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Greenwood, Charles R.; Beecher, Constance; Atwater, Jane; Petersen, Sarah; Schiefelbusch, Jean; Irvin, Dwight – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2018
A gap exists in the information needed to make intervention decisions with preschool children who are unresponsive to instructional intervention. "Multi-Tiered System of Supports/Response to Intervention" (MTSS/RTI) progress monitoring is helpful in indicating when an intervention change is needed but provides little information on what…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Individualized Education Programs, Literacy, Probability
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Silveira-Maia, Mónica; Lopes-dos-Santos, Pedro; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
Current Portuguese Public Law No. 3/2008 requires the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability for Children and Youth (ICF-CY) as a reference framework to guide assessment and intervention procedures for students with additional support needs. This study explores whether the ICF-CY use fostered multidimensional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Classification, Disabilities
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Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Wallace Jacoby, Jennifer – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This longitudinal study investigated the Spanish vocabulary development of dual-language-learning (DLL) children (N = 150) from Spanish-speaking, low-income, predominantly immigrant homes who were enrolled in a state-funded preschool program that provided instruction in Spanish. Children's Spanish vocabulary trajectories were…
Descriptors: Spanish, Low Income, Vocabulary Development, Risk
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Lee, Kyunghee; Calkins, Andrea; Shin, Tae Seob – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: Using the Head Start Impact Study data, this study examines Head Start's impacts on social-emotional outcomes for children with disabilities. Method: Among 4,442 children, 570 children were reported to have disabilities. Ordinary least squares regression was used to determine whether the number of disabilities, having an individualized…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Multiple Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs
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Boavida, Tânia; Aguiar, Cecília; McWilliam, R. A.; Correia, Nadine – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2016
The focus of this study is an in-service training program rooted in routines-based early intervention and designed to improve the quality of goals and objectives on individualized plans. Participants were local intervention team members and other professionals who worked closely with each team. This training program involved a small number of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Personnel, Training
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Akalin, Selma; Demir, Seyda; Sucuoglu, Bülbin; Bakkaloglu, Hatice; Iscen, Fadime – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: Since the law related to the inclusion of children with special needs was passed, the number of children with special needs in preschool classrooms has increased each year. Preschool teachers face serious challenges when they teach children with diverse abilities in the same environment. Although most of them support the idea of…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Disabilities