Educators and families develop individualized education programs (IEPs) to address unique needs of individual students with disabilities. Addressing all student needs is critical to ensuring students receive a free and appropriate public education. To understand how IEP teams address the needs of students with complex support needs, we examined…

This study employed a meta-analytic approach to examine the effectiveness of graphic organizers (GOs) in improving academic and behavioral outcomes for K-12 students with disabilities, drawing from the single-case special education literature. Moderators at participant and study level were analyzed in addition to the main effects. A comprehensive…

The relationship between schools and parents has evolved over recent years and is now recognized as a valuable and bi-directional partnership in the educative process. This partnership is of particular significance for parents with a dyslexic child, playing a vital role in ensuring success within the school and beyond. Using a unique conceptual…

Bullying has deleterious effects on the health of youth, families, schools, and communities. These effects are especially pronounced for youth with special education needs specific to emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Much of what is understood concerning the effects of bullying has been limited to face-to-face contexts. Despite the…

Given the growing emphasis on algebraic concepts in primary education curricula and the importance to investigate how students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) approach mathematical learning, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an instruction based on multiple representations in promoting early algebraic thinking in…

Special education teacher attrition is a persistent and complex issue that has a negative impact on students with disabilities. We conducted an exploratory study about where special education teachers (SETs) plan to go or move to when they leave their schools, the answers to which may help address shortages in school districts. Specifically, as a…

The scientific and technological advances in the 21st century necessitate the acquisition of STEM skills for all students in order to be successful in post-secondary education and the workforce, including students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Technology-mediated intervention has shown promise in improving the STEM skills of students with…

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an instructional framework to improve learning outcomes in the general education curriculum. A critical analysis of its theoretical foundation and underlying assumptions is essential to understand its potential usefulness and limitations. Our analysis identifies seven issues that challenge key assumptions of…

This article successively (a) highlights differences between the legal and professional lenses in relation to IDEA issues; (b) provides an update the 2017 analysis of judicial case law on the frequency and outcomes for procedural denial of FAPE in the IEP process; and (c) discusses the implications of this updated legal analysis. The 100 court…

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in ongoing impacts on the education landscape through the sudden shift from traditional, in-person instruction to online instruction. Specifically, the complexities of the pandemic vastly and disproportionately impacted students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their…

Although advocacy seems inevitable for families of individuals with disabilities across the lifespan, little is known about how advocacy may change from early intervention to school services. By understanding similarities and differences across the time periods, we can develop interventions to improve advocacy during early intervention and school…

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a cornerstone of special education and mandates for physical education (PE) and adapted physical education (APE). Little is known about how these areas are interpreted within court cases. We employed a legal content analysis to examine the interpretation of IDEA in state and federal court…

The education of individuals with intellectual disability should include professional and safety skills to become qualified for jobs and increase employment rates. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of teaching these individuals high-risk cooking skills with video models in order to learn to work as assistant cooks. The…

The current study aimed to develop an adaptive behavior construct using National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) data. The parent survey data gathered at Wave 1 was used to create an adaptive behavior construct. A bifactor model with three subdomains of conceptual, social, and practical skills with a total of 21 items was developed using…

This study aimed to extend previous literature comparing continuous methods of data collection to estimation data, but this time implementing the data collection procedures within a group discrete trial teaching format with three individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Group discrete trial teaching was conducted in a classroom setting…