. Volume 22 first delineates legal issues, themes, and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Behavior Disorders, Response to Intervention, Best Practices
Stolz, Stefanie, Ed.; Gonon, Philipp, Ed. – Peter Lang Bern, 2012
In this collected edition, globalization and its consequences on vocational education systems are described and, at the same time, combined with the question of whether new phenomena of inclusion but also of exclusion are produced. Inclusion and exclusion are differentiations that predominate in all kinds of (vocational education) systems,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Learner Engagement, Higher Education
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The Annual Performance Report (APR) for Grant Year July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The OSEP designed the APR to serve as a state?s self-assessment and improvement planning…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Financial Support