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Reeves, Linda M.; Umbreit, John; Ferro, Jolenea B.; Liaupsin, Carl J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Seven-year-old triplets with autism displayed off-task behavior that threatened their continued placement in a general education first-grade classroom. A descriptive Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) was conducted for each student. Data from structured interviews and direct observations were used to identify the functions of their off-task…
Descriptors: Intervention, Inclusion, Autism, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Szymanski, Christen A. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2012
The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)--a group of developmental disabilities that cause severe problems with socialization, behavior, and communication--continues to grow. In 2008, the year that "Odyssey" focused on autism, the estimated prevalence of ASD for hearing children was 1 in 150 (CDC, 2007), while today estimates suggest…
Descriptors: Autism, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Developmental Disabilities
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Varnham, Sally – Education and the Law, 2004
When a child with a disability behaves in a manner which threatens the safety of other children and staff in the school, school authorities are faced with a dilemma. The balance between the competing interests of individuals and the school community is never more clearly seen than in such a situation. The child has a right to participate equally…
Descriptors: Expulsion, School Safety, Disability Discrimination, Court Litigation