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Kerri L. Clopton; Stephanie L. Schmitz; Nicole R. Skaar; Susan Larson Etscheidt – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
The IDEA requires schools to evaluate and provide services to students who have a mental health issue that is deemed an educational disability or a mental health issue that is comorbid with an educational disability. Etscheidt and colleagues (this issue) propose a six component approach to securing school-based mental health services for students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Preschool Children, Grade 5, Mental Health
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Susan Larson Etscheidt; Nicole R. Skaar; Kerri L. Clopton; Stephanie L. Schmitz – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
In this series, we highlighted the importance of addressing the mental health needs of students with disabilities. The purpose of this final article in the series is to briefly summarize each article's recommendations for addressing children's mental health needs and to provide a compelling rationale for adopting those recommended practices. The…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Student Needs, Ethics, Advocacy
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Rachel E. Donegan; Sally K. Fluhler – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Explicit instruction is a high-leverage practice for special education and is associated with improved learning for students with disabilities (Hughes et al., 2019). The high-leverage practices are 22 critical practices in special education that are effective for improving outcomes for a broad range of students with and at risk for disabilities…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Special Education, Reading Difficulties
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Christina Novelli; Kristin L. Sayeski – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Improving students' spelling proficiency can increase their reading performance. Unfortunately, many students with specific learning disabilities in reading struggle with spelling. These students are often served in general education settings and provided with limited support for spelling. Recently, however, teachers have begun to incorporate…
Descriptors: Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Visual Aids
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Lynn S. Burdick; Catherine Corr – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Nine-year old Eliza is a student at Meadows Elementary School where she receives special education services for her diagnosis of Emotional Disturbance. Her teachers are working together to try to bring Eliza back into the classroom after weeks of time spent in the office with no contact with her peers. Mr. Jimenez and Ms. Landon are collaborating…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Special Education
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Alicia F. Saunders; Shawnee Wakeman; Brett Cerrato; Holly Johnson – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Behavior skills training (BST) with ongoing coaching is an effective form of professional development that creates sustained educator practice change and improves student outcomes. We provide a model for how BST can be used to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices with both teachers and paraprofessionals, the latter of whom often…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Professional Development
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Kristabel Stark; Jessica Koslouski – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Considering the salience of emotions in their work, special educators should think of them as an important source of data to inform and improve their practice. Special educators' emotions and emotional labor are a rich and accessible form of data that can directly inform their delivery of high-quality instruction. Although special educators…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Intelligence
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Robert Paul Maddox II; James Rujimora; Lindsey M. Nichols; Mia Kim Williams; Tiffany Hunt; Richard Allen Carter Jr. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
In this manuscript a review of the prevalence of trauma among students in the United States and its impact on child development and the educational environment is conducted. Case vignettes are used to highlight the impact of trauma present in schools and a framework for implementing trauma-informed care (TIC) in special education is explored. The…
Descriptors: Students, Trauma, Incidence, Trauma Informed Approach
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Michael J. Kennedy; John Elwood Romig – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
There are numerous reasons why students with disabilities struggle in school. A key reason is professionals in the field may not pay enough attention to students' overwhelmed cognitive capacity. Cognitive load theory explains that all humans have limited capacity at any given time to use their auditory, visual, and tactile inputs (independently or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Learning Theories, Students with Disabilities
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Carey, Lisa B.; Harkins-Brown, Andrea; Ruble, Kathy; Paré-Blagoev, E. Juliana; Milla, Kimberly; Thornton, Clifton P.; Jacobson, Lisa A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Students with chronic and complex medical conditions often require assistive technologies in order to accommodate both physical and cognitive needs. Survivors of childhood cancer who are eligible for special education offer a lens through which to examine barriers to assistive technology assessment, acquisition, use, and support for students with…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Cancer, Chronic Illness
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Stansberry Brusnahan, Lynn; Maguire, Erin; Harkins Monaco, Elizabeth A.; Leckie, Adam; Bailey, Sheila; Fuller, Marcus – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
The Council for Exceptional Children studied the profession of special education and found that a substantial number of special educators rated their confidence as lower in culturally responsive instruction strategies (Fowler, et al., 2019). The recommendations in this article highlight how to confront the intersection of racism and ableism and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Intersectionality, Racism, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Kaczorowski, Tara; McMahon, Don; Gardiner-Walsh, Stephanie; Hollingshead, Aleksandra – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Technology is infused into our daily lives and is used by nearly everyone. For this reason, Innovations in Special Education Technology (ISET) focuses on technology integration with a wide range of purposes. Educational technology falls on a spectrum from universal instructional supports for all learners (e.g., digital graphic organizers, virtual…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Equal Education
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Broughton, Alta Joy; Przymus, Steve D.; Ortiz, Alba A.; Cruz, Bárbara J Suarez – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
As schools seek to bridge the cultural and linguistic gap between special educators and students at the intersections of learning and language, the case described in this article illustrates how educators can continue to apply one of the key tenets of special education, the strengths-based approach. The hegemony of English has become so pervasive…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Multilingualism, Students with Disabilities, Special Education
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Taylor, Jonte' C.; Hanley, Whitney; Deger, Gwendolyn; C. Hunter, William – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
The interpretation of behavior of from marginalized backgrounds is susceptible to prejudice, bias, and racist ideology. This is especially true when evaluations include subjective assessment of perceived challenging behaviors which has historically led to overrepresentation of student from marginalized backgrounds at-risk of or with an emotional…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Racism, Positive Behavior Supports, Special Education
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McLucas, Alan S.; Wilson, Sarah E.; Lovette, Gail E.; Therrien, William J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Journalists have reported large-scale lead poisoning affecting children in cities such as Flint, Michigan. Unfortunately, children's exposure to lead is not isolated and occurs throughout the country in both urban and rural settings. The effects of lead exposure can cause children to develop disabilities, potentially requiring special education…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Child Health, Hazardous Materials, Special Education
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