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Tessa McCarthy; Dawn Anderson; Robert Wall Emerson – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2023
Introduction: The learning media assessment (LMA) process is the mechanism professionals use to determine a student's optimal learning and reading media. Currently, no tool has been validated for the purpose of conducting the LMA process. Methods: A Delphi approach was used whereby a panel of identified experts in the LMA process went through…
Descriptors: Validity, Educational Media, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Matthew C. Zajic; Juliette Gudknecht; Nancy S. McIntyre – Exceptional Children, 2025
Many autistic children receive special education services via Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that include specific educational goals and needs. Prior research has examined programming options available to support autistic students, but less is known about their educational needs across academic and developmental educational goals.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Educational Objectives
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Marble-Flint, Karissa J.; Schneider-Cline, Whitney; Brumbaugh, Klaire M.; Chavira, Judydiana C.; Parham, Douglas F. – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2022
Purpose: Literacy instruction is within the scope of practice of speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs) and is a documented service provided among school-based SLPs. The purpose of this investigation was to replicate Davis and Murza's (2019) study of Virginia school-based SLPs in another geographic location. This study gathered information regarding…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Knowledge Level, Self Esteem
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Gray, Sara A.; Zraick, Richard I.; Atcherson, Samuel R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the readability of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B procedural safeguard documents, as distributed by each of the 50 U.S. states. Results were compared to the 5th- to 6th-grade readability guideline for documents recommended by experts in health literacy and health…
Descriptors: Readability, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
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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Gee, Kathleen; Gonzalez, Mara; Cooper, Carrie – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This quasi-experimental study focused on 15 pairs of children with extensive support needs, matched across 12 characteristics based on their first complete Individual Education Program (IEP) in the school district. One child in each pair was included in general education for 80% or more of their day from their first IEP to the most current IEP at…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Individualized Education Programs, Special Classes
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Trout, Alexandra L.; Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael H.; Avery, Marybell – Exceptionality, 2018
While much is known about the educational, behavioral, and social needs of adolescents receiving school-based special education services, one critical domain, health literacy, has been largely unexamined. Given the impact of health and health management on the well-being of all persons, and the likelihood of additional challenges for students…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Health, Knowledge Level
Greenwood, Charles R.; Beecher, Constance; Atwater, Jane; Petersen, Sarah; Schiefelbusch, Jean; Irvin, Dwight – Grantee Submission, 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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Lo, Lusa – Preventing School Failure, 2014
An individualized education program is a legal document that details information regarding the special education program of a student with a disability. For parents to determine whether they agree with the individualized education program that is proposed by the school, they must first be able to read and comprehend the document. This study aimed…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Readability, Parent Materials
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Curcic, Svjetlana; Johnstone, Robin S. – Computers in the Schools, 2016
This study examined the effects of an intervention in writing with digital interactive books. To improve the writing skills of seventh- and eighth-grade students with a learning disability in reading, we conducted a quasi-experimental study in which the students read interactive digital books (i-books), took notes, wrote summaries, and acted as…
Descriptors: Intervention, Writing Skills, Learning Disabilities, Cartoons
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Hauser-Cram, Penny; Durand, Tina M.; Warfield, Marji Erickson – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
In this investigation we examined the relation of children's reported feelings about school during kindergarten or first grade to their academic achievement at the end of fifth grade. Participants were children (N=103) who lived in poverty during early childhood and who were placed on individualized education programs (IEPs) during their…
Descriptors: Poverty, Student Attitudes, Individualized Education Programs, Young Children
Krahnke, Karl J. – 1981
A curriculum rationale and model which meet the constraints of what is known of communicatively-based language teaching/learning are presented. The curricula prepares non-English speaking students for higher educational experiences in the U.S. Current program rationales, communicative and interactive teaching, and issues in curriculum design are…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Klinger, Don A.; Rogers, W. Todd; Anderson, John O.; Poth, Cheryl; Calman, Ruth – Canadian Journal of Education, 2006
This study identified student and school-level factors associated with student achievement on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), an examination that includes a student questionnaire examining home literacy practices. Linked student and school contextual data enabled the use of hierarchical linear modeling to complete the analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Individualized Education Programs, Context Effect