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Effect of Transition Planning on Postsecondary Support Receipt by Students With Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
The authors of this article analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to determine the effect of receiving transition planning education and having a transition plan that specified needed postsecondary accommodations on the receipt of...
CEC’s Policy on Educators with Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
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Which Procedural Parts of the IEP Process Are the Most Judicially Vulnerable?
Content type: Journal Article
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP...
Explaining the Decline in Special Education Teacher Employment From 2005 to 2012
Content type: Journal Article
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary...
Critique of the National Evaluation of Response to Intervention: A Case for Simpler Frameworks
Content type: Journal Article
In 2010, the Institute of Education Sciences commissioned a much-needed national evaluation of response to intervention (RTI). The evaluators defined their task very narrowly, asking “Does the use of universal screening, including a cut-point for...
Double Jeopardy? Disproportionality in First Juvenile Court Involvement by Disability Status
Content type: Journal Article
The overrepresentation of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system is a persistent concern, but estimates of their involvement vary dramatically due to differences in how disability is conceptualized and when involvement in juvenile justice...
IDEA’s Double Bind: A Synthesis of Disproportionality Policy Interpretations
Content type: Journal Article
Disproportionality research has been subject to multiple reviews, but there has been less critical examination of the policy dimension of this enduring educational problem. Given the relevance of federal policies, and interpretations thereof, to educators’...
Special Educators’ Working Conditions in Self-Contained Settings for Students With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Descriptive Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
Special education teachers (SETs) who teach students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings are often less qualified, more stressed and burned out, and more likely to leave teaching than other SETs, resulting in a less...
Extended School Year: Legal and Practical Considerations for Educators
Content type: Journal Article
Special education teachers and administrators often struggle to understand the legal rights of students with disabilities, leading to parent-school disagreements. Specifically, school professionals lack information about Extended School Year (ESY). Based...
Child Find Activities Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Recent Case Law
Content type: Journal Article
Although child find activities has been a fundamental requirement under IDEA for decades, school personnel occasionally fail to implement this requirement despite clear signs of academic and behavioral problems exhibited by students, potentially indicative...