special-education

The problem that was addressed through this study is that preschool special educators are not consistently integrating role-play strategies when teaching language development to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at ABC district (a pseudonym), a district in the southeastern United States. Grounded in Vygotsky’s social learning construct, the purpose of this study was to explore the perc…

When Accommodations Exist but Access Doesn’t: A Middle School Reality Check contributed by Pramod Polimari, middle school special education strategist In middle school classrooms across the country, accommodations are in place. IEPs are written. Support plans are documented. Students are technically “included.” And yet, many students still struggle to access learning in meaningful ways. This disc…

With graduation season just around the corner, many families are looking forward to celebrating their high school and college seniors in lively graduation ceremonies. But the graduation season and upcoming vocational transitions can be challenging for autistic people and their families, who may struggle with participating in a traditional ceremony, accessing resources after graduation and […] The…

By Dr Prithvi Perepa, Associate Professor in Autism Studies, University of Birmingham The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) have recently published their recommendations for reducing the number of children who are losing learning due to school exclusions or parents electively home educating their children. According to their report, the number of school exclusions has risen by a third i…

Disciplines Disability and Equity in Education | Special Education and Teaching Publication Date 2021 Document Type Article DOI 10.25778/3v8r-nb42 Abstract We conducted a review of the literature on articles published between 1990 and 2020 that measured the effects of progressive time delay (PTD) on skill acquisition in students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In all, 11 experimental researc…

WestEd's Rorie Fitzpatrick recommends three actions state and local education agencies can take to support students with disabilities through school closures and the transition back to school settings.

Education leaders working to improve systems for serving students with disabilities throughout the state.

The Center for Disabilities Studies, in partnership with other education centers at the University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), will offer the state’s first special education-specific leadership training program starting in 2020. Called the Special Education Administrative Leadership (SEAL) program, it will be supported by a five-year, $1 million grant from the U.S…