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Direct linkSudha Krishnan – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2024
This study examines the understandings and beliefs about disability of teacher candidates in a credential program to teach students with extensive support needs and shows how reading first-person narratives by disabled authors in a course influenced these understandings and beliefs. The study used deductive thematic coding to analyze reflective…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Authors, Personal Narratives
Ballard, Sarah L.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to understand the beliefs of parents and school personnel about involving secondary-age students with extensive support needs in their specialized health care procedures at school. Participants included parents, special education teachers, school nurses, one-to-one nurses, and paraprofessionals…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Safety, Cooperation, Well Being
Download full textTravers, Hilary E.; Carter, Erik W. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are evidence-based practices that improve outcomes for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Determining whether peers also benefit substantively from their involvement in these widely used practices is key to establishing the reciprocity of PMIs. This study examined the breadth and…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities
Walker, Virginia L.; Pennington, Robert C.; Andzik, Natalie R.; Tapp, Melissa C.; Masud-Werner, Andy – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
Many students with extensive support needs (ESN) benefit from specific instruction as well as a range of communication supports to develop effective communication repertoires and fully participate in their educational experience. Although evidence-based practices and supports addressing the communication needs of students with ESN have been…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Needs, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Athamanah, Lindsay S.; Fisher, Marisa H.; Sung, Connie; Han, Jinny E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
Peer mentoring programs provide an opportunity for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to learn, socialize, and work together in supportive and inclusive environments. In this study, we used a phenomenological research design to explore the impact of a college campus-based peer mentoring program on the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Intellectual Disability
Qian, Xueqin; Johnson, David R.; Wu, Yi Chen; LaVelle, John; Thurlow, Martha L.; Davenport, Ernest – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 to examine predictors at the individual, family, and school levels associated with parental expectations toward postsecondary education among students with significant support needs, including those with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and multiple…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Special Education, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities
Olson, Amy J.; Roberts, Carly A. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
Special education teacher educators face multiple systemic, institutional, and social barriers in preparing teacher candidates to provide students with significant disabilities access to the general curriculum. This qualitative interview study explores how special education teacher educators are working to navigate these barriers while employing…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Barriers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
Ruppar, Andrea L.; Neeper, Lance S.; Dalsen, Jennifer – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
In the current study, special education teachers' perceptions of preparedness to implement recommended practices for students with severe disabilities were examined. A vignette-style survey was sent to special education teachers assigned to teach students with severe disabilities. Overall, respondents reported higher perceptions of preparedness to…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Readiness, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
