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Ball State University offers online graduate programs in applied behavior analysis and special education with focus in autism. Our ABA course sequence is verified by ABAI and meet the course work requirements to take the BCBA exam. Study at your own pace with 8-week and 16-week formats.
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Autonomy, Psychological Empowerment, and Self-Realization: Exploring Data on Self-Determination from NLTS2
Content type: Journal Article
The authors used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2; SRI International, 2000) to examine the aspects of self-determination assessed in NLTS2 and measurement equivalence and latent differences across the 12 disability categories...
A 16-Year Review of Participant Diversity in Intervention Research Across a Selection of 12 Special Education Journals
Content type: Journal Article
Given the continued changes in demographic diversity of students in the United States, it is important to ensure that participants included in special education research reflect the diversity of the classroom. We examined 16 years of intervention research...
Special Education Teachers of Color Retention Decisions: Findings From a National Study
Content type: Journal Article
Special education teachers of color are underrepresented in research about attrition and retention, despite evidence of their role in the academic, social, and emotional success of students of color. We used critical quantitative methods and structural...
Practicing Anti-Racism as Inclusion: Start in Early Childhood!
Content type: Journal Article
The mission of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) is to promote policies and advance evidence-based practices that support families and enhance the optimal development of young children (0-8) who have or are at risk for developmental delays and...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Teaching Intersectional Self Determination Skills with a Focus on Disability, Social Identity, and Culture
Content type: Journal Article
For education to be a means of social transformation that is equitable for all, including students with disabilities, it is important for educators to understand and infuse student’s multiple social identities and culture into educational planning and...
Leading With an Equity Lens: Addressing the Intersection of Racism and Ableism in Public Schools
Content type: Journal Article
The Council for Exceptional Children studied the profession of special education and found that a substantial number of special educators rated their confidence as lower in culturally responsive instruction strategies (Fowler, et al., 2019). The...
Guidance for the Antiracist Educator: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies for Disability and Diversity
Content type: Journal Article
Racism in the United States has risen to the forefront of public awareness through the national outrage, grief, and terrible injustice and bias that continues to dictate the fates of individuals in our communities of color. Centuries of systemic racism...
Eileen McCarthy
Content type: 100 Stories
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13 January, 2022
Eileen McCarthy is a Special Education Teacher at Riverside Magnet School in East Hartford, CT. She received her B.A. from Boston College; J.D. from New York University; and M.A. in Special Education from the University of Connecticut. Before teaching, she...
Castaways on Gilligan’s Island: Minoritized Special Education Teachers of Color Advocating for Equity
Content type: Journal Article
Teachers of color in special education often report feeling isolated in their work environments, affecting their sense of belonging and decision to stay in their positions. Although these teachers struggle with their identity in majority-White workplaces...
High- and Average-Achieving Students' Perceptions of Disabilities and of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms
Content type: Journal Article
This study investigates attitudes toward disability held by children with disabilities and average- and high-achieving children, and the latter two groups' experiences in inclusive elementary classrooms. Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Form-Scale (ATDP...