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Post-Secondary Academic Enrichment Contribution to Cognitive Performance of Adults with Intellectual Disability and Their Attitudes toward the Program
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Lifshitz, Hefziba – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The study's goals were: (a) to examine the influence of postsecondary education (PSE) in the form of academic enrichment courses on the cognitive performance of adults with intellectual disability (ID); (b) to examine their attitudes toward the program. The sample included adults who participate in PSE (N = 21; CA = 26-59) and a control group of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Adults, Intellectual Disability
Training Peers to Teach Reading Comprehension to Students with Extensive Support Needs
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Pennington, Robert C.; Wakeman, Shawnee; Saunders, Alicia F.; Cerrato, Brett M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
In the current study, we taught three middle school peers without disabilities to implement a commercially available literacy program with students with extensive support needs (ESN). Our teaching package included behavior skills training, ongoing feedback, and visual supports. We employed a multiple probe across participants design to evaluate…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Literacy Education
Escape from Emotional Distress: A Curriculum Model to Enhance Self-Directed Emotion Regulation of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Chou, Yu-Chi – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The ESCAPE curriculum model was developed to enhance emotional awareness and behavioral support for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to help with stressful events and escape from emotional distress. The instructional phases represent an emotion regulatory process: starting with emotional and behavioral awareness, followed by…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Stress Management
Teaching Soft Skills to Students with Disabilities with Upgrade Your Performance
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Clark, Kelly A.; Test, David W.; Konrad, Moira – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Post-school employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities continue to be inadequate when compared to their peers without disabilities (Newman et al., 2011). One barrier to employment for individuals with disabilities is a lack of employment "soft skills" (Riesen, Morgan, Schutlz, & Kupferman, 2014), such as punctuality and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications, Secondary School Students
Effects of Class-Wide Self-Monitoring on On-Task Behaviors of Preschoolers with Developmental Disabilities
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Kartal, Mine Sonmez; Ozkan, Serife Yucesoy – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The effects of class-wide self-monitoring on the on-task behaviors of preschoolers with developmental disabilities were determined. Also examined were whether the on-task behaviors of preschoolers with developmental disabilities had approximated the level of typically developing peers at the end of intervention, and classroom teachers and…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention
College Students' Attitudes about an Inclusive Postsecondary Education Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Westling, David L.; Kelley, Kelly R.; Cain, Brittany; Prohn, Seb – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
A survey was administered to assess attitudes of students living on a college campus that offered an inclusive postsecondary education program for individuals with intellectual disability. Responses were received from 572 students. The survey assessed attitudes toward the postsecondary education program, the program's participants, inclusion, and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Inclusion, Mental Retardation