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Student-Directed Check-In/Check-Out for Students in Alternative Education Settings
Content type: Journal Article
Students enrolled in residential schools generally have a history of academic failure and behavioral disruption that may impede their learning. These students tend to perform lower than their peers in academic areas and exhibit higher rates of disruptive...
Enhancing Adolescents’ Comprehension of Text by Building Vocabulary Knowledge
Content type: Journal Article
Secondary-level students are required to learn critical content by reading and comprehending complex text. This task is especially challenging for students with disabilities who spend the majority of their day in the general education content area setting...
Special Interest Areas and Employment Skills Programming for Secondary Students With Autism
Content type: Journal Article
Special education professionals who serve secondary students with autism must provide employment skills training critical for positive postschool outcomes. Such programming should emphasize specialized training based on student strengths, interests, and...
Peer-Mediated Intervention: Enhancing the Social Conversational Skills of Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
High school can be a lonely place for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who although may have acquired spoken language, often struggle with language use during social conversation. Conversation takes on a central role in high school social...
Reading Comprehension Strategies for High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including those in high school, often struggle with reading comprehension. Two evidence-based approaches that are focused on building the reading comprehension skills of secondary students with ASD are...
Using Multimedia to Create Explicit and Culturally Responsive Content Area Vocabulary Lessons
Content type: Journal Article
Topics presented in content area courses at the secondary level are often comprised of specialized and/or multiple-meaning vocabulary terms that can challenge students’ understanding. Additionally, gaps in relevant knowledge from prior learning experiences...
Implementing Functional Assessment–Based Interventions in Secondary Settings: Strategies for Overcoming Barriers
Content type: Journal Article
Secondary students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) can often demonstrate skill deficits and problem behaviors in general education classes. Teachers generally understand how to implement intensive interventions, yet may not know how to address...
Increasing Secondary Students’ Comprehension Through Explicit Attention to Narrative Text Structure
Content type: Journal Article
In spite of the prevailing assumption that formal reading instruction is no longer needed once adolescents reach high school, students at the secondary level still benefit from explicit reading instruction to continue developing advanced literacy skills...
Understanding Internships for Transition-Age Students With Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Secondary educators implement an array of work-based learning activities that expose transition-age students to the demands of post-secondary employment. One such strategy, internships, provides students with a formal opportunity to acquire transferable...
Self-Questioning Strategy Routine to Enhance Reading Comprehension Among Secondary Students
Content type: Journal Article
Reading comprehension expectations in content areas have increased for students during the past decade. Many secondary students, including students with learning disabilities, improve their reading proficiency of grade-level text when they receive explicit...