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Direct linkBeaudoin-Saunders, Valerie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Special education-related lawsuits are a concern to school systems. They are time-consuming, expensive, and contentious. School and parental relationships become strained when litigation is involved. This study analyzed data from the Virginia Department of Education's due process database over a 12-year period of time to note common disabilities…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Public Schools, Special Education, Civil Rights
Peer reviewedPlotner, Anthony J.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Rose, Chad A.; Carlson-Britting, Kinsey B. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2016
Students with disabilities lag behind peers without disabilities in most postsecondary outcome areas such as employment, postsecondary education, and independent living. Numerous initiatives aimed at supporting students as they transition from school to adult life have received attention over the last few decades. These initiatives include those…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Transition Plans, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Newman, Kevin D. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
School administrators are responsible for ensuring state and federal special education laws and regulations are being implemented properly. This study examined the amount of training a Virginia school principal receives while attending principal preparation programs as well as professional development offered by their school division on how to…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Professional Development, Legal Responsibility
Stith, Angelnet L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The quantitative correlation study investigated 50 Virginia's elementary principals' attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities and principals' training, experience, placement decision, and state assessment decision in special education. The data was collected using the modified version of Principal and Inclusion Survey tool.…
Descriptors: Principals, Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Statistical Analysis
Boyd, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Co-teaching has been used to address access and accountability mandates for students with disabilities. Despite research regarding elements needed for co-teaching success, research shows mixed results regarding co-teaching effectiveness as it relates to student achievement. Given that teachers are the most influential school-related factor…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Urban Teaching, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Download full textJoshua M. Langberg; Melissa R. Dvorsky; Stephen J. Molitor; Elizaveta Bourchtein; Laura D. Eddy; Zoe R. Smith; Lauren E. Oddo; Hana-May Eadeh – Grantee Submission, 2017
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of 2 brief school-based interventions targeting the homework problems of adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)--the Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) intervention and the Completing Homework by Improving Efficiency and Focus (CHIEF) intervention, as implemented by…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Theory Practice Relationship, Intervention, Homework
Hooper, Belinda Bourne – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to describe experienced practitioners' beliefs about inclusion and their perceptions of what early childhood special education (ECSE) preservice teachers need to know and be able to do to effectively support early childhood inclusion. This study used a sequential explanatory mixed methods approach to describe the…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers
A Comparison of Inclusion and Pullout Programs on Student Achievement for Students with Disabilities
Hurt, J. Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students with disabilities have traditionally achieved to a lesser degree than have their nondisabled peers. Since the 1950s the federal government has enacted laws to provide free, appropriate public education to students with disabilities. In the first decade of the 21st; Century the government has produced legislation requiring schools to be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Resource Room Programs
