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Direct linkOdom, Samuel L. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021
The purpose of this article is to examine the application of randomized controlled trial (RCT) methodology for determining the efficacy of school-based interventions in general and special education. In education science, RCTs are widely acknowledged as the gold standard of efficacy research, with other methodologies relegated to a lower level of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Odom, Samuel L.; Sam, Ann M.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Cox, Ann W. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of educational programs for school-aged children with autism in the United States. Investigators completed the Autism Program Environment Quality Rating Systems-Preschool/Elementary (APERS-PE) in 60 elementary schools enrolling children with autism. The mean total rating scores were near the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Download full textOdom, Samuel L.; Sam, Ann M.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Cox, Ann W. – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of educational programs for school-aged children with autism in the United States. Investigators completed the Autism Program Environment Quality Rating Systems-Preschool/Elementary (APERS) in 60 elementary schools enrolling children with autism. The mean total rating scores were near the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Bejnö, Hampus; Bölte, Sven; Linder, Nina; Långh, Ulrika; Odom, Samuel L.; Roll-Pettersson, Lise – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
In Sweden, young autistic children typically attend community-based preschool programs, which may not be adapted to their needs. In the current study, stakeholders to autistic children receiving Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention were interviewed following a quasi-randomized study (#NCT03634761) aimed at improving the preschool program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Education
Kraemer, Bonnie R.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Hall, Laura J.; Dawalt, Leann; Hume, Kara A.; Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Szidon, Katherine; Brum, Christopher – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of high school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. The Autism Program Environment Rating Scale--Middle/High School was used to rate the quality of programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in 60 high schools located in three geographic locations in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities
Kraemer, Bonnie R.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Hall, Laura J.; Dewalt, Leann; Hume, Kara A.; Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Szidon, Katherine; Brum, Christopher – Grantee Submission, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of high school programs for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the United States. The Autism Program Environment Rating Scale-Middle/High School (APERS-MHS) was used to rate the quality of programs for students with ASD in 60 high schools located in three geographic locations in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities
Hume, Kara; Odom, Samuel L.; Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Smith DaWalt, Leann; Hall, Laura J.; Kraemer, Bonnie; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Brum, Christopher; Szidon, Kate; Bolt, Daniel M. – Exceptional Children, 2022
We tested the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention program designed for high school students across the autism spectrum, the Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism (CSESA) model, in a cluster randomized control trial involving 60 high schools in three states (California, North Carolina, Wisconsin), with implementation occurring…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Adolescents
Sam, Ann M.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Perkins, Yolanda; Cox, Ann W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program model originally developed by the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC). Sixty elementary schools with 486 participants were randomly assigned to an NPDC and services as usual condition (SAU). Significantly greater changes in program…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Evidence Based Practice
Sam, Ann M.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Perkins, Yolanda; Cox, Ann W. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program model originally developed by the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC). Sixty elementary schools with 486 participants were randomly assigned to an NPDC and services as usual condition (SAU). Significantly greater changes in program…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Evidence Based Practice
Peer reviewedFavazza, Paddy C.; Odom, Samuel L. – Exceptional Children, 1997
This study examined the effects of contact, books, and discussions on attitudes of kindergarten-age children (N=46) toward people with disabilities. At posttest, significant gains in acceptance were found only in a high-contact group who participated in a program designed to promote acceptance through storytime at school and home, structured play,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Books, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedLieber, Joan; Hanson, Marci J.; Beckman, Paula J.; Odom, Samuel L.; Sandall, Susan R.; Schwartz, Ilene S.; Horn, Eva; Wolery, Ruth – Exceptional Children, 2000
Factors that either facilitated or inhibited development of inclusive preschool programs were identified through interviews with 201 direct service and administrative personnel in four U.S. geographical regions. Key personnel were identified as the strongest facilitators of inclusion. Other important influences were provision of training, external…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Interviews
Peer reviewedFrea, William; Craig-Unkefer, Lesley; Odom, Samuel L.; Johnson, Denise – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
A study compared the effects of social integration activities and group friendship activities in enhancing social relations with two preschoolers with disabilities in two inclusive classrooms. Results indicated differential benefits across the two approaches, suggesting a need to tailor the selection of interventions to the individual child's…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Friendship, Group Activities
Peer reviewedDeKlyen, Michelle; Odom, Samuel L. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1989
This study of 20 preschool children with disabilities and 8 normally developing children found that more peer interaction occurred during play activities that were more structured, whereas teacher interaction rates were not related to activity structure ratings. Among children with disabilities, rate of peer interaction correlated positively with…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Disabilities, Interaction, Mainstreaming
