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Helm, Virginia M. – Education and Urban Society, 1993
Considers barriers to education faced by homeless children. Compares the development of the rights to education of homeless children and youth to the development of rights of the handicapped. Access to education is only the first step. Services must be provided to enable success to come from access. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Children, Civil Liberties

McFadden, Anna C.; And Others – Urban Review, 1992
Studies race and gender, rule violations, punishments, referral rates and frequencies, and follow-up activities to determine differences in treatment by race, sex, and handicapping condition found in 4,391 discipline files from 9 schools of a Florida kindergarten through grade-12 district. Racial bias exists in the administration of punishment.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Chi Square, Disabilities, Discipline

Wittenstein, S. H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
A transitional planning model implemented at St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City, New Jersey, incorporates a broad conceptualization of transition that includes social skills, independent living skills, and overall competence in adjustment to the community. The model considers parental involvement, advocacy, and leadership as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship
Duffy, J. Trey – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
To respond effectively to the complex issues presented by students with disabilities, colleges can develop a broad network of campus collaborators and clearly articulated policies and procedures to handle most or all situations. Integrating effective policies and procedures with a decisive mission statement, competent staff with specific…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, College Environment
Robinson, Nancy B.; Tada, Wendy L.; Lee, Mellanie; Atkinson, Alan; Rekemesik, Natalia – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1998
A culturally appropriate program with a functional approach was developed to train related services assistants (RSAs) in U.S. Pacific jurisdictions. RSAs support students with severe disabilities to achieve individualized-education-program objectives. Evaluation revealed positive impacts for disabled students served by 19 trainees, but newly…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education

Rothwell, Jennifer; Levy, Tedd; Manaster, Jane; Bernson, Mary Hammond – Social Education, 1998
Presents a pull-out section that includes four brief articles and accompanying learning activities. The articles include an architectural examination of the move from medieval fort to Renaissance palace, interdisciplinary biographical writing assignments, a look at the portrayal of people with disabilities in juvenile literature, and material on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Asian Studies, Buildings, Built Environment

Bernheimer, Lucinda P. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This commentary on a previous article that demonstrates three ways of analyzing qualitative interview data (content, cultural models, and narrative analyses), discusses the importance of focusing on cultural models of quality of life in assessing early intervention programs, forging partnerships between families and researchers, and linking…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Bornstein, Marc H. – Infant and Child Development, 2005
Parenting is a subject about which people typically hold strong opinions, but about which too little solid information or considered reflection exists. And clearly critical questions about parenting abound. Moreover, the family generally, and parenting specifically, are today in a greater state of flux, question, and re-definition than perhaps…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Ecology, Parents, Parenting Skills
Brown, Jason D.; Moraes, Sabrina; Mayhew, Janet – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2005
We examined the service needs of foster families with children who have disabilities. Foster parents in a large Canadian city were asked "What services or supports would be helpful to you?" The responses to this question were edited for clarity and to eliminate redundancies, and sorted into piles of like statements by a group of 15…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Statistical Analysis, Financial Support, Social Work
Monahan, Michael P. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2003
Low employment and underemployment rates for students with disabilities have drawn national attention resulting in federal legislation. The research literature indicates a strong relationship between job success and interpersonal factors, especially for employees with disabilities. This study investigated social skills and problem behaviors of…
Descriptors: Employees, Individualized Transition Plans, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Lowenthal, Barbara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Because of the great amount of child maltreatment within the last decade in America, teachers are likely to have some of the children who are victims of abuse and neglect in the inclusive classes. It is important for educators to be informed about the negative effects of maltreatment on academic competence, which can exacerbate existing learning…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Multiple Intelligences, Child Abuse, Learning Disabilities
Case, Lisa Pericola; Speece, Deborah L.; Molloy, Dawn Eddy – School Psychology Review, 2003
Using a mixed-methodology, longitudinal design, individual differences and contextual factors related to differential response to general education instruction were examined. We tested a response-to-instruction model reflecting the first three phases of a model proposed by Fuchs and Fuchs (1998). We classified first- and second-grade children…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, General Education, Validity
Brown, Abbie; Miller, Darcy; Robinson, LeAnne – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
Working with special education teachers in elementary settings student instructional designers created three instructional tools based on the concept of "Learning Objects." Graduate and undergraduate students under the supervision of two faculty members in their university's Department of Teaching and Learning worked with local teachers to produce…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Gunter, Philip L.; Callicott, Kimberly; Denny, R. Kenton; Gerber, Brian L. – Preventing School Failure, 2003
The importance of using data collection and analysis procedures to monitor academic and social behavior progress of students with emotional and behavioral disorders is the focus of this article. After reviewing literature supporting the efficacy of data collection procedures used in classrooms for students with disabilities, issues regarding the…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Data Collection, Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Layton, Carol A.; Lock, Robin H. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2002
Identifying appropriate evaluation strategies for students who are English Language Learners (ELL) and have a learning disability is of critical importance in today's schools. A lack of sensitivity to the differences in ELL characteristics and those of learning disabilities has often resulted in over-identification for special education services.…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Student Characteristics, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness