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Efficacy of Teachers Training Paraprofessionals to Implement Peer Support Arrangements
Content type: Journal Article
Although peer support arrangements are a promising strategy to promote inclusion in general education classrooms, previous studies have not addressed how paraprofessionals might implement this strategy under typical circumstances without extensive...
Effects of Professional Development on Preschool Teachers’ Use of Embedded Instruction Practices
Content type: Journal Article
We conducted a randomized controlled potential efficacy trial to examine effects of two variants of the Tools for Teachers (TfT) professional development (PD) intervention on preschool teachers’ implementation of embedded instruction practices and children...
Improving Practices for Learners with Deaf-Blindness: A Consultation and Coaching Model
Content type: Journal Article
The purpose of this article is to describe a step-by-step consultation and coaching model for supporting students with deaf-blindness. The uniqueness of the population will be described, as well as the needs of teachers who work with this population. Step...
Guidelines for Using Behavioral Skills Training to Provide Teacher Support
Content type: Journal Article
We removed the abstract at the suggestion of the AE.
Sustainability of a Teacher Professional Development Program on Proportional Reasoning Skills of Students With Mathematics Difficulties
Content type: Journal Article
Proportional reasoning is the cornerstone of many higher-level mathematics topics. We evaluated the sustainability effects of schema-based instruction (SBI) on proportional reasoning and the impact of professional development (PD) on the instructional...
Practice-Based Coaching to Support Paraeducator Implementation of Shared Book-Reading Strategies in Preschool
Content type: Journal Article
The practice based coaching (PBC) framework offers early childhood special educators (e.g., teachers and paraprofessionals) the opportunity to collaborate in order to best support the needs of the children in their classroom. Evidence-based strategies (i.e...
Alecisha Smith
Content type: 100 Stories
Posted:
10 November, 2021
This Alcisha’s 7th year in a self-contained functional classroom where her students complete extensions of the common core standards. In Winston Salem, NC, she is a proud grizzly bear at Gibson Elementary school. Her bachelor's degree is from Winston Salem...
Jennifer Ormerod
Content type: 100 Stories
Posted:
18 October, 2021
Jennifer Ormerod is a special education teacher for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grades at Hiawatha Elementary School in Essex Junction, Vermont. Jennifer started her career 25 years ago as an Early Childhood Special Educator and taught 3-5 year...
Dr. Marissa Kase
Content type: 100 Stories
Posted:
19 August, 2021
Marissa Kase is currently in her 6th year of teaching in a self-contained autism unit. She has taught children with autism in grades 1 through 5 and she absolutely loves it. Every moment in her classroom is an adventure and she lives for all of the small...
Know What You Need: A Special Educator's Guide to Locating and Asking for Classroom Curricular Resources
Content type: Journal Article
High attrition rates among special education teachers is regularly credited to lack of administrative support, large caseloads, paperwork, lack of training, and overall job stress, but one key piece is often overlooked: lack of curricular resources...