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Kramer, Jessica M.; Schwartz, Ariel; Hallock, Taye; Myrvold, Raine; Hwang, I-Ting; Pfeiffer, Beth – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Research teams must collaborate with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to identify effective and inclusive responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies. Collaborating remotely requires telecommunication and other technologies. We designed and evaluated a digital "Toolkit for Remote Inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Access to Computers
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Chung, Yun-Ching; Douglas, Karen H. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Social competence is an essential skill that can be promoted in inclusive high school classrooms. For high school students with developmental disabilities, peer-mediated interventions have shown promise for increasing social communication with feasible implementation. This study focused on increasing the appropriate peer interactions of three high…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Peer Teaching, Inclusion, High School Students
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Monterde, N.; Blanco, I.; Hervas, G. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Introduction: The assessment of well-being is crucial for measuring the effects of psychosocial interventions in people with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate a measure of integrative well-being, the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) to use it specifically for this population. Methods: The Pemberton Happiness…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Test Construction, Test Validity
Jenee V. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Over 50 years of research suggests that toilet training based on behavioral principles is effective for most individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, many adults with IDD are never effectively toilet trained. Lack of independent toileting is associated with detrimental physical, mental, and social experiences.…
Descriptors: Toilet Training, Reinforcement, Punishment, Intellectual Disability
Adrienne L. Tolbert – ProQuest LLC, 2023
My research project is based on The Role of Accessibility Specialists and Related Personnel in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Higher Education. I chose to pursue this topic simply because it is personal to me. I believe that students with disabilities in higher education deserve the opportunity to earn a college degree. However, limited…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Social Support Groups, Accessibility (for Disabled)
John O. Oreye – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative phenomenological study explored how college students with disabilities (SWDs) accessed accommodations from their universities and their perceptions of service delivery by university faculty and staff. An additional purpose of this study was to seek the type and effectiveness of accommodations received by college SWDs. I recruited…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Taylor Leanne Mikalik – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Over the past several generations numerous policies and laws have been established that have allowed people with disabilities to further their education. Students with disabilities enter higher education with varied experiences, which allows for a wide array of perceptions of the services and support provided on this level. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Anna L. Sinclair – ProQuest LLC, 2023
According to the Centers for Disease Control's (2020) current statistics, one in four adults, approximately 61 million Americans, or 26% of the U.S. population, have a pathologically diagnosed and classified disability. There are medical, moral, and social perspectives of disability that have evolved over time, creating certain stigmas and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Personality Traits
Francesca Munda – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the personal, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence Mexican higher education faculty's implementation of inclusive teaching methodologies for students with disabilities (SWD). Social cognitive theory and critical disability theory served as guiding frameworks for the study. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Campas, Kelley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with disabilities are entitled to an effective transition to post-school instruction, community commitment, employment opportunities, and living independently. They may require assistance from educators and parents in order to make that transition as successful as possible (Povenmire-Kirk et al., 2017). In the course of recent decades,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Parents, Teachers
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Fitch, E. Frank; Hulgin, Kathleen M.; Coomer, M. Nickie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
The rapid growth of special needs vouchers has been accompanied by the loss of historic civil rights and protections under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We examine three of the largest special needs voucher programs in the United States: those in Florida, Georgia and Ohio.…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Special Needs Students, Deception, Inclusion
Justine M. Ince – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Soft skills are the much sought after skills employers are seeking from their employees. In the workforce there is a significant gap in employment rate between individuals with learning disabilities and their same-aged peers. The problem this study sought to address was that high school students with learning disabilities are graduating from high…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Students with Disabilities, High School Students, Learning Disabilities
Jennifer A. Freeman; Michael A. Gottfried; Jay Stratte Plasman – Educational Policy, 2023
Recent educational policies in the United States have fostered the growth of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career-focused courses to support high school students' persistence into these fields in college and beyond. As one key example, federal legislation has embedded new types of "applied STEM" (AS) courses…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, STEM Education, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with more severe impairments often face service disparities. The aim of this study was to explore not only disparities in quality of life outcomes for people with IDD with severe impairments, but also disparities in the supports they receive from disability service organizations. Our…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Quick, Nancy; Roush, Jackson; Erickson, Karen; Mundy, Martha – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Many children with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities are at a higher risk for hearing loss than their peers who are typically developing. Unfortunately, they do not consistently participate in routine school-based hearing screenings. The current study investigated the feasibility of increasing their participation using an…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Auditory Tests
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