Exceptional Children articles from March 2006

Exceptional Children archives from March 2006

Eyes on the prize: teaching complex historical content to middle school students with learning disabilities.(general education)
March 22, 2006... A quiet revolution has taken place in special education in the past decade, a change formalized in both the 1997 and 2004 versions of IDEA (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, 2004). IDEA requires that students with disabilities receive "access...

The effectiveness of modified cognitive strategy instruction in writing with mildly mentally retarded Turkish students.
March 22, 2006... Expository writing involves highly complex metacognitive skills and cognitive process (Englert & Mariage, 2003). Two important types of knowledge influence expository writing performance: metacognitive knowledge that guides self-regulation and...

Increasing student participation in IEP meetings: establishing the self-directed IEP as an evidenced-based practice.(individualized education program)
March 22, 2006... The importance of teaching students how to be actively involved in individualized education program (IEP) meetings becomes obvious when student engagement in the IEP meeting process does not exist. Without specific IEP meeting instruction,...

The sustainability of inclusive school reform.
March 22, 2006... The idea of including students with disabilities in general education classrooms is nearly 30 years old. In 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) introduced the concept of instructing students in the least restrictive...

Self-determination skills and opportunities of transition-age youth with emotional disturbance and learning diabilities.
March 22, 2006... The importance of promoting self-among determination among adolescents with disabilities has been highlighted in recent legislative, policy, and funding initiatives (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004; National...

Educating students with mental retardation in general education classrooms.
March 22, 2006... Prior to the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Pub. L. No. 94-142) in 1975, more than half of all students with disabilities were receiving no educational services (Douvanis & Hulsey, 2002). It is disturbing to note...

On, yet under, the radar: students with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder.
March 22, 2006... A generation has passed since Lemoine, Harousseau, Borteyrun, and Menuet (1968) established that women who drank heavily while pregnant gave birth to underweight infants with distinct facial features, cognitive delays, and challenging behaviors...