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Direct linkJoseph A. Hogan – Educational Forum, 2024
This article examines the unique situation of New Jersey Public Schools being ranked the best in the nation while simultaneously being ranked the worst in the nation for inclusion of students with disabilities. An examination of the legal and theoretical underpinnings of inclusion is presented, followed by a review of current research in general…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Reputation
Serra Acar; Dudu Melek Er; Katherine T. Volk; Christine M. Spence – Infants and Young Children, 2025
This study aimed to understand the experiences of parents who have young children with disabilities in Türkiye during COVID-19. We conducted a qualitative analysis of semistructured virtual interviews with eight parents. We used a collective within-case and across-case approach to analyze and interpret the interviews. Parents noted difficulties…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parents, Parent Attitudes
Lauren J. Lieberman; Sarah Fuller; Jana Moran – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2025
Students with qualifying disabilities have the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA, 2004). An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legally binding document that maps out the students' educational program, including any specially designed instruction and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Educational Quality
Mitchell L. Yell; M. Renee Bradley – Exceptionality, 2024
In 1974, the Education for all Handicapped Protection Act was signed into law by President Gerald Ford. This law which was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990, established a federal entitlement to special education for eligible students with disabilities. In 1982 and again in 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Katie Mae McCabe – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2024
In this article, we describe the exploration of the content and quality of annual goals included in the Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) of students with disabilities in one rural U.S. school district. We utilized content analysis to understand the district's service delivery model comprehensively. Findings revealed disparities between…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Evaluation, Rural Schools, Special Education
Download full textTessie Rose Bailey; Zachary Weingarten – National Center on Intensive Intervention, 2022
The 2017 Supreme Court decision "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. The process for setting an IEP goal should be…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation
Margaret Nikki Heiman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed methods study on postsecondary outcomes for individuals with disabilities focused on the experiences of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and significant disabilities from their perspective. The research questions include understanding their overall quality of life (QOL), the supports, services, and…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Young Adults
Cochrane, Hannah; Soni, Anita – Support for Learning, 2020
The Children and Families Act, 2014 and the new Special Educational Needs and Disability SEND Code of Practice (DfE and DoH, 2014) has led to reforms in how children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities are supported in England. Now, five years on, research has begun to emerge exploring the implementation of the new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Students with Disabilities
Yell, Mitchell L.; McNamara, Scott; Prince, Angela M. T. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that school districts provide eligible students with specially designed instruction that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Depending on the unique needs of a student, FAPE may include physical education services. The IDEA also requires that a student's individualized…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education, Individualized Education Programs, Equal Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, 2024
The purpose of this guidebook is to: (1) Assist Speech-Language Pathology service providers as they support the educational goals of eligible students with disabilities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS); and (2) Ensure that all Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) operate with the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Public Schools, Reliability
Phillips-Krivickas, Karla – State Education Standard, 2022
When education initiatives set out to help those who have been "historically disadvantaged or historically marginalized," they perfectly describe students with disabilities. Yet too often, these students have been excluded from conversations about equity in education. Congress opened public school doors for millions of children with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Misconceptions, Student Rights
Taylor Wilkins-Brittain; Scott W. Smalley; Mark S. Hainline – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2022
Creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students with disabilities within school-based agricultural education (SBAE) is important to ensure students receive opportunities. This study explored the experiences that SBAE teachers associated with providing special education and related services for students with disabilities in all…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Agricultural Education, Inclusion, Agriculture Teachers
Esther R. Lindström; Emma Fisher; Megan Cook; Mariangela Perrella; Kimberly A. McFadden; Rui Chen; Mohammad Bahadori Fallah – Grantee Submission, 2023
This observation study documents the amount and quality of mathematics instruction provided to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in kindergarten through second grade in self-contained special education settings. We observed six special education teachers and their students (N = 12) during a total of 967 min allotted to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Marsili, Francesco; Morganti, Annalisa; Signorelli, Alessia – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
Background: Italy is internationally known as a Country with a longstanding "tradition" of inclusive education. Objective: Aim of the paper is to provide a frame on the educational policies that, since 1970s, have steered the school system according to a "fully inclusive" model, highlighting the instruments of teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Taylor, Carolyn Stanford – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2022
For Wisconsin schools and districts, implementing an equitable multi-level system of supports means providing equitable services, practices, and resources to every learner based upon responsiveness to effective instruction and intervention. In this system, high quality instruction, strategic use of data, and collaboration interact within a…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Quality, Intervention, Instruction
