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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"disability education"”.
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From the human rights-based approach to an ecological approach on how to achieve successful inclusion in international disability education
… inherent to the limitations resulting from the disability itself, but, more importantly, these barriers rest with the societal technologies of exclusion. Using a mixed methodology approach, I conduct a quest to revealing several societal factors that limit full participation of people with …
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Examination of two early intervention screeners to predict identified disability by third grade
Special education evaluation is a critical access point for the identification of students with a disability. However, it remains unclear which children will qualify for services in the educational setting under the requirements set forth in the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA, …
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS DISABILITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT A MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Cultural differences in disability attitudes significantly impact perceptions of and interactions with persons with disabilities. This study explored the multidimensional disability attitudes of the international college student’s towards persons with disabilities and their attitudes toward …
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Ideologically Informed: A Policy Archaeology of Special Education in Ontario, 1965-1980
Waves of education reform in Ontario since the 1960s have resulted in widespread changes to curriculum, governance, and policy directives. Despite these continual reforms the structures and the practices of special education have changed very little since the early twentieth century. This …
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Gender, disability and access to education in Tanzania
… face in their struggle for accessing and gaining education. It explores issues of culture, gender, disability, education and development, and examines the ways these interact with one another in shaping the lives of the women under discussion. These issues are conceptualised to establish the …
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The Self Expressed Needs of Physically Handicapped Persons Living in Iowa During 1976
… indicated his or her age, sex, degree of disability (mild, moderate, or severe), length of disability, resident community population and educational level (0-11 years of education, high school graduate. technical school training, some college education, college graduate). Findings. A total …
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Career construction and support of D/deaf high school learners in the Eastern Cape Province
… learners and members of the Department of Basic Education who were responsible for career guidance in deaf high schools. The data was collected using multiple methods: focus group discussions, individual interviews and document reviews. The findings indicate that careers are constructed under …
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A framework of language use in reference to people with disabilities: People-first, disability-implicit, and disability-first language in a school setting
… disabilities, including people-first language, disability-implicit language, and disability-first language. Results demonstrate a great deal of variation in both the form and content of language, and provide a nuanced way to understand and potentially improve the language used to refer to people …
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Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Public K-12 General Education Teachers With Research-Based Frameworks And Strategies For Students With An Emotional Disability
… the lived experiences of public K-12 general education teachers with research-based frameworks and strategies for students in the classroom who are identified with emotional disability. The following questions were used to guide this study: (1) How do public K-12 general education teachers …
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Intellectual, educational and demographic characteristics of students with learning disabilities and serious emotional disturbances
… among the LD service delivery models. Parent's educational level and WISC-III scale and subtest scores were measured as statistically significant discriminators for the ED service delivery models. To gain further understanding of the intellectual and academic achievement differences between LD …
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Perceptions of adolescents toward teachers with physical challenges
… the impact of a physically challenged teacher's disability on the students in the classroom. Attitudes of junior and senior, male and female high school students toward their physically challenged teacher were analyzed. It was hypothesized that the attitudes of male and female students in both …
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The effectiveness of the web accessibility audit as a motivational and educational tool in inclusive web design
… accessed and used regardless of an individual?s disability is critical. One barrier to improved accessibility of Web sites relates to the gap between Web authors? technical knowledge of Web accessibility guidelines and a broader understanding of the challenges facing disabled people when …
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Experiences of self and belonging among young people identified as having learning difficulties in English schools
Young people identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEN/D), remain some of the most marginalised learners in the English education system. These young people are one of the most likely groups to face exclusion from school and evidence suggests that discrimination …
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The Identification of Spanish-Speaking Children with Speech and Language Handicaps: An Analysis of Current Assessment Practices in Speech and Language Therapy Programs with Proposed Assessment Guidelines
… 87 respondents were employed in clinical or educational settings other than public school speech and language therapy and were asked to respond only to survey questions relating to their background, qualifications, and training. Results Some of the major findings and conclusions of this …