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The Intersection of Systemic, Child, and Evaluation Factors in the Prediction of Autism Special Education Eligibility; Examining the Role of Race and Ethnicity
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Kelsey Young; Bryn Harris; Jennifer Hall-Lande; Amy Esler – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Though there is evidence autism identification has been inequitable for populations who are culturally and linguistically minoritized, there is limited research that explains the issue of disproportionality and factors contributing to its occurrence, especially within an educational setting. To explore contributors to racial/ethnic disparities in…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Eligibility, Predictor Variables, Children
Conservatism and the Underidentification of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Special Education
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Wiley, Andrew L.; Kauffman, James M.; Plageman, Kristen – Exceptionality, 2014
Underidentification of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD; emotional disturbance or ED in federal language) is a critical issue, perhaps explainable in part by causal attributions of problem behavior associated with conservatism. Conservatism in 58 counties in the state of California was measured by finding the percentage of…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Special Education
Special Education Eligibility: An Examination of the Decision-Making Process
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Kirkland, Erin K. B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of private practitioner and educational advocate opinions on school-based administrators' decision-making thought processes when making a recommendation for special education eligibility. Special education eligibility is a school-based team decision that involves multiple…
Descriptors: Special Education, Eligibility, Disability Identification, Decision Making
School-Based Autism Identification: Prevalence, Racial Disparities, and Systemic Correlates
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Sullivan, Amanda L. – School Psychology Review, 2013
This study examined prevalence and relative risk of school-based autism identification by race, and the relations of each to state characteristics. The sample was drawn from general and special education enrollment data for students ages--21 in 46 states during the 2008-2009 academic year. The results show that 1 in 228 students nationwide was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Incidence
More than the Sum of Its Parts: A Multiple Case Study on the Implementation of RTI in Five Sites
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Tackett, Kathryn Klingler – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Using a multiple-gating procedure, 5 research sites (3 elementary and 2 middle schools) were identified as implementing a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. This study uses a multiple case study design to describe the RTI implementation in reading at these 5 sites. Findings suggest that the sites studied are utilizing a hybrid model (a…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Core Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
The Accuracy of Teacher Prediction of Student Test Performance for Students Referred to Special Education.
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Cullen, Joe; Shaw, Stan – 2000
A survey was conducted of 55 regular classroom teachers who referred students to special education in three Connecticut school systems to determine their predictions of the results of psycho-educational assessment and their perceptions of the instructional relevance of standardized psychological and educational test results. The findings of this…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education