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Scheibel, Gretchen; Zane, Thomas L.; Zimmerman, Kathleen N. – Exceptional Children, 2022
Schools bear the burden of funding the majority of the services received by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with the assumption that spent resources will result in meaningful positive outcomes for these students. Interventions lacking empirical support remain popular in schools despite lacking or limited evidence that students will…
Descriptors: Program Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Research and Development
Zimmerman, Kathleen N.; Ledford, Jennifer R.; Severini, Katherine E.; Pustejovsky, James E.; Barton, Erin E.; Lloyd, Blair P. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Tools for evaluating the quality and rigor of single case research designs (SCD) are often used when conducting SCD syntheses. Preferred components include evaluations of design features related to the internal validity of SCD to obtain quality and/or rigor ratings. Three tools for evaluating the quality and rigor of SCD (Council for Exceptional…
Descriptors: Research Design, Evaluation Methods, Synthesis, Validity
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Ledford, Jennifer R.; Zimmerman, Kathleen N.; Harbin, Emilee R.; Ward, Sarah E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Coaching has been shown to improve the use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), but relatively few studies have been conducted to assess the effectiveness of coaching for adults belonging to minority groups and paraprofessionals in public elementary school settings. In this study, a multiple probe design across participants was used…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Evidence Based Practice, Adults, Paraprofessional School Personnel