Exceptional Children articles from January 2009

Exceptional Children archives from January 2009

The improvement rate difference for single-case research.(Report)
January 1, 2009... Integral to applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the frequent measurement of client behavior over time, and its graphic display to guide decisions for managing interventions (Baer, Wolf & Risley, 1968; Sidman, 1960; Skinner, 1938). Inferences...

Estimating reading growth using intermittent CBM progress monitoring.(curriculum-based measurement)(Report)
January 1, 2009... Nothing distinguishes special from general education as much as special education's attention to students as individuals. D. Fuchs and Fuchs (1995) described individualized education as the "signature feature of effective special education...

Response to early reading intervention: examining higher and lower responders.(Report)
January 1, 2009... Considerable research in beginning reading during the last decade has documented that most students with reading difficulties can be provided interventions that are associated with improvements in students' reading outcomes (Foorman, Francis,...

Collaborative problem solving effectively implemented, but not sustained: a case for aligning the sun, the moon, and the stars.(Report)
January 1, 2009... The concept of teams of teachers and other school professionals working together to address student concerns was introduced over 30 years ago. Since then, various names have been used to describe these teams such as (a) mainstream assistance...

Readiness and adjustments to school for children with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR): an extreme test case paradigm.(Report)
January 1, 2009... Children with specific biological and developmental risk factors, such as those born with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), are likely to experience adjustment difficulties. To date few research studies have been able to determine...

Alternate assessment: have we learned anything new?(Report)
January 1, 2009... Large-scale educational assessment has become an increasingly important strategy over the past decade for holding schools accountable for the teaching and learning of all students. One element of large-scale educational assessment within each...