Article
Education, Special
A. M. Nieuwenhuijse, D. L. Willems, J. B. van Goudoever, E. Olsman
Summary: This article explores the perspectives of professional caregivers on the Quality of Life (QoL) of persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD). Professional caregivers mostly describe good QoL in emotional terms such as happiness and pleasure, while poor QoL is described in physical terms such as pain and sickness. They assess QoL through sensing, testing, and discussing with colleagues, emphasizing the dependency of PIMD individuals on caregivers. The relationship between QoL of PIMD individuals and professional caregivers requires further investigation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Chandan Jyoti Kumar, Priti Rekha Das
Summary: This study aims to automate the Autism diagnostic tool using various machine learning techniques on a dataset of 701 samples and 10 fields, considering scenarios with and without missing values. In the ideal scenario without missing values, ANN, SVM, and RF classifiers are trained and tested, with the introduction of the RFE feature selection algorithm. In the real-world scenario with missing values, different algorithms are used to handle the data, generating 12 classification models which are evaluated and suggested for ASD Diagnosis based on specific missing values.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Maria Cecilia Montenegro, Monica Abdul-Chani, Daniel Valdez, Analia Rosoli, Gabriela Garrido, Sebastian Cukier, Cristiane Silvestre Paula, Ricardo Garcia, Alexia Rattazzi, Cecilia Montiel-Nava
Summary: The study found a direct relationship between difficulty accessing services and perceived stigma, and also explored contextual factors influencing stigma perception, such as country of residence and frustration experienced by caregivers.
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
James D. Lee, Rebecca E. Hacker, Hedda Meadan, Ban Sleiman Haidar
Summary: Challenging behaviors exhibited by young children have a negative impact on their development and hinder their access to appropriate education. Many parents are unable to access parent training due to time and resource constraints. To address this issue, we developed online training modules and piloted them with parents of children with disabilities. The parents reported satisfaction with the content and delivery method of the intervention.
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Gulnoza Yakubova, Ryan O. Kellems, Briella Baer Chen, Zackery Cusworth
Summary: The study found that most school professionals have not used AR and VR technologies in their work with children with disabilities, primarily due to a lack of training and financial resources.
JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Wangqian Fu, Qianqian Pan, Caiyun Zhang, Li Cheng
Summary: This study investigated the level of turnover intentions among special education teachers in mainland China and explored the factors influencing their turnover intention. The results found that gender and years of teaching influenced turnover intention, with female teachers and teachers with more years of teaching having lower turnover intentions. Additionally, subject well-being and social support were negatively related to turnover intention, mediated by work engagement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Review
Education, Special
Becky Crowe, Wendy Machalicek, Qi Wei, Christine Drew, Jay Ganz
Summary: Establishing evidence-based practices relies on research synthesis and summarizing scientific evidence on specific topics to determine practices with strong evidence base. Reviews and meta-analyses on aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities have increased over the past 20 years, but methodological weaknesses still exist.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Anna Cook, Jane Ogden
Summary: There is general support among teachers for inclusion of children with special educational needs, but many lack the confidence and knowledge to support autistic pupils. Teachers from different school settings may have varied experiences and attitudes towards autistic pupils, highlighting the need for further research in this area.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Education, Special
Melinda R. Snodgrass, Moon Y. Chung, James M. Kretzer, Elizabeth E. Biggs
Summary: Over the past 40 years, researchers in special education and applied behavior analysis have been discussing the concept of social validity, particularly focusing on critiquing the rigor of methods used for assessment. Through a scoping literature review, a framework of seven Key Questions has been developed to guide rigorous social validity assessment in intervention research, which may have practical utility for researchers and reviewers. This framework organizes critiques across theoretical and methodological dimensions and discusses implications for researchers, reviewers, and journal editors.
REMEDIAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Shanna E. Hirsch, Allison L. Bruhn, Sara McDaniel, Hannah M. Mathews
Summary: This descriptive study analyzed survey data on communication, instruction, and assessment strategies used by school personnel in K-12 settings during the COVID-19 pandemic for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Results show that support personnel serving students with EBD used a variety of strategies, with special educators using significantly different strategies compared to related service providers. Implications for future planning, policy, and research are discussed.
BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Justin D. Garwood
Summary: This position paper proposes exploring potential factors related to burnout of special education teachers and their impact on fidelity of behavior interventions. It suggests measures to pursue research with the ultimate goal of remediation and prevention of burnout in the field.
JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Education, Special
Gulden Bozkus-Genc, Sunagul Sani-Bozkurt
Summary: This study aims to reveal the perceptions of parents with children who have autism spectrum disorder of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and their experiences of the difficulties during the pandemic. The analysis results showed that parents' perspectives shifted from positive to negative during the pandemic, and they talked mostly about the increasing roles and responsibilities of parents, the deep impact on their mental health, and the problems experienced in distance education.
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Maxwell Opoku, Monica Cuskelly, Christopher Rayner, Scott Pedersen
Summary: This study explores demographic variables that impact teachers' intentions to practice inclusive education in secondary schools in Ghana. The findings suggest that teachers in private schools have more positive attitudes, feel more supported, have higher self-efficacy, and are more willing to include children with disabilities in their classrooms compared to teachers in public schools.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Christan Grygas Coogle, Sarah Nagro, Kelley Regan, Kristen Merrill O'Brien, Jennifer R. Ottley
Summary: In this study, we used a multiple-probe single-case research design to investigate the impact of a professional development package on three preschool teachers' naturalistic instruction targeting children's communication. The results showed that the package effectively improved teachers' use of naturalistic instruction, and children responded positively while teachers enhanced the quality of their instruction.
TOPICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Vanessa N. Heitplatz, Christian Buehler, Matthias R. Hastall
Summary: The study explores the differences in attitudes towards digital media usage between people with intellectual disabilities and formal caregivers in Germany. The data was collected through interviews and focus group discussions with 24 formal caregivers and 50 people with intellectual disabilities, and analyzed using inductive content analysis. The findings suggest variations in interest and application preferences between the two target groups.
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Shruti Taneja-Johansson, Nidhi Singal, Meera Samson
Summary: This paper examines the perceptions and practices of mainstream teachers in rural government schools in India regarding the needs of children with disabilities. It finds that teachers often have deficit-oriented views but are willing to engage with disability issues and recognize the value of education for all. However, they struggle to meet diverse learner needs in their classroom practices, particularly for children with disabilities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education, Special
Diane D. Bricker, Huda S. Felimban, Fang Yu Lin, Sondra M. Stegenga, Sloan O'Malley Storie
Summary: Collaboration is a crucial practice in the field of early intervention and early childhood special education, and it is also a legal requirement for children with disabilities. However, collaboration involves complex principles and practices, and there is a lack of systematic frameworks to organize effective collaboration.
TOPICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Pauline Heslop, Victoria Byrne, Rachel Calkin, Kamila Gielnik, Avon Huxor
Summary: This paper introduces the establishment and processes of the national mortality review programme for people with intellectual disabilities in England, known as the LeDeR programme. It explores the challenges and successes of the programme and emphasizes the importance of learning from experiences. The focus of the programme should now shift towards understanding how the findings of mortality reviews contribute to service improvements locally and nationally.
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Review
Education, Special
Elizabeth R. Lorah, Christine Holyfield, Jessica Miller, Brenna Griffen, Cody Lindbloom
Summary: This systematic review compared AAC modes for individuals with ASD and found that most participants preferred and performed better using mobile technology based speech-generating devices. Practitioners are recommended to consider using these devices to promote verbal behavior in children with ASD, but further research is needed to evaluate additional verbal operants and include adolescent and adult participants.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Bryan G. Cook, Jesse I. Fleming, Sara A. Hart, Kathleen Lynne Lane, William J. Therrien, Wilhelmina van Dijk, Sarah Emily Wilson
Summary: Open-science reforms have the potential to benefit special education research and related practices and policies, but few researchers in this field have experience using multiple open-science practices, and there is a lack of tailored guidelines and resources to support their exploration and adoption of open science.
REMEDIAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
(2022)
