Publication Date
| In 2024 | 510 |
| Since 2023 | 1068 |
| Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 2678 |
| Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 4610 |
| Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 4787 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Teachers | 32 |
| Practitioners | 23 |
| Researchers | 21 |
| Policymakers | 16 |
| Counselors | 8 |
| Administrators | 7 |
| Students | 7 |
| Parents | 5 |
| Community | 2 |
| Media Staff | 1 |
Location
| Australia | 219 |
| United Kingdom | 167 |
| Netherlands | 139 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 108 |
| Turkey | 106 |
| Ireland | 99 |
| Sweden | 90 |
| Canada | 87 |
| Spain | 81 |
| Norway | 56 |
| United States | 51 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Peer reviewed
Direct linkKranzler, John H.; Benson, Nicholas; Floyd, Randy G. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2016
This article briefly reviews the history of intellectual assessment of children and youth in the United States of America, as well as current practices and future directions. Although administration of intelligence tests in the schools has been a longstanding practice in the United States, their use has also elicited sharp controversy over time.…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Children, Youth, Test Construction
John, Aesha; Montgomery, Diane – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2016
This study with families caring for an individual with an intellectual disability in a mid-sized Indian city explored the diverse explanatory models that parents constructed of causes, preferred treatment approaches and perceived social effects of their child's intellectual disability. Seventeen mothers and three fathers rank ordered 48 disability…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parent Attitudes, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries
Hettiarachchi, Shyamani – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Children diagnosed with intellectual difficulties experience difficulties with narrative skills, due to limited syntactic knowledge. The Colourful Semantics approach with thematic roles and a colour coding system may encourage syntactic development in children experiencing intellectual disabilities. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Semantics, Intellectual Disability, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
Download full textHall, Anna-Marie; Theron, Linda – South African Journal of Education, 2016
The global prioritisation of the inclusion of learners with disabilities, and of vulnerable young people's resilience, means that teachers worldwide require insight into how best to facilitate the resilience of adolescents made vulnerable by intellectual disability (ID). To provide such insight, we conducted a secondary data analysis of a multiple…
Descriptors: School Culture, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Case Studies
Salomone, Erica; Leadbitter, Kathy; Aldred, Catherine; Barrett, Barbara; Byford, Sarah; Charman, Tony; Howlin, Patricia; Green, Jonathan; Le Couteur, Ann; McConachie, Helen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Pickles, Andrew; Slonims, Vicky; Cole-Fletcher, Rachel; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George; Cole-Fletcher, Rachle; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We examined predictors of mental health difficulties and wellbeing in caregivers of children with autism in the Pre-school Autism Communication Trial cohort in middle childhood (N = 104). Child's intellectual disability, daily living skills impairment, elevated emotional and behavioural difficulties, high educational level of caregiver and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Autism, Predictor Variables
Williams, Kelly J.; Austin, Christy R.; Vaughn, Sharon – Journal of Special Education, 2018
This synthesis examined the effects of spelling interventions on spelling outcomes for students with disabilities in Grades 6 through 12. Thirteen single-case design studies were identified for inclusion in the review. No studies used a treatment/comparison design. The most common types of interventions involved systematic study strategies, such…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Spelling Instruction, Intervention, Disabilities
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Dosedel, Michael – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires 95% participation in state achievement testing. Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). A growing number of these students are also English learners (Christensen et al., 2018).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Patel, Meera; Rose, John – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
The aim of the study was to investigate attitudes held by a British student population towards individuals with an intellectual disability. Students participated in focus groups addressing their attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of individuals with an intellectual disability. Thematic analysis was the method used to identify emergent themes.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Stansfield, Jois; Matthews, Alison – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
The advanced clinical reasoning approach is widely adopted in speech and language therapy practice. This article reports on the introduction of the approach across a multidisciplinary adult learning disability service and staff reports on the impact of this initiative. Staff and team managers reported that the training had a positive impact on…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Adults
Frawley, Patsie; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Sexuality and relationship education for adults with an intellectual disability has failed to include them in roles other than as learners. This paper reports findings from a study of the experiences of peer educators with an intellectual disability who co-facilitated a respectful relationships education program. Method: Qualitative…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Sexuality, Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Bates, Keith; Davies, Jill; Burke, Christine; Mattingly, Molly – Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, 2014
Across the UK, fewer than 5.8% of people with a learning disability have a job, and many of those who are employed only work part-time. Yet most people indicate that they want to work. Many miss out on the basic right to aspire to a career, the wider social networks, the better emotional and physical health, and the independence that come from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Aspiration, Intellectual Disability, Workshops
Griffin, Megan M.; Papay, Clare K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2017
Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), such as autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome, have more opportunities to go to college than ever before (Hart, Grigal, & Weir, 2010). Over the last decade, the issue of increasing access to college for students with IDD has gained much national attention, in part due to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Education, Higher Education
Ryan, Susan M.; Nauheimer, Jeanne M.; George, Cassandra L.; Dague, E. Bryan – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2017
In this three-year qualitative study we investigated the experiences and perspectives of university undergraduate students who were peer mentors for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) in a postsecondary education certificate program at a public university in the northeastern United States. The findings were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Mentors, Developmental Disabilities, Undergraduate Students
Mourelatou, Athina; Zamfirov, Milen – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2017
In this survey a presentation of the difficulties of students with mild intellectual disabilities is performed. Intellectual disability is a neurodevelopment diagnosis and it refers to children who have developmental, adaptive behavioural and cognitive difficulties compared to their peers. Intellectual disabilities are categorized by their…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Psychometrics, Test Construction
Dickerson, Elizabeth G. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative research was to examine what relationships, if any, exist between the independent variable of burnout and dependent variables of job satisfaction for special education teachers who work with students who have moderate to severe disabilities ages 5 to 22 in a Southern California school district.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Teacher Burnout, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities
