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Boon, Helen J. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: Ongoing debate about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has not resolved ambivalent teacher beliefs about ADHD. This is an important matter since teachers' beliefs influence their pedagogy, classroom management, and their referral procedures for formal diagnoses of ADHD. They therefore must be provided with up-to-date…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Attitudes
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Huws, Jaci C.; Jones, Robert S. P. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The present qualitative study comprised interviews with nine young people with autism (aged 16-21 years) about their perceptions of autism. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, three underlying themes were illuminated, and all these formed the superordinate theme Making Comparisons: (a) Changes over time: "I'm really glad this…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Autism, Developmental Psychology
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Suzanne Woods-Groves; Youjia Hua; William J. Therrien; Erica R. Kaldenberg; Rudia W. Kihura; Jo M. Hendrickson – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This study examined the efficacy of the EDIT Strategy on proofreading skills of postsecondary individuals who attended a campus-based college program for students with developmental disabilities. A random assignment to treatment or control groups and a pre- and posttest with maintenance follow-up design were employed. The EDIT Strategy was taught…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, College Students, Editing, Proofreading
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Ramon, Duong; Yu, C. T.; Martin, Garry L.; Martin, Toby – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2015
We evaluated a self-instructional training manual for conducting multiple-stimulus without replacement stimulus preference assessment. The manual was compared to a method description, adapted from the method sections of previous published research articles, in an unbalanced crossover design with 18 undergraduate university students, randomly…
Descriptors: Guides, Stimuli, Preferences, Undergraduate Students
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Ng, Rowena; Lai, Philip; Levitin, Daniel J.; Bellugi, Ursula – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurogenetic developmental disorder characterized by peaks and valleys of cognitive abilities. One peak that has been understudied is the affinity that many individuals with WS have with music. It remains unknown whether their high levels of musical interest, skill, and expressivity are related to their sociable…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Cognitive Ability
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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Hua, Youjia; Therrien, William J.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Lucas, Kristin G.; Hendrickson, Jo M.; McAninch, Melissa J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This investigation explored the use of strategic instruction to improve the essay-test taking skills of young adults who were enrolled in a campus-based, post-secondary education program for individuals with developmental disabilities. A random assignment to treatment or control groups and a pre- and posttest design was used. The participants…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Essays, Test Wiseness
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McEathron, Mary A.; Beuhring, Trisha; Maynard, Amelia; Mavis, Ann – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
The number of postsecondary education (PSE) programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been steadily growing over the last few decades. There has been little public information regarding these programs and schools. Consequently, students, families, and researchers alike lack details about the various…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Postsecondary Education, Taxonomy
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Moyle, Judith L.; Iacono, Teresa; Liddell, Merilyn – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Improving content and consistency on developmental disabilities in undergraduate medical curricula has been recommended as a means of improving health outcomes for people with developmental disabilities. Although often the subject of studies in Western countries, little is known about content on developmental disabilities in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Medical Services, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study
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Walker, David W.; Haley-Mize, Shannon – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
Previous research conducted by Nelson and Coorough (1994) found support for the statement that PhD programs were more research oriented, whereas doctorate of education (EdD) programs were more oriented to the educational practitioner. This previous study, however, had grouped all dissertations in education and had not looked at dissertations by…
Descriptors: Research Design, Disabilities, Doctoral Dissertations, Content Analysis