Exceptional Children articles from June 2006

Exceptional Children archives from June 2006

Correction Notice.(Correction notice)
June 22, 2006... Exceptional Children, 2006 Volume 72, pages 259 and 363, "On, Yet Under, the Radar: Students With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder," Susan Ryan and Dianne L. Ferguson. The title of the article was incorrectly printed as "On, Yet Under, The...

Preview.(reading habits being generated in kids)
June 22, 2006... Clear and concise writing is not a trait that is typically associated with legislative and judicial documents. For example, a federal directive designed to regulate the price of cabbage is a whopping 26,000 words long. In the final article of...

Research on reading instruction for individuals with significant cognitive disabilities.(Survey)
June 22, 2006... The "science of reading" that has developed over the last 20 years has led to new optimism that, as a nation, we can do better in teaching all students to read (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998). Synthesis reports like Beginning to Read: Thinking...

Disparate access: the disproportionality of African American students with disabilities across educational environments.
June 22, 2006... The overrepresentation of minority students in certain disability categories continues to be one of the most persistent and complex issues in the field of special education, and has received a great deal of attention over the past 20 years...

Examining educational equity: revisiting the disproportionate representation of minority students in special education.
June 22, 2006... Educational equity can be framed in terms of both equal opportunities and outcomes (Nieto, 1996), including both the contexts in which students participate in educational experiences and the extent to which those experiences enable their...

The chronic and increasing shortage of fully certified teachers in special and general education.
June 22, 2006... The shortage of qualified teachers in special education has been widely recognized in the field (McLeskey, Tyler, & Flippin, 2004). The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (2001) concluded that "The shortage of qualified...

The status of special education services in catholic high schools: attributes, challenges, and needs.
June 22, 2006... No formalized system for students with special needs currently exists within Catholic schools. Unlike public schools, Catholic schools are not legally required to meet the need of every child (Pitasky, 1999; Shaughnessy, 1998). Moreover,...

ADHD among students receiving special education services: a national survey.(attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
June 22, 2006... Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition that is thought to affect from 3% to 5% of school-age children in the United States (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Now one of the most commonly diagnosed...

Parents' rights in special education: the readability of procedural safeguards.
June 22, 2006... The decision to place a student in special education is an important one (Allen, 2002), because every child may not benefit from such a placement (Epps & Tindal, 1987). Additional concerns include the stigmatizing effects of diagnostic labels...