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Sally M. Reis; Joseph W. Madaus; Nicholas W. Gelbar; Lawrence J. Miller – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Academically talented students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have the potential to be successful both in high school and later in college, but their rate of post-secondary enrollment and completion lags behind their peers. Currently, limited information exists on strategies to help these students, often known as twice exceptional or 2e, to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Gifted Disabled, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Teaching Methods
Jeremy W. Ford; Amanda M. Kern; Julia P. Gorman; Conor D. Mooney – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Individualizing instruction is a time-consuming aspect of classroom practice. Testing multiple interventions, and monitoring each to see which is most effective for a student can be prohibitively time consuming. However, Brief Experimental Analysis (BEA) is an assessment procedure that can be used to quickly identify an intervention that is likely…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Individualized Instruction, Intervention
Matthew F. Flanagan; Jennifer L. Bumble – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Collaboration is an essential practice linked to improved postschool outcomes of youth with disabilities and many school systems depend on special educators to broker this collaboration and engage meaningful partners throughout the transition planning process. Community asset mapping is a strategy for locating and leveraging resources and is…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Students with Disabilities, School Community Relationship, Individualized Transition Plans
S. Blair Payne; Elizabeth Swanson – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Executive functions, which begin developing in early childhood, are necessary for the tasks of daily life, such as decision making and planning. Despite their early development, often without teaching, many teens with disabilities need explicit instruction to acquire and apply executive functions each day. Gaps in executive functions directly…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Adolescents, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
Lindsay F. Rentschler; Kara A. Hume; Jessica R. Steinbrenner – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
High schools have the potential to foster the growth of students' interests and social relationships beyond the classroom. Sports teams, performing and visual arts groups, special interest clubs, and service projects are some of the extracurricular activities on campus that provide students with opportunities for personal development and social…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, High Schools
Empowering Transition-Age Students to Use Self-Determination Assessment to Lead IEP Goal Development
Raley, Sheida K.; Hagiwara, Mayumi; Shogren, Karrie A.; Matusevich, Hunter – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Self-determination is a predictor of positive in- and post-school outcomes, including access to general education, competitive employment, and community participation. Emerging research has focused on promoting self-determination for all students given alignments with college and career readiness frameworks and equity-based education. However, it…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Individualized Education Programs, Measures (Individuals), Intervention
Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Goldstone, Linda; Higgins, Jennifer; Thurlow, Martha – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Postsecondary entrance and placement tests provide critical information that shapes the trajectory of the transition from secondary to postsecondary education. Test accommodations can play an important role in reducing barriers that deaf students face during high-stakes testing. For deaf students, decisions about access and accommodations for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Deafness
Anderson, Laura K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Students with intellectual disabilities are among the least likely students to spend a significant amount of time in general education classrooms. When they are included, they may spend their time on non-academic learning experiences. Universal Design for Learning is a lesson planning framework that can guide teachers in inclusive lesson planning.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Access to Education
Arter, Patricia S.; Brown, Tammy B. H.; Barna, Jennifer; Law, Monica; Fidiam, Regina; Fruehan, Allison; Daquila, Jessica – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
While job interviewing training is part of the transition planning and school-to-work curriculum, using virtual reality (VR) can be a valuable addition to the current curriculum, specifically given the unique characteristics of individuals with ASD. This article will provide step-by step procedures to integrate VR into the current classroom…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Employment Interviews, Computer Simulation, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Howard, Maureen; Reed, Alexandra S.; Francis, Grace L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA; 2004) requires that special education teachers include transition in student individualized education plans (IEPs) in preparation for adulthood. The law also requires that, at a minimum, educators invite students with disabilities to attend their IEP meetings starting no later than…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Transitional Programs
Flanagan, Matthew F.; Kutscher, Elisabeth L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Community-based instruction (CBI) is one type of community experience in which students with disabilities work toward instructional goals while engaged in activities occurring in a natural environment outside of a typical school setting (Hoover, 2016; Rowe et al., 2015). Educators who implement CBI capitalize on their students' time in the…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Progress Monitoring, Students with Disabilities, High School Students
Schutz, Michele A.; Carter, Erik W.; Gajjar, Shimul A.; Maves, Erin A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Strong collaborations are critical to successful youth transitions. Preparing students with disabilities for life after high school requires extensive partnerships within and beyond the school. However, transition educators often struggle to meaningfully engage the people and programs that exist within their local community. A community…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, High School Students, School Community Relationship, Educational Cooperation
Hovland, Jessica B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The ability to read independently is essential for success in high school, college, and most careers. Students with disabilities must be able to comprehend literally and inferentially to meet the demands of the general education curriculum and navigate the complex political, social, and economic environment of the 21st century (King- Sears &…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Reciprocal Teaching, Reading Comprehension
Brum, Christopher; Hall, Laura J.; Reutebuch, Colleen; Perkins, Yolanda – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2019
Maintaining a focus on reading comprehension is essential for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as some will still need to develop this skill during their high school years. Two evidence-based approaches for reading comprehension for high school students with ASD are Alternate Achievement Literacy (AAL) and Collaborative Strategic…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, High School Students, Autism
Rodgers, Wendy J.; Weiss, Margaret P. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2019
Nearly 63% of students with disabilities are included in general education classrooms for some part of their day, and at the high school level, 79% participate in state reading and math assessments (U.S. Department of Education, 2016). Middle and high school classes pose particular challenges because, unlike elementary classrooms, they are usually…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Disabilities, General Education