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Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Daria Gerasimova; Tyler A. Hicks; Alison Zagona; Kirsten Lansey; Mary Curran Mansouri; J. Matt Jameson; Roxanne Loyless – Exceptionality, 2025
Educators and families develop individualized education programs (IEPs) to address unique needs of individual students with disabilities. Addressing all student needs is critical to ensuring students receive a free and appropriate public education. To understand how IEP teams address the needs of students with complex support needs, we examined…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Teamwork
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Kauffman, James M.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Badar, Jeanmarie; Hallenbeck, Betty A. – Exceptionality, 2019
We suggest that special education could die among common myths about it. That is, special education could cease to exist, at least as we know it, because its true nature and requirements for its functioning are misunderstood. We discuss only 12 common myths about special education, recognizing that there are many more myths and that the ones we…
Descriptors: Special Education, Misconceptions, Educational Change, School Restructuring
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Brigham, Frederick J.; Berkeley, Sheri; Walker, Erin – Exceptionality, 2012
Assessment of students with disabilities is a critical component of special education. In addition to the complexity of assessment (e.g., high-stakes assessments, progress monitoring, diagnosis), the issue is complicated further by the use of acronyms. This can make both explaining and understanding important information related to students very…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Disabilities, School Personnel