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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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Kim, Rah Kyung; Dymond, Stacy K. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
This study investigated the frequency of community participation and level of assistance needed to perform domestic and safety skills for individuals with severe disabilities who live successfully in the community, based on type of residence and hours of in-home support provided. Participants included residential specialists from small community…
Descriptors: Safety, Mental Retardation, Community Involvement, Developmental Disabilities
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Ruppar, Andrea L.; Dymond, Stacy K.; Gaffney, Janet S. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' perspectives on the appropriate skills and settings for literacy instruction, the factors influencing their decisions about literacy instruction, and the barriers to literacy instruction in general education classrooms. A sample of special education teachers (n = 69) of students taking the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Alternative Assessment, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Halle, James W.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2009
The history of the educational movement for students with severe disabilities began with an emphasis on FAPE, opening the doors to education for all students; progressed to a greater focus on LRE, encompassing the assumption that the default setting ought to be the same one that typically developing peers occupy; and recently arrived at access to…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, General Education, Severe Disabilities
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Dymond, Stacy K.; Renzaglia, Adelle; Gilson, Christie L.; Slagor, Michael T. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
The term "access to the general curriculum" is widely used in the field of special education, yet little is known about how practitioners are interpreting the term for high school students with significant cognitive disabilities (SCD). In this study, general and special educators in one high school were interviewed to determine their definition of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Moderate Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation, Special Education Teachers
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Spooner, Fred; Dymond, Stacy K.; Smith, Anne; Kennedy, Craig H. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2006
This article introduces a special issue on accessing the general curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The authors intent with the series was to highlight four Directed Research (CFDA 84.324D) projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in 2002. The directed research priority targeted the need to extend…
Descriptors: General Education, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming
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Dymond, Stacy K.; Renzaglia, Adelle; Rosenstein, Amy; Chun, Eul Jung; Banks, Ronald A.; Niswander, Vicki; Gilson, Christie L. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2006
Case study methodology was used in combination with a participatory action research (PAR) approach to examine the process of redesigning one high school science course to incorporate the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and to promote access to the general curriculum. The participants included one general education teacher and two…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Access to Education, Student Participation, Learning Theories