ERIC Number: EJ838735
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 10
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Teaching Elementary Students with Multiple Disabilities to Participate in Shared Stories
Browder, Diane M.; Mims, Pamela J.; Spooner, Fred; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Lee, Angel
Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), v33 n1-2 p3-12 2008
Literacy may be one of the most important instructional areas for enhancing quality of life for all students. One way to promote literacy skills is through engaging students in the shared reading of a story. In this study, methods for planning and implementing shared stories for three students with multiple disabilities was evaluated via a multiple probe design across participants. Because the students had few consistent responses and complex physical challenges, a team planned the literacy participation using principles of universal design for learning (UDL). Outcomes indicate that all three students improved literacy skills and added to the literature base that shared stories can promote early literacy. Future research and implications for practical team implementation of the augmentative and alternative communication use and UDL components of representation, expression, and engagement are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life, Emergent Literacy, Access to Education, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Special Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: H324K040004
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