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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lightfoot, Louise; Bond, Caroline – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
This study explores factors that influence decisions about transition and what works for children with Down's syndrome transferring from primary to secondary school. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured interviews to gain the views of support staff and parents of two children with Down's syndrome. One parent had chosen…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Individualized Transition Plans, Parent Participation, Elementary Education
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Bond, Caroline – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2011
Children with motor difficulties are a very varied group. In order to target interventions more effectively researchers have attempted to identify specific sub-groups; however, attempts to identify sub-groups and provide interventions accordingly have met with limited success. Currently interventions can be classified into two main types, namely,…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Bond, Caroline; Cole, Marilyn; Fletcher, Judy; Noble, Jennifer; O'Connell, Maria – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2011
The current paper outlines a three-year action research project with 39 schools in one inner city local authority. A local need to improve provision for children with motor skills difficulties resulted in a team of educational psychologists (EPs) and specialist teachers developing the Manchester Motor Skills Intervention (MMSI), which is a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Action Research, Educational Psychology