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Increasing Access to Advanced Courses in High School for Students with Disabilities
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Lynn W. Streets – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite national attention for academic success, data shows that students with disabilities in the Appoquinimink School District do not share in this success. The district boasts a large enrollment in AP courses and high scores in both the state standardized tests and AP exams. However, students with disabilities consistently perform well below…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, College Preparation, Advanced Courses
Twelve Ways to Incorporate Strengths-Based Planning into the IEP Process
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Weishaar, Phillip M. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004 (IDEA) requires public schools to assure that parents of students with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. Strengths-based IEPs focus on student strengths and abilities, rather than weaknesses and disabilities, in…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Public Schools, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Perceptions of Special Education Teachers Regarding Documentation of Individual Special Education Student Academic Accommodations within Secondary Inclusion Classrooms in an Identified Rural Public School District in Sussex County, Delaware
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Conover, Virginia Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine special education teachers' perceptions of the daily process of documentation of academic accommodations provided to special education students on their caseloads, Grades 6-10. The purposefully selected sample was comprised of 12 middle and high school special education teachers who teach in…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Needs, Focus Groups, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)