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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"special education school"”.
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Multisensory Therapeutic Garden for a General Special Education School
… field and tailoring the design to a generalized special education elementary school, this project aims to create a multisensory experience that incorporates opportunities for play, education, community, and relaxation. Preliminary research explored the history of therapeutic landscapes and …
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A Study of Virginia Administrators with Responsibility for Division Special Education Services and Knowledge of Special Education School Law
This study investigated the knowledge of special education directors or division designees in school divisions across the Commonwealth of Virginia. One-hundred-twenty-nine Virginia special education directors or division designees were sent an on-line assessment describing 22 hypothetical scenarios …
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Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Segregated Special Education School Settings Through Implementation of the Collaborative Problem Solving Model
… in reducing restrictive practices in public school settings. Many peer-reviewed, published reports suggest that educators are poorly prepared to manage the extremely challenging behaviors of aggression and non-compliance, which are common in students classified with an emotional disturbance …
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Lived Experiences Of Primary And Secondary Teachers At One State-Approved Private Special Education School In Connecticut Regarding Disparities Among Racially And Ethnically Diverse Students In Special Education
… secondary teachers at one state-approved private special education school in Connecticut regarding disparities among racially and ethnically diverse students with emotional or learning disorders in special education (Cavendish et al., 2018; Jackson et al., 2016; Leung, 2021; Lhamon et al., 2019; …
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An Analysis of the Special Education Services for Children and Youth in Costa Rica
An analysis of Costa Rica special education services was developed with the objective of analyzing its school programs, its university teacher training programs and the quality overall of services provided in the country. Program indicators of quality special education services were delineated with …
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Middle School Transition: faculty and parent perceptions of the academic, procedural, and social changes that occur between elementary and middle school
… faculty regarding the transition from a private special education school to the middle school environment. Research was conducted using a mixed methods design to investigate the attitudes and perceptions of those directly involved with the transition process. Seventeen participants, nine parents …
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An Ethnographic Survey Focusing on Delivery of Audiologic Services to Students in Public Schools in the State of Missouri
… audiologic service delivery models used in four school programs located in different demographic settings in Missouri. These settings include: (1) a major metropolitan area, (2) a minor metropolitan area, (3) a State Residential School for the Deaf, and (4) a non-metropolitan/rural area. One of …
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In Their Own Words: Using Retrospective Narratives to Explore the Influence of Socio-Cultural and Contextual Factors on Discourses About Identity of Self-As-Principal
… and certain contextual factors, such as level of school (i.e., elementary, middle school, high school), era, school size, open space schools, career track, special education, school district emerged as determiners of cohorts sharing discourse features about self-as-principal. The most profound …
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The Potential of Green Care Interventions to Promote Positive Youth Development with a One Health Lens
… in this study are students at Green Chimneys, a special education school which employs nature-based programs for educational, clinical, and recreational purposes. The presence or change of each of the 5Cs domains was found in varying prevalence, in relation to animals. However, none of the 5Cs …
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Creating non-representational art by students who are severely intellectually disabled through a pictorial and musical program
… art work produced by lower primary students in a special education school to similar art work being produced by lower primary students in a regular school, when taught in the same program. A subsidiary purpose of the study was to investigate teacher reactions in the art classroom of each …
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The Social Perceptions And Attitudes Held By African American Males Who Participated In A Self-Contained Special Education Middle School Program For Three Years And Dropped Out Of High School After The Ninth Grade
… MALES WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SELF-CONTAINED SPECIAL EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS AND DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE NINTH GRADE</strong></p> <p>by</p> <p><strong>SHERRELL HOBBS</strong></p> <p><strong>December 2010</strong></p> <p><strong>Advisor:</strong> Dr. …
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Collaborative Teaching Practices for a New Century: A Descriptive Case Study of Peer Coaching
… another in Excelsior Academy, a small private special education school in San Diego. The purpose of the study was to investigate the patterns that would explain coaching experiences and responses to discover the implications for how collaborative teaching practices such as peer coaching might …
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Agentes animados personificados en sistemas interactivos: diseño y evaluación
… Animados Per¬sonificados en la Educación Especial. Se analizan las capacidades de esta tecnología tales como la mejora de la confianza en la interacción, el uso de diferentes roles o el empleo de comunicación no verbal, y se crean aplicaciones que, aportando estas capacidades, sirvan como …
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Beyond Katrina, Designing A Unique Charter School In New Orleans: Community, Pedagogy, Governance, Finance, and Bureaucracy
… the process of writing and submitting a charter school application in Post-Katrina New Orleans. The focus of the study is my professional journey to this point, and the journey the charter team. The school's mission and curriculum is unique and centered on special needs students who are "at-risk" …
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SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS' PERCEPTIONS OF ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT DECISIONS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS
In comparison to school age special education practices, preschool special education practices have received far less attention in the research community. Each year in the United States, over 250,000 preschool age children are determined to exhibit developmental delay. It is unknown how many of …
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Examination of K-12 School Administrators’ Perceptions of Their Preparation to Lead Special Education Programs
<p>Current research tells us that when school administrators are not prepared to lead special education, the result can be an educational detriment to the student involved and cause a costly fiscal impact to the school district. The researcher set out to ascertain school administrators’ perceptions …
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Faculty Perspectives of a School-Based Mental Health Program In a Rural School District
<p>School-based mental health centers provide promising solutions to the nationwide problem of high school dropouts and help students tackle the many barriers that may not only impede their health and well-being, but also their chances for completing high school (Center for School, Health, and …
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The school reform movement and high stakes standardized testing: An analysis of factors impacting the academic outcomes of students receiving special education services.
The purpose of this study was to investigate special education outcomes in relation to state standardized testing. It specifically sought to determine if a relationship existed between selected data from the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) comparing district students receiving …
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Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Engaging in Peer-to-Peer Safety and Sexuality Training: A Case Study
… sexual assault (Harrell & Rand, 2010). Sexuality education and safety training are tools suggested by researchers and practitioners to decrease vulnerability to victimization for individuals with ID (e.g., Champagne & Walker-Hirsh, 1993; Planned Parenthood, 2009; Sobsey, 1994). Peer-to-peer …