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Mancil, G. Richmond; Pearl, Cynthia E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
One way to improve engagement and ensure motivation for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during academics is to use restricted interests in instruction and activities. Embedding these interests into the curriculum can motivate the student with ASD to attempt tasks that were previously less preferred or difficult. This article…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation
Briere, Donald E., III; Siegle, Del – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Unified Sports is Special Olympics' response to the inclusion movement. The program includes both students with disabilities and students without disabilities working together in athletic competitions. We describe 4 students who participated in the program: 3 females and 1 male. The students' disabilities varied and included mobile impairment,…
Descriptors: Team Sports, High School Students, Disabilities, Special Education
Spencer, Vicky G.; Simpson, Cynthia G.; Day, Mindy; Buster, Elizabeth – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Having a special or highly focused area of interest is a characteristic that is commonly found in many children with autism. These interests include a wide range of fascinations and can be highly motivating for students with autism. Although recognized as an inherent characteristic of autism, special interests and their role in motivating children…
Descriptors: Autism, Interests, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
Cahill, Susan M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
This article presents a case story of how an occupational therapist worked with Joe, a junior high student with Asperger's Syndrome, to develop better organizational skills. Self-regulated learning strategies were used to teach Joe how to keep track of his assignments as well as his grades. In addition, the case story provides a clear example of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Occupational Therapy, Student Motivation, Asperger Syndrome
Laud, Leslie E.; Patel, Pooja – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
This case study measured the effectiveness of a writing strategy designed to enhance the organization and cohesion of paragraphs written by four students with writing difficulties who are currently enrolled in a resource program. The strategy steps were taught through a mnemonic in which steps beginning with each letter of UNITE provided an…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing Strategies, Paragraph Composition, Mnemonics
Veksler, Dina; Reed, Henry; Ranish, Anna – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
The Thematic Photobook System is a teaching strategy that uses an interpersonal approach to involve and encourage a child to participate in producing photobooks of specific themes to facilitate desired learning or behavioral objectives. A thematic photobook is a tool which integrates a number of educational or therapeutic photo activities focused…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Photography, Thematic Approach, Disabilities
Lindsey-Glenn, Pam F.; Gentry, James E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
This case study examines the use of two assistive technologies, the Franklin Language Master 6000b and Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, as visual support systems to aid in the vocabulary acquisition skills of a student with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The intervention used children's literature and best practices in teaching vocabulary skills in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Intervention, Autism, Visual Aids
Olnes, Lisa – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
This study focuses on the effect of service-learning on 5 students with disabilities in an inclusive 6th grade class. As students participated in service activities which met a community need and were linked to the curriculum, they achieved learning goals and were provided the real life applications of their learning. Students experienced the…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Grade 6, Disabilities, Service Learning
Linz, Ed; Heater, Mary Jane; Howard, Lori – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Recently team teaching has become more prevalent in high school classes. These teams often pair a general education teacher with content knowledge with a special education teacher. Due to a lack of detailed knowledge/experience in the other's area of expertise, many team teachers in science courses are confronted with unique challenges. In this…
Descriptors: General Education, Teacher Collaboration, Special Education Teachers, Science Teachers
Morrison, Rebecca S.; Blackburn, Amanda M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Research supports the difficulties that students with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have in developing successful interpersonal relationships. While they want to establish friendships, students with AS fail to recognize and accurately interpret social cues and verbal and nonverbal behavior (Iovannone, Dunlap, Huber, &…
Descriptors: Cues, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Program Descriptions
Rader, Laura A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
A daily intensive supplemental reading and writing program was developed to assist students who were: 1. identified with a language disability and 2. identified as at-risk for reading failure in an urban elementary school. The purpose of the program was to help these students understand and develop the connection between oral and written language…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Failure, Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction
Bruce, Susan; Randall, Amy; Birge, Barbara – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
This article tells the story of how Colby, a young boy who is congenitally deafblind, developed language and literacy. Narrative is coupled with video to illustrate how the following four instructional approaches and interventions supported his development: (1) daily schedule, (2) home-school journal, (3) experiential based literacy, and (4)…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Sign Language, Teaching Methods, Deaf Blind
Crouch, Alyssa L.; Jakubecy, Jennifer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2007
The purpose of this study was to apply two techniques, drill activities and fine motor activities, to find whether they help improve the handwriting of a student with dysgraphia. This action research used an ABAB single subject design to find which technique worked better over an eight-week period. The results were inconclusive on which technique…
Descriptors: Action Research, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Writing Instruction
Wasburn-Moses, Leah – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2007
Today's special education teachers are expected to be able to give all students access to the general education curriculum (McLaughlin & Thurlow, 2003). This responsibility can be particularly challenging given the wide range of ages, ability levels, and needs of the students they teach (Huefner, 2000). This paper describes results of a thorough…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Access to Education
DeNoble, Alexander J.; DeNoble, Kathleen A.; Fleres, Carol N.; McCabe, Andrew A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2007
Special education programs for low achievers may not always be the right choice. Early identification and intervention could significantly reduce overdependence on special education. The authors reviewed pertinent literature related to the benefits of referral and placement in special education settings, and proposed strategies that would help low…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Identification, Special Education, Intervention