Exceptional Children articles from June 2007

Exceptional Children archives from June 2007

CEC congratulates our 2007 Research Award recipient: Dr. Sam Odom.(Council for Exceptional Children, Samuel L. Odom)
June 22, 2007... CEC proudly presents Dr. Samuel L. Odom with the 2007 Special Education Research Award. From studying preschool inclusion and peer social interaction, to developing recommended practices for early childhood education, to initiating guidelines...

Co-teaching in inclusive classrooms: a metasynthesis of qualitative research.
June 22, 2007... In response to recent trends and legislation promoting inclusive instruction and access to the general education curriculum, many schools have implemented "co-teaching" (Cook & Friend, 1995) as a means for promoting effective instruction in...

The real-world effectiveness of early teaching interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder.
June 22, 2007... Educationally based programs are often the only form of intervention given to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are often the only form of support that their families receive (e.g., see Howlin & Moore, 1997; Osborne & Reed, in...

A national study of youth attitudes toward the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities.
June 22, 2007... During the past 50 years, numerous studies have focused on the public's attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities (ID). As the move toward educating children in the least restrictive environment gained momentum following the...

The politics of discipline: balancing school safety and rights of students with disabilities.
June 22, 2007... Legislatures and courts are recognized sites of democratic dialogue and negotiation in the United States, within which compromises are achieved among competing interests. Constrained legally and politically from ignoring the interests of...

Causal attributions and parental attitudes toward children with disabilities in the United States and Pakistan.
June 22, 2007... The birth of a child begins a period of adjustment for all families. The birth of a child with a disability, however, is often an unexpected event that requires considerable adjustment by the family. According to models of family adjustment...

Examining individual and ecological predictors of the self-determination of students with disabilities.
June 22, 2007... SELF-DETERMINATION RESEARCH Despite 15 years of attention directed toward the importance of self-determination in the education of students with disabilities, there still is a paucity of knowledge about individual and ecological factors...