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All members of The National Association of Special Education Teachers , through an agreement with the American Academy of Special Education Professionals , will now have free access to an online peer reviewed research journal in special education, the Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals ( JAASEP ).

The Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals ( JAASEP ) is an online peer-reviewed journal committed to advancing the professional development of special education professionals through research, policy, and practice.  JAASEP is a multi-faceted electronic journal that seeks new contributions based on original work of practitioners and researchers with specific focus on or implications for the field of special education.

The content of  JAASEP  is likely to be of interest to college or university faculty, school administrators, educational evaluators, psychologists, special education teachers, psychiatrists, medical doctors, directors of special education services, directors of early intervention agencies, infant-toddler service coordinators, transition service coordinators, speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, educational lawyers, and all other practitioners and professionals in the field of special education.

We hope that you take the time to read the professional literature provided. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please contact us at: [email protected]

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An Overview of the Challenges and Resources Special Education Professionals Reported During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

Ai kamei, kathryn lubniewski, stacy lauderdale littin, carol mcarthur-amedeo, mary haspel, & wendy harriott, an exploration of pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward including students with autism spectrum disorder (asd) in general education, mary. a. houser, tara s. guerriero, & trevor o’brien, supporting student engagement through the use of various discussion formats in a graduate teacher education course, marla j. lohmann, & kathleen a. boothe, ramping up 504 professional development for all types of educators: going beyond section 504 being a special education responsibility, shawna p. ortogero,  vera glushenko, joan umiokalani jensen, victoria timmerman, & tierney o. barcarse, parent perspectives of transition planning for english learners with disabilities, yi-chen wu, martha thurlow & david johnson, when parents of children with severe autism become their teachers: unique cases from the covid-19 pandemic, sydney bueno, uzeyir ogurlu, lisa bardon, & nikki logan, a rural community's role and process to secure work experiences for youth with disabilities, building communities of practice: initial perceptions of an interdisciplinary preparation program for special education teachers and social workers, robbie j. marsh, heather, baltodano-van ness, & monica brown, parent perceptions of interactions with professionals that improve individualized education program development, kristopher hawk yeager, malarie e. deardorff, belkis choiseul-praslin, wendy r. mitchell, courtney tennell, & brooki beasley, a comparison of teaching efficacy between paraprofessionals and special education teachers working with special education students, cristhian c. altamirano, & dake zhang .

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Jaasep fall 2023 - click here, table of contents, teacher’s perspectives of integrated therapy service deliveries:  a case study, vidya pingale and tina s. fletcher, leadership matters: elementary self-contained autism special education teachers’ perceptions of administrator support, kasey dye and rachel walker, infusing high leverage practices into culturally relevant education to support culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities, toni franklin and maria peterson ahmad, a brief report on teacher mask wearing and learning in children with asd, makayla heisler, jennifer gillis mattson, and rachel n. s. cavalari, art therapy and autism: a picture of the literature, caroline guardino, rebekah wallis, arien peppers harrison, and morgan green, teacher perceptions regarding the effects of online learning during the pandemic with regards to the progression or regression of students’ reading levels, rachel palumbo, ready for the world increasing effective post-secondary readiness for students in special education based on educator and practitioner points-of-view, deshanna reed and dr. cruz casiano, to buy or not to buy: understanding how special educators make decisions as consumers of intervention materials for children with disabilities, dr. lesley sylvan, erica goldstein and dina hafez, essential dispositions for inclusive educators: an examination of national standards and guiding principles, joanne m. van boxtel and megan chaney, comparing preservice and inservice teachers’ perceptions and actual knowledge of phonics, cheryl wold, andria l. moon, alan l. neville, and tim houge, download fall 2023 issue of jaasep - download page, jaasep spring/summer 2023 - click here, delphi technique: parents identify protective factors to address problem behaviors in adolescents with and without disabilities, monica r. brown, public k-12 education response to serving special education students during covid: a content analysis, cheryl l. burleigh, andrea m. wilson, and erik bean, experiences of special education teachers in new york state during covid-19 remote instruction, kimberly f. colvin, tammy g. ellis-robinson, and taja r. young, inclusive education and rural middle school general education teacher preparedness, joseph a. hogan, designing appropriate small group intensive instruction within an mtss for students with low incidence disabilities, timothy e. morse, spelling interventions for elementary and secondary students with learning disabilities: a systematic review, reagan murnan, conversation analysis of shared reading with students who have significant support needs, nancy quick, penelope hatch, & karen erickson, teachers’ perceptions of school behavior support systems: a case study, laura n. sarchet, teachers’ instructional language with children with mild and severe language difficulties in self-contained special education classrooms, wenjing zheng, download spring/summer 2023 issue of jaasep - download page, jaasep winter 2023 - click here, the effectiveness of oculomotor rehabilitation on impaired reading skills: a case study approach, jamie l. chichy, julie w. ankrum, and rebecca wincek-bateson, preliminary evaluation of a community-based parent mentor program: empowering families to navigate special education, heidi r. cornell, & jennifer stone, creating trauma-informed spaces for youth in residential programs, aimee j. hackney, nina r. graham, kristine jolivette & sara sanders, retaining special educators with autism expertise in schools, laura j. hall & beth allison pavez, life skill programs: an exploratory survey of school based programming in the public high school setting, kathleen hegarty follis, christina helfrich & allison f. sullivan, facilitating student engagement using optimal trunk support for children with postural dysfunction, thilagha jagaiah & sandra saavedra, the impact of a special education course on pre-service teachers’ knowledge and perspectives about inclusion and inclusive practices, muhammed a. karal, neslihan unluol-unal, & sema tan, strategies and challenges to teaching students with special needs during a pandemic, sarana eyire roberts & yeunjoo lee, experiences of parents and practitioners working with middle school students with asd during the covid-19 school shutdown, kristie asaro-saddler, heather kurto, lisa chelkowski & hedayat ghazali, the numbers don’t lie – or do they small sample size hides lived reality of representation of native american students in special education, cheryl wold, alan neville & pamela monaghan-geernaert, software enabling school improvement through analysis, sharon e. rouse, rose jones & jonnie cleveland, download winter 2023 issue of jaasep - download page, jaasep fall 2022 - click here, a case study of compounding views of paraprofessional roles and relationships in preschool classrooms: implications for practice and policy, tiara saufley brown and tina stanton-chapman, video modeling to support physical activity in children with    autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review, joann p. judge, kristen n. morgan, and angela clifton, practicing teachers’ use of online tools for iep goal writing and instructional support, michael dunn and mary rice, special education in rural mexico: two schools in jalisco, alejandra favela and phyllis petteys, pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward including students with asd in general education, mary a. houser, tara s. guerriero, david l. bolton, and esther smidt, a competency-based education case study: a mathematics intervention for a five-year-old with autism spectrum disorder (asd), meirav tzohar-rozen, yael kimhi, and dalia cohen, lessons from the trenches: special education service delivery and instruction amidst the covid-19 health crisis in california schools, nicole nicholson, choosing a career path: moving beyond the challenges of autism spectrum disorder, vicky g. spencer, and s. lynn cesard, preview-view-review: increasing academic access for students with severe disabilities who are english learners, dolores williamson, tracy spies, kyle higgins, and shannon sparks, beating the odds: how six post-secondary learners overcame common challenges of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, martha l. wise, barbara l. wise, and sarah jones, jaasep spring/summer 2022 - click here, examining general education and special education teacher preparedness for co-teaching students with disabilities, cindy causey, lina soares, catherine s. howerter, and peggy shannon-baker, “i’m not prepared”: experiences of professionals working with students with disabilities and co-occurring mental health disorders, megan fujita, grace l. francis, and jodi duke, i-care: a scaffolded instructional approach to teach teachers and staff self-care practices within juvenile justice facilities, sara sanders, skip kumm, brandis m. ansley, and kristine jolivette, increasing pre-service special education teacher skills on performance feedback, tosha l. owens, melissa e. hudson, and karen s. voytecki, using video self-monitoring to improve teacher implementation of evidence-based practices for students with autism spectrum disorder, selena j. layden, annemarie l. horn, and kera e. hayden, understanding how individuals overcome their dyslexia: struggles, turning points in life, and advice, nai cheng kuo, karin m. fisher, jennifer jones, sara hillis, i-chien chen, and keonna stanley, special educators’ perceptions of high-leverage practices, cynthia ann farley and rhonda s. black, paraeducators: an important member of educational team for students with disabilities, sarah n. douglas, ryan p. bowles, and rebecca kammes, ph.d., individualized rating scales of engagement during group exercise activities for children with multiple and severe disabilities: a process description and case series, eydie kendall, karren streagle, and tania helbert, transforming the narrative identity of a student with extensive support needs using multiliteracies, sudha krishnan, jaasep winter 2022 - click here, structured play groups for children with autism spectrum disorder: a critical review, david adams, scott mcnamara, melissa bittner, jill pawlowski & kelly hangauer, assessing the implementation of differentiated instruction using technology within pre-service teacher education programs, annah l. hill, & mariha k. shields, collaborative inclusive programs: influences of administrators and teacher leaders, jane m. leatherman, enhancing conversational skills among college students with intellectual disabilities within naturalistic settings, jason robinson, tracy gershwin, michelle athanasiou, & dina london, self-determination strategies for students with disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, yan wei, katrina a. hovey, lydia gerzel-short, rhonda d. miller, jerae kelly, & yun-ju hsiao, mapping review of individuals who are bilingual with autism spectrum disorders, valeria yllades, lauren pierson, lisa bowman-perrott, & claudia dunn, elementary principals’ views on the policies and practices of paraeducators in special education, sarah n. douglas, ryan p. bowles, & rebecca kammes, child find activities between public school personnel: engagement, barriers, and experiences, julie m. lane, & david r. jones, perceptions of the efficacy of classroom management techniques, philip r. mehler, investigating the journal impact factor of special education journals indexed in the social sciences science edition from web of science, funda örnek, ruben miranda, & metin orbay, a uthor guidelines for submission to jaasep, jaasep fall 2021 - click here, educational leaders’ perspectives on their preparation, practice, and professional development in multi-tiered systems of support, jodi drury, michael p. krezmien, kristine a. camacho, and alicia gonzales, where is the paraeducator content in introductory special education textbooks, sarah n. douglas, denise j. uitto, sophia d’agostino, classroom membership: what does that mean exactly, dr. katie heath, teaching middle school students with disabilities to solve multi-step equations using the hands-on equations system, thomas c. hendrickson, & annemarie horn , the impact of a community-university partnership program on special education teacher training in autism spectrum disorder, emily r. shamash & alyson m. martin, the practices of teachers in the development of post-secondary skills in students with learning disabilities, sara taylor, using social stories to decrease negative behaviors in students with autism and other disabilities, vivian c. williams, using technology-based interventions to improve the social-communication skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (asd), nicole anthony & cynthia wooten, association of intellectual risk taking with science achievement of gifted students and comparison of their intellectual risk taking in different grades and gender, mustafa serdar köksal, esra açikgül firat & gamze akkaya, applying empathy curriculum to enhance the role of the paraprofessional for students with multiple disabilities, christopher russel & soribel genao, teaching children with sma 1 to expressively communicate using augmentative and alternative communication systems: extending functional communication teaching using a model of verbal behavior, cheryl ostryn, what school psychologists should know about multiple sclerosis, ashley n. phillips & denise e. maricle, increasing independent toileting in children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities: a systematic review, vicky g. spencer & meghan ello, jaasep spring/summer 2021 - click here, short-term fun or long-term outcomes the effects of authentic pedagogy on the dispositional development of college students learning about the educational needs of children with disabilities, laura bassette, ph.d., bcba-d, ruth jefferson, ed.d., matthew stuve, ph.d. & anthony mangino, m.a., parental perceptions of the transition to adulthood for their children with disabilities, megan gross, b.s., annamayil manohar, b.s., & katherine k. rose, ph.d., “everything now falls on me”: parent perspectives on services lost and challenges during virtual learning for youth with disabilities, elizabeth g. s. munsell, ms, otr/l, ariel e. schwartz, phd, otr/l, elizabeth k. schmidt, phd, otr/l & jennifer chen, phd, otr/l, the efficacy of rhyme instruction in early childhood special education, lisa a. pufpaff, ph.d., legal issues and parent rights for culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities, valeria yllades, claudia dunn & jennifer b. ganz, what the medical doctor knows: medical-educational partnerships for success, michelle curtin, do, faap & christine raches, psyd, hspp, bcba, imh-e, students as causal agents: engagement in course selection, ms. cathy haarstad, ms, dr. evan borisinkoff, ph.d., & ms. rhonda weathers, ms, an examination of the correlation between administrator teacher support and teacher self-efficacy level, shiradon h. kirk, ed.d, aarek w. farmer, ed.d & charles vires, jr., ph.d, enhancing self-determination for students with complex communication needs using the self-determined learning model of instruction, sheida k. raley, m.ed., karrie a. shogren, ph.d. & kathryn m. burke, ph.d., individual education plans and teams: principals' roles and responsibilities, emily n. rutherford, edd. & rachel brown, phd, jaasep winter 2021 - click here, fluency matters: an outline to students becoming fluent readers using research based practices in under an hour: a quasi-experimental research study, nicole vozza, quality of life for individuals with disabilities during the covid-19 pandemic  , shannon l. sparks & sang nam, the influence of teaching assignment on burnout in special education teachers, shannon b. romano, olivia r. hester, lauren h. rollins, & randall e. schumacker, retaining special education graduate students in times of transition, karen m. potter, randa g. keeley & breanna l. sherrow, is practice in a mixed-reality environment better than role play for promoting implementation fidelity of the constant time delay procedure for special education undergraduates, melissa e. hudson, from the golden rule to the platinum rule: strategies for advancing toward cultural proficiency for special educators, rebecca d. daigneault & evan d. borisinkoff, answering wh-questions with the support of graphic organizers: effects on 8th graders with autism spectrum disorder, karin r. kliemann, miriam c. boesch & endia j. lindo, investigating the journal impact factor of special education journals indexed in the social sciences science edition from web of science , funda örnek, ruben miranda & metin orbay, experiences of a student with learning disability in science: supporting students to enhance learning, allison l. mcgrath & marie tejero hughes, the role of effective communication in co-teaching to increase student achievement, kayla y. fells, jaasep fall 2020 - click here, what parents tell their post-secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities about money, joanne caniglia, yvonne michali, michelle meadows, & davison mupinga, the perceived effectiveness of using mindfulness as a strategy for special educators in coping with the stress of their work environment  , lisa ciraldo, the influence of introductory coursework on preservice teachers’ sense of self-efficacy towards teaching in an inclusive classroom, moriah smothers, tori colson, nina yssel, & linda taylor, insights gained from special education pre-service teachers interviewing paraprofessionals, rob schulze, experiences of special educators in creating opportunities for students to practice self-determination, kaitlyn m. millen, lori y. peterson, jason robinson, & timothy m. luff, examining the effectiveness of fidgets on attention of elementary students with adhd, leslie a. mathews, kimberly j. osmani, & james e. martin, autism spectrum disorder: a cross-cultural variability in personal identity, dr. aftab khan & dr. michel ferrari, the development of aissend: an observation tool to assess inclusive practices  , randa g. keeley, rebecca alvarado-alcantar, & david w. keeley, exploring factors related to burnout among special education teachers in specialized schools, dr. oksana huk & dr. brian cesario, services for young children with disabilities in romania in the post-communist era, luminita hartle, amanda quesenberry, & sharon doubet, progress in education for students with intellectual disabilities in saudi arabia: evaluating status, khalid h. alshamri, jaasep spring/summer 2020 - click here, effects of mass trials versus distributed trials during a shared story reading for students with moderate to severe disabilities, mona nasir-tucktuck, joshua n. baker, cori more, k. ryan wennerlind, and stephanie devine, a pilot study of a self-determination curriculum on secondary students  , brent a. askvig, melissa naslund, evan d. borisinkoff, and rebecca daigneault, student voices: a qualitative self-awareness study of college students with disabilities, chen-ya juan, penny l. cantley, james martin, and brad mays, effects of physical activity on executive function of children with adhd, jeffery l. hart and david phillips, inclusive book club: perspectives of undergraduate participants, shawnna helf, and debra leach, constructivism, zone of proximal development and target in a multi-dimensional classroom, bradley johnson, ph.d., playgrounds for “all” children, sharon e. rouse, rose b. jones and david w. walker, challenges to collaboration, inclusion and best practices within the special education community, cecilia scott-croff, use of visual performance feedback to increase teacher use of behavior-specific praise among high school students with severe disabilities, michelle l. simmons, robin h. lock, janna brendle, and laurie a. sharp, empowering refugee families of students with disabilities, sadia warsi, and karen fitzgerald, individual education plan considerations for online learning: accommodations, carolyn l. berenson, jaasep winter 2020 - click here, transition programs for individuals with disabilities: a post-secondary college experience leading to greater independence in life and work, karen h. feathers and deborah e. schadler, use of shaping to overcome the fear of entering a restroom: a case study of a preschooler with autism, suja m. george, and tamara soemali, the effects of cra/csa explicit instruction for students with and without disabilities taught in an inclusive setting, vanessa hinton, anna gibbs, and toni franklin, cultural issues: treating & diagnosing adhd, noe ramos, and john lowdermilk, the impact of social communication on employment success for adolescents with asd, beth clavenna-deane, mary pearson, and blake hansen, hopes and hurdles: parents’ perceptions and experiences with transition planning for students with intellectual disabilities, jason robinson, and tracy gershwin mueller, how early experiences in cognitive development improve working memory and processing speed skills of children, heather dube, and sarah sarette, instruction in co-taught secondary classrooms: an exploratory case study in algebra 1, margaret p. weiss and wendy rodgers, the effects of relationship history on student responding in an academic setting, regan weston, tonya davis, and abby hodges, a brief primer of three major counseling theories for use by school-based personnel, samuel f. whitley, jaasep fall 2019 - click here, a systematic review of video modeling interventions to improve the independent living skills of students with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, kaylee s. wynkoop, daniel r. wissinger, and matthew van horn, what challenges do special education teacher educators encounter while preparing novice special education teachers, laurie a. sharp & frank goode, services and supports for individuals with autism spectrum disorders in the kingdom of saudi arabia, siddiq ahmed, morgan chitiyo, and mohamad al-jaffal, how parents of students with pandas or pans perceive the educational process, patricia rice doran and elizabeth o’hanlon, the changing role of the itinerant teacher of the deaf: a snapshot of current teacher perceptions, holly f. pedersen and karen l. anderson, augmentative and alternative communication in classrooms: special education teacher competences, rashed a. aldabas, overcoming adapted physical education barriers through collaboration among special educators and administrators, scott w.t. mcnamara, lisa silliman-french, valda morgan, and tammy l. stephens-pisecco, perceived effectiveness of classroom management interventions with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, darlene desbrow, theory to practice: implementation achievements and challenges of response to intervention in a rural district, brenda l. barrio, kira j. carbonneau, marcus poppen, darcy miller, michael dunn, and yun-ju hsiao, general educator perceptions of school support in teaching students with an iep, faith kenny, jaasep spring-summer 2019 - click here, use of projective techniques in emotional disturbance evaluations, ryan a. allen, timothy hanchon, & bradley bornancin, developing culturally responsive transition plans using the indicator 13 checklist, meungguk park, morgan chitiyo, changdeog huh, and waganesh zeleke, an assessment of perceived antecedents to attitudes of college students towards children with autism, anthony m. denkyirah, yaw nyadu offei & emmanuel k. acheampong, exploring the effects of the autismate application on a 12 year-old boy with asd: a case study, natalie g. wall, julie ivey, and karen frederick, addressing the need for progress in special education:  understanding endrew f. and the role of special educators, laura kern, heather peshak george, lauren l. evanovich, and stephanie martinez, creating self-efficacious special educators through mentoring during teacher preparation, mary m. lombardo-graves, challenging behavior in students with an intellectual disability: promoting understanding and compassionate educational practice, evelyn bilias-lolis and alyson m. martin, exploring preservice teachers' perceptions of preparedness to teach students with disabilities, linda m. reeves, rebecca m. giles, and todd johnson, but… how helpful is that  parents’ views on the helpfulness of selected resources when making educational decisions for their young children with disabilities, maría isolina ruiz, linda flynn-wilson, lauren giovingo, and philip g. wilson, an investigation of co-teaching to improve academic achievement of students with disabilities: a meta-analysis, mickey losinski, sara sanders, robin parks-ennis, nicole wiseman, jessica nelson, and antonis katsiyannis, evaluation of the rhythmic arts project, a multi-modal rhythm-based perception and action intervention, in a school-based setting in children with autism spectrum disorders, beth a. smith, eddie tuduri, emily mostovoy, denise pannell, and chris landon, jaasep winter 2019 - click here, responding to the endrew’s decision: measuring meaningful educational benefit, deborah w. hartman, social skills for students with moderate to severe disabilities: can community based instruction help, carissa hernandez, m.a. & saili s. kulkarni, ph.d., mobile hearing screening in a rural community school in ghana, an investigation of special education preservice teachers' perspectives and practices of steam education, ashley gess, ph.d.  & nai-cheng kuo, ph.d., increasing teachers' use of behavior-specific praise with the teacher vs. student game, renée e. lastrapes, ph.d. , jennifer n. fritz, ph.d. & robert c. hasson, ed.d., building independence through self-prompting with technology, dana r. reinecke, ph.d., bcba-d, meeting the needs of students with disabilities: characteristics of universal design of instruction in odds-beating middle schools, heather kurto, m.s. ed., kristen c. wilcox, ph.d. & kristie asaro-saddler, ph.d., social skill and self-advocacy goals: an iep study, gregory w. smith, ph.d., k. alisa lowrey, ph.d. & david walker, ed.d., perspectives on current practices and barriers to training for paraeducators of students with autism in inclusive settings, emily eyrolles sobeck, ph. d & rachel robertson, ph.d., bcba-d, poverty and learning: the effects of poverty in the classroom, dr. jessie s. thacker-king, download winter 2019 issue of jaasep - download page, fall 2018 jaasep - click here, understanding the removal of classroom auditory distractors: an interactive design, gregory w. smith, ph.d., audra i. classen, ph.d., paul j. riccomini, ph.d., & robyn r. brewer, graduate student (bcba program), communication in support of students with disabilities attending career technical education, christine powell, ed.d., strategies for supporting students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders in stem education, amelia k. moody, ph.d., dennis s. kubasko, ph.d. and allison r. walker, ph.d., gifting the ungifted: disproportionality of minority students in gifted education, nicholas catania, m.ed., prompting with wearable technology to increase teaching behaviors of a preservice special education teacher, andrew m. markelz m.ed., jonte c. taylor ph.d., mary catherine scheeler ph.d., paul j. riccomini ph.d., & david b. mcnaughton ph.d., “how am i doing” teaching children with emotional-behavioral disorders to self-manage their behaviors, lael tensfeldt, m.a., amory verroulx, m.a., bcba & jennifer n. mahdavi, ph.d, bcba-d., developing peer mediated interventions for secondary students with emotional and behavioral disorders, danielle feeney, m.ed., fostering reading motivation in self-contained classrooms for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, heidi r. cornell, ph.d., exceptional gifted in west virginia: reflections of a teacher of the exceptional gifted on the state program, dr. patricia coon, the effect of a skills-based behavioral program on raising the self-concept of individuals with mild intellectual disability in uae, dr. ousha almheiri, democratic citizenship education and inclusion: preparing preservice teachers for inclusive social studies, dennis j. urban, jr., spring/summer 2018 jaasep - click here, social skills and students with moderate to severe disabilities: can community based instruction help, carissa hernandez, ma and saili s. kulkarni, ph.d., supporting students with disabilities during group activities: five tools every inclusive mathematics educator needs, benjamin s. riden ph.d., andrew m. markelz ph.d. and m. kathleen heid ph.d., using an alternating treatment design in a co-taught classroom to measure student on-task behavior, randa g. keeley, ph.d., a whole language reading intervention: a case study, matthew glavach, ph.d. and warren pribyl, m.a., common purpose, uncommon results: a literacy collaboration for a preschooler with down syndrome, chelsea t. morris, m.ed. and rachel j. chidester, m.s., educational policy: instruction and assessment, christina m. sorrentino, increasing use of research-based practices: action research report on a college-school partnership to support instruction aligned to middle school common core math standards for students with significant disabilities, katherine trela, ph.d., wendy gladstone-brown, ed.d., norah merritt, ph.d. and leah raftis, ed.d., the impact of assistive technology on autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review, angela bollin, bs tr, ctrs, julia vandermolen, ph.d and taylor bierwagen, effects of video modeling and video modeling plus prompting and reinforcement on the daily living skills of a student with autism, kaylee s. wynkoop. ph.d., rachel e. robertson, ph.d., bcba-d and emily e. sobeck, ph.d., winter 2018 jaasep - click here, supervisory teacher coaching in k-12 classrooms, millicent carmouche and jelisa thompson, factors that may hinder the implementation of the school-wide positive behavior intervention support model, jonathan chitiyo and michael e. may, matching students to augmentative and alternative communication: a single case study, sarah dimeo, mary frances baxter, susan zapf, jane pemberton, and husny amerih, academic experiences of students who are deaf at the university of education, winneba, ghana, alexander m. oppong, joyce adu, daniel fobi, and emmanuel k. acheampong, the effect of video modeling on preschoolers’ learning who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis, sanpalei nylla lyngdoh, m.a. and konabe bene, ph.d., autism support teachers’ attitudes about inclusion for children with autism, twila lukowiak, ed.d., james ghareeb, b.s., sarah wadi, b.s., samantha stanis, b.s. & jack walter, disabilities and social engagement: inclusive classroom preparation for pre-service art teachers, alyssia ruggiero, student engagement in an online special education-general education graduate program, laron scott and priyadarshini pattath, mindfulness meditation with high school students who receive special education services: research recommendations from a pilot study, ernest solar, ph.d., fall 2017 jaasep - click here, implementation of a post-secondary inclusive recreation program, chris brown, ph.d., john david johnson, ph.d. & ibrahim z. elsawy, ph.d., strengthening social and emotional intelligences through writing, jeanne hager burth, ed.d. & michelle mcconnell, b.s., let’s get parents ready for their initial iep meeting, helen hammond & lawrence ingalls, preparing preservice teachers for inclusive classrooms: a state-wide survey of teacher education faculty, lucinda anne lang, ph.d. & sherry mee bell, ph.d., are we practicing what we are preaching an evaluation of self-determination instructional components in ieps at a midwestern high school, nancy lopez, ed.d. & julia b. stoner, ed.d., ccc-slp, stretch (students ready to make change): making a difference in the lives of students, effects of activity schedules on challenging behavior for children with autism, dr. rachel scalzo, dr. tonya n. davis, regan weston, elizabeth dukes, dana leeper, nandar min, allen mom, jessica stone & alex weber, alternative approaches to iep conflict: a review of the literature, laura sinkonis, m.ed., evaluating the validity and reliability of a student self-advocacy teacher rating scale, christopher m. walick, ph.d., spring/summer 2017 jaasep - click here, the history of behavioral treatments in autism: from the punitive to the positive, jennifer l. suppo, ed.d., how early experiences in a kindergarten classroom shape the development of self-regulation skills of children, eloisa darcy, ed. d., sarah sarette, ed. d., anna boghigian and marley martin, mothers’ perspectives and experiences of speech generating devices, yeunjoo lee, ph.d. and luis a. vega, ph.d., teachers' pedagogical competence in adapting curricula for children with learning difficulties (ld) in primary schools in ghana, abdul-razak kuyini alhassan and chigorom okechukwu abosi, parents are the experts: understanding parent knowledge and the strategies they use to foster collaboration with special education teams, colby kervick, ed. d, examination of social story format on frequency of undesired behaviors, robyn thompson, ph.d., and susan s. johnston, ph.d., preparing early childhood educators for blending practices in inclusive classrooms, mary donegan-ritter, ph. d. and frank kohler, ph. d., pre-service teachers assisting the transition of the student with autism from school to adulthood, jeanne hager burth, ed.d., pre-service teacher self-efficacy for teaching students with disabilities: what knowledge matters, brooke browarnik, sherry mee bell, r. steve mccallum, kelly smyth and melissa martin, variables affecting the amputees' reactions artificial limbs in the kingdom of jordan, mezyed al-adwan, yahya najjar, maha hdaib and monadel al-khateeb, winter 2017 jaasep - click here, how expert special educators effectively negotiate their job demands, shawna p. ortogero, ph.d., rhonda s. black, ed.d.  and bryan g. cook, ph.d., inclusive concurrent enrollment: a promising postsecondary transition practice for building self-determination among students with intellectual disability, amy l. cook, ph.d., felicia l. wilczenski, ed.d. and laura vanderberg, ph.d., improving outcomes for students with disabilities: identifying characteristics of successful districts, melissa devries, m.ed. and oran tkatchov, m.ed., a comparative study of teachers’ pedagogical competencies in supporting children with learning difficulties in primary schools in ghana and brunei darussalam, okechukwu abosi, ph.d, and abdul razak kuyini alhassan, ph.d., a case study of factors that influenced the attrition or retention of two first-year special education teachers, marquis c. grant, ed.d., significant outcomes in case law in the united states: autism and idea in 2013, transition issues and changes in diagnostic evaluation criteria, doris adams hill, ph.d. and jonte taylor, ph.d., effectiveness of pearson’s successmaker mathematics for students with disabilities, steven k. mckissick, teachers’ methodologies and sources of information on hiv/aids for students with visual impairments in selected residential and integrated schools in ghana, samuel k. hayford and frederick ocansey, managing asthma in elementary and middle schools: adherence to federal laws and national guidelines, ethan j. schilling, ph.d., stacey neuharth-pritchett, ph.d., yvette q. getch, ph.d. and a michele lease, ph.d., use of social narratives as an evidence-based practice to support employment of young adults with asd: practitioner’s guide, jamie thomas, m.s. and susan nix, m.ed., fall 2016 jaasep - click here, examining the attitudes of secondary general education and special education teachers toward inclusion of children with autism in general education classrooms, morghan e. bosch, ed.d., action research report: using objects to increase reading comprehension in students with significant cognitive disabilities, sheila bravo, the redundancy effect on retention and transfer for individuals with high symptoms of adhd, victoria brown, david lewis and mario toussaint, guidelines for the administration of educational programs for students who are deaf/hard of hearing, visually impaired, or deafblind, susan bruce, kay ferrell and john l. luckner, teaching reading comprehension to students with autism spectrum disorders in social studies classrooms: middle school teacher perceptions, lisa burke, wu-ying hsieh, norma lopez-reyna and kathryn servilio, general education and special education teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion, david a. hernandez, susan hueck and carmen charley, steps to becoming independent: toilet training challenges facing children with autism spectrum disorder, andrea belyea, herbert neely and julie p. jones, leadership style of head teachers of basic special schools as correlates of retention of special needs educators in southern ghana, felix kwame kumedzro, nelly otube, chomba wamunyi and mary runo, revisiting the regular education initiative: multi-tiered systems of support can strengthen the connection between general and special education, debra leach and shawnna helf, effects of inclusion classrooms on academic achievement of students with learning disabilities and students in general education, sharon ware, spring/summer 2016 jaasep - click here, the implications of a system-wide positive behavioral intervention initiative: from design to successful implementation, vance l. austin, micheline s. malow, nikki l. josephs and andrew j. ecker, creating an environment for pre-service teachers to work with learners with special needs, are we ready to have teachers with learning disabilities a study of school principals' observations, heidi flavian, ph.d., follow-up study to family members’ reactions to the initial special education meeting, dr. lawrence ingalls, dr. helen hammond, mr. carlos paez and mr. ivan rodriguez, perceptions of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders towards their partnerships with teachers, yun-ju hsiao, ph.d., brain gym: pseudoscientific practice, kevin kroeze, bae, keith j. hyatt, ed.d., and m. chuck lambert, ph.d., housing and independent living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, debra leach, ed.d., using the “asked” model to contrive motivations and teach individuals with asd to ask wh-questions in natural settings, cheryl ostryn, ph.d., bcba-d, lba, an analysis of factors influencing low enrolment and retention of girls with disabilities in integrated primary schools in embu county, kenya, njeru idah muthoni, dr. nelly otube and dr. samson rosana ondigi, employing case study methodology in special educational settings, angelise m. rouse, ph.d., retraction statement, jaasep winter 2016 - click here, the effects of special education training on educator efficacy in classroom management and inclusive strategy use for students with autism in inclusion classes, lynn d. parsons, ph.d., heather miller, ph.d. and aaron r. deris, ph.d., the effectiveness of using a social story intervention to improve social interaction skills of students with autism, mohammed al zyoudi, oshua al murhairi, enas olimat and abedsalm al zyoudi, preventing and responding to student escalation: combining de-escalation strategies and function-based support, chelsea martel and brian cavanaugh, ed.d., teaching sam to read: an integrated team approach with one child with asd, gail coulter, ph.d. and roger sasnett, ph.d., high stakes testing in the 21st century: implications for students in special education, lola gordon, ed.s., identifying and correcting barriers to successful inclusive practices: a literature review, marquis c. grant, m.ed., ed.d. and kimberly michelle jones-goods, mps, ph.d., cameras in self-contained classrooms: legal, professional and student implications, ashlee ivie, effects of an intervention on math achievement for students with learning disabilities, vivian d. kitchens, ph.d., aaron r. deris, ph.d. and marilyn k. simon, ph.d, crossing borders and building bridges: a video ethnography of special education in nuevo progresso, mexico, john lowdermilk, ph.d., mrs. julie pecina, cheryl fielding, ph.d. and mrs. lisa beccera, evaluating and using literature including people with disabilities in all classrooms, mary ellen oslick, ph.d. and mary pearson, ph.d., a pilot examination of the adapted protocol for classroom pivotal response teaching, aubyn c. stahmer, ph.d., jessica suhrheinrich, ph.d. and san diego state university, principals and teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion in israel, dr. itay hess, dr. sara zamir and ben- gurion, fall 2015 jaasep - click here, elements of good teaching and good teachers: a theoretical framework and effective strategies for special educators, vance l. austin, ph.d, what factors contribute to self-efficacy, hildy straus, ph.d., rhonda bondie, ph.d., co-teaching and collaboration: preservice teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceived sense of efficacy in teaching students with disabilities, tamara m. bowlin, ph.d., sherry mee bell, ph.d., mari beth coleman, ph.d. & david f. cihak, ph.d., creating a common table: using peer mediated intervention to promote social communication skills with at-risk and autism spectrum disorder populations, dr. lesley craig-unkefer & dr. jennifer loncola walberg, home-school collaboration for students with asds: parents’ perspectives, mary a. houser, ed.d., charlotte l. fontenot, ed.d., & john spoede, ph.d., validating an observation protocol to measure special education teacher effectiveness, dr. evelyn s. johnson & dr. carrie l. semmelroth, teaching play skills through the use of assistive technology and instructional strategies: a national survey, susan s. johnston, ph.d. & robyn m. thompson, m.s., student outcomes in a blended preschool program, sybil a. keesbury, ed.d., a meta-analytic review of tactile-cued self-monitoring interventions used by students in educational settings, dr. dennis mcdougall & dr. cecily ornelles, teachers’ knowledge of special education policies and practices, pamela sanders, ph.d., spring/summer 2015 jaasep - click here, table of contents, learning disabilities today: an examination of effective and not-so-effective interventions, vance l. austin, teaching algebraic equations to middle school students with intellectual disabilities, joshua n. baker, christopher j. rivera, joseph john morgan & noelle reese, students with disabilities in the polish educational system after the political changes (2007-2012), danuta apanel, fape and lre in online learning: special education directors’ perspectives, diana greer, ph.d., danna harvey, m.s., paula burdette, ph.d. & james basham, ph.d., a preliminary investigation of the benefits of computer-aided instruction in reading decoding for students with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities, doris adams hill, phd, bcba-d& margaret m. flores, phd, bcba-d, perspective taking through film: educating pre-service and in-service teachers about autism, jacqueline p. kelleher, comparing student and teacher perceptions of the importance of social skills in a self-contained setting, joseph john morgan ph.d., nicole dobbins, ph.d., yun-ju hsiao, ph.d., nancy brown, m.ed. & kyle higgins, ph.d., inclusive education practice in southwestern nigeria: a situational analysis, samuel olufemi adeniyi, ph.d. & akinkunmi oluwadamilare adeyemi, parent perspectives on home-based intervention for young children with developmental disabilities: the parent-implemented communication strategies (pics) project in illinois, usa, hedda meadan, ph.d., bcba-d, julia b. stoner, ed.d., ccc-slp & maureen e. angell, ph.d., the digital divide and inequities for students with disabilities: needed….a bridge over troubled waters, patricia a. tyson, winter 2015 jaasep - click here, effects of the picture exchange communication system (pecs) on maladaptive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders (asd): a review of the literature, dana battaglia and mary e. mcdonald, comparing measure of academic progress (map) and piers-harris 2 scores of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, terrence rainer chisolm, perceptions of disability and special education services: the perspectives of korean-american parents of children with disabilities, nari choi and raymond ostendorf, instructional constraints faced by learners with muscular dystrophy: a case of joytown special primary school, thika, kenya, annrose wanjiku wang’ang’a, franciscah irangi wamocho and paul kioy, the perspectives of k-12 stakeholders involved in early implementation of response to intervention (rti), nai-cheng kuo, ph.d., the role of peer guided play for children with autism spectrum disorder, amy m. papacek, ph.d., improving science scores of middle school students with learning disabilities through engineering problem solving activities, leyf peirce starling, ya-yu lo and christopher j. rivera, service delivery for high school students with high incidence disabilities: issues and challenge, edward schultz, cynthia simpson, jane c. owen and christina janise mcintyre, teaching children with autism to ask questions, katie e. squires and alyssa bickel, the principals' impact on the implementation of inclusion, carmelita thompson, fostering special education certification through professional development, learning communities and mentorship, mitzi p. trahan, dianne f. olivier and donna e. wadsworth, fall 2014 jaasep - click here, speech-language services in public schools: how policy ambiguity regarding eligibility criteria impacts speech-language pathologists in a litigious and resource constrained environment, lesley sylvan, ed.d, ccc-slp, are parents really partners in their child’s education, clarissa e. rosas, ph.d. and kathleen g. winterman, ed.d, vocational rehabilitation counselors’ perceived influences on the secondary transition planning process and postsecondary outcomes of students with disabilities, vickie miller-warren, ed.d., gender differences in emotional or behavioral problems in elementary school students, amanda malfitano, african american parental beliefs about resiliency:  a delphi study, vita jones, ph. d., kyle higgins, ph.d., randall boone, ph.d., susan p. miller, ph.d., & nancy sileo, ed.d., blending common core standards and functional skills in thematic units for students with significant intellectual disabilities, karena cooper-duffy and glenda hyer, effects of peer tutoring and academic self-monitoring on the mathematics vocabulary performance of secondary students with emotional or behavioral disorders, brittany l. hott, anya evmenova and frederick j. brigham, teaching multiplication with regrouping using the concrete-representational-abstract sequence and the strategic instruction model, margaret m. flores and toni m. franklin, student and teacher perceptions of the five co-teaching models: a pilot study, randa g. burks-keeley, m.a. and monica r. brown, ph.d., students with disabilities’ perspectives of stem content and careers, kimberly e bryant davis, a researcher’s story of assessing motor skills of children with autism spectrum disorder, casey m. breslin and alice m. buchanan, the impact of video modeling on improving social skills in children with autism, dr mohammed alzyoudi, professor  abedalziz. sartawi and dr. osha almuhiri, spring-summer 2014 jaasep - click here, using e-readers to improve reading for students with mild disabilities, amy camardese, m. eileen morelli, yehuda peled and maile kirkpatrick, importance of quality of life issues: a pilot comparison of teachers and parents of children with autism spectrum disorders, julie ivey-hatz and karen frederick, effects of early childhood education on children with hearing impairments in special schools in kiambu, murang’a and nyeri counties, kenya, chege loise w, franciscah  i. wamocho and john aluko orodho, bringing aba into early childhood routines to meet the needs of young children with asd, perceptions of pre-service teachers as they relate to professional practice, emily williams, elissa poel, miguel licona, elsa arroyos and alma meraz-rodriguez, effectiveness of transitional and follow-up programmes to community integration of young adults with intellectual disabilities (yawid) in kiambu county, kenya, margaret w. makanya, mary runo and violet wawire, family communication: strategies for building effective partnerships and working relationships, emily r. shamash and alyson m. martin, adhd in preschool:  approaches and teacher training, ajay singh and jane squires, practitioners' perceptions of their knowledge, skills and competencies in online teaching of students with and without disabilities, diana l. greer, sean j. smith and james d. basham, effects of environmental and instructional factors on student motivation and self-directed learning, anne d. burkhalter, denise a. rich-gross, ph.d., winter 2014 jaasep - click here, preservice teachers’ attitudes toward inclusive education policy in the united states, paul m. ajuwon, ph.d., effie laman, ed.d., & john c. earle, ph.d., autism spectrum disorders and implications for teachers, crystal echaniz, m.a. &  kathleen a. cronin, ph.d., stop the blame game: teachers and parents working together to improve outcomes for students with behavior disorders, melissa davis, positive and negative aspects of inclusion services, christye hayes, m.ed., ed.s., teacher perceptions of response to intervention implementation, j. kevin jenkins, ed.d  &  dia sekayi, ph.d, supporting preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (asd) and their families, dr. jin-ah kim, dr. nancy cavaretta & krystle fertig, ma, adolescence: a period of transition, leena jo landmark  &  trina geye, students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder participating in recess, matthew d. lucas, ed.d, michael  j. justice & kelly m. rosko, issues and concerns of assessment for english language learners with learning disabilities, blanca pichardo, maximizing the potential of our youth with intellectual disabilities: rethinking functional curriculum, trust and communication: perspectives of mothers of children with disabilities on the role and importance of communication in trusting relationships with teachers, julia b. stoner ed.d., ccc-slp  &  maureen e. angell, ph.d., fall 2013 jaasep - click here, responses to positive versus negative interventions to disruptive classroom behavior in a student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), renee b. brown, a comparison of two curricular models of professional development to increase teacher repertoires for instructing students with autism, information needs and information seeking behavior of teachers of special education in shillong, india, bikika laloo and jocica l. buhril, helping preservice special educators scaffold the reflection process, elissa wolfe poel, monica r. brown, luis-vicente reyes, and cristóbal rodríguez, preparing preservice teachers to address bullying through cartoon lessons, audrey c. rule, stephanie r. logan, and frank w. kohler, special educator evaluation: cautions, concerns and considerations, carrie semmelroth, evelyn johnson, and keith allred, working together for learning together: supporting students and teachers with collaborative instruction, cynthia t. shamberger and marilyn friend, general education teachers’ knowledge of and attitudes toward students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders: are they still being overlooked and underserved, roben wallace taylor and ravic p. ringlaben, should i stay or should i go revisiting influencing factors of sped teacher attrition & retention: a review of the literature, raschelle theoharis and michael fitzpatrick, spring-summer 2013 jaasep - click here, using a four-point scaled writing rubric: improving the quantity and the quality of the writing in a first grade specialized 8:1:1 classroom, lynn carlson, effective inclusion strategies for professionals working with students with disabilities, kathleen a. hogan, marla lohmann, and rose champion, professional development to support students with disabilities in multi-tier classrooms:  a case study, brooke blanks, integrated education in contemporary poland, the effects of self-graphing on oral reading fluency for a student with e/bd within an alternative education school, sara c. mcdaniel, kristine jolivette and robin parks ennis, applied behavior analysis: current myths in public education, cheryl fielding, john lowdermilk, lauren l. lanier, abigail g. fannin, jennifer l. schkade, chad a. rose, and cynthia g. simpson, application of the rti model in learning disability diagnosis: perceptions of current practices by new jersey special education administrators, pamela e. lowry, an exploratory study of successful paperwork management techniques for novice special education teachers, richard l. mehrenberg, factors influencing teacher behavior with students with diverse learning and behavioral needs, edward k. schultz and cynthia g. simpson, educational outcomes for students with special needs: the impact of support and resources on teachers’ perceptions, traci y. sharpe, winter 2013 jaasep - click here, identifying and integrating relevant educational/instructional technology (e/it) for culturally and linguistically diverse (cld) students with disabilities in urban environments, implementing and monitoring the response to intervention process: the special educator perspective, leigh k. gates,  john c. fischetti, and amelia moody, nature and causes of locomotor disabilities in india, santoshi halder and arindam talukdar, the over identification of minority males in middle school special education programs: examining the rti modely, nicole anderson-irish, literacy based behavioral interventions and video self-modeling with students with autism spectrum disorder (asd), debra leach and jennifer rodecki, m.ed., students with speech impairments participating in recess, matthew d. lucas and carolyn r. watson, writing ieps for the audience of teachers, parents, and students: the case for the communicative individual education program, richard j. lucido, comparison of gifted and advanced students on motivation toward science learning and attitude toward science, mustafa serdar köksal, exploring the experiences of special educators following the joplin tornado, allyson palmer, addressing the shortage of speech-language pathologists in school settings, katie squires, fall 2012 jaasep - click here, factors that affect the success of students with emotional and behavioral disorders in inclusive placements, naomi arseneau m.s. ed, theoretical frameworks for math fact fluency, katherine arnold, liberty university, fape model of exceptional student education leadership, dr. russell g. dubberly, working towards math facts mastery, anne durham, district-wide pbis team questions related to using the pbis framework to transition students with challenging behaviors from an alternative school to a neighborhood school, kristine jolivette, nicole c. swoszowski, nikki l. josephs, sara c. mcdaniel, & robin parks ennis, students with obsessive compulsive disorder participating in recess, matthew d. lucas, ed.d. c.a.p.e. & amanda l. sturgis, current issues in teaching bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder, amelia m. medina and judy t. salamon, an evaluation of inclusive education of students with visual impairment in schools and university in beira, mozambique, lawrence nhemachena, samuel kusangaya, & isaiah gwitira, transition knowledge of high school special education teachers in a midwestern school district, christine peper, & kristen mcmaster, the competency based community assessment: a five step process, laura a. roberts, ph.d., & orv c. karan, ph.d., download this issue of jaasep - ( aasep members login to access download ), spring/summer 2012, resilience theory: risk and protective factors for novice special education teachers, thomas l. benjamin & rhonda s. black, the ability-achievement model versus the response to intervention model:  which model is more accurate in the assessment of diagnosing students with learning disabilities, debra camp-mccoy, a program evaluation of an inclusive model for training pre-service general education teachers to work with students with special needs, joanna e. cannon, nicole c. swoszowski, peggy gallagher & susan r. easterbrooks, evaluation of push-in/integrated therapy in a collaborative preschool for children with special needs, stephen j. hernandez, students with multiple sclerosis participating in recess, matthew d. lucas, ed.d. c.a.p.e. & jamie brentlinger, perspectives of parents who have a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, lori a. kalash, ed.d. & myrna r. olson, ed.d., high fructose corn syrup, mercury, and autism - is there a link, heather a. opalinski, the use of a functional behavioral assessment-based self management intervention for students with emotional/behavioral disorders, saleem `a. rasheed, ph. d., cecil fore, iii, ph.d., arthur jones, ed. s. & latisha smith, ph.d., teaching common core math practices to students with disabilities, michelle stephan & jennifer smith, involuntary teacher transfer in special education: concepts and strategies for teachers facing new assignments, jan stivers, sharon f. cramer & kate riordan, how one teacher, two students with visual impairments, and a three-year r & d project could change how all students learn science, vicki urquhart, download this issue of jaasep  ( naset members - login access this issue), winter 2012, consulting to support emotional behavioral disordered students: implementing a behavioral school-based approach, faith andreasen, finding opportunity in co-teacher personality conflicts, kara boyer & cory 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Recent reports suggest an increase in the number of individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities. To ensure equal opportunities for these learners, special education practices must be appropriately improved and scaled. Educational and assistive technologies are a possible avenue for meeting this need. To provide insight into recent technology practices in special education contexts, this study reviews recent literature (2014—2018) on the use of technology to support learners with cognitive and developmental disabilities. This review included 126 publications, which were a combination of journal articles and conference papers, found through the ACM, IEEE, ScienceDirect, and SSCI databases. The publications were analyzed to determine their general characteristics (e.g., number and age of participants and lengths of interventions), the contexts of technology use, specific learner characteristics, the subjects or skills the intervention(s) aimed to improve, the characteristics of the technologies, and the outcomes associated with their use. The results revealed that the most examined technology was games and the most studied outcome was improvements to learners’ cognitive skills. Additionally, participants in the majority of the publications were pre-college students with learning disabilities. The most studied topics belonged to the natural sciences while job skills were one of the least studied. Interventions were primarily conducted in formal educational environments and were implemented over 5–10 weeks in most cases. Based on the review, more detail in reporting and more attention to promoting life, job, and social skills are recommended.

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1 Institute Of Special Education And Psychology Institute Of System Projects Institute Of Lifelong Learning Directorate Of Educational Programs Institute Of Education Content, Methods And Technology, Moscow City University, Moscow, Russian Federation

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2 Department Of Rehabilitation, Clinical and Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Trauma (CRIEPST), Moscow, Russian Federation

3 Psychiatric Research Group, N.N.Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russian Federation

Introduction

The inclusion process allows children with special educational needs to be included in a normative environment. A large group consists of children with intellectual disabilities and behavioral disorders, hey need medical and pedagogical rehabilitation due to their low learning ability, neurotic disorders, and mental distortion.

Study of psychophysical characteristics of children with intellectual disability and behavioral disorders.

140 children with intellectual disabilities who have impairments in the neuro-psychological sphere (2017-2020 г.г.). Methods: medical and pedagogical, observation, examination, assessment.

Variants of the child’s psychophysical development: Option 1. (75%): children with a predominance of violations in behavior, emotional and volitional sphere. There is aggressiveness, inconsistency and impulsiveness of actions, lack of distance with an adult, and difficulties in complying with accepted norms and rules. Option 2 (25%): children with the following manifestations: timidity, tearfulness, distrust, fears, lack of initiative. All children have difficulty sleeping, eating disorders, and frequent psychosomatic illnesses.

Conclusions

Children with intellectual disabilities in an inclusive practice need comprehensive assistance, taking into account different variants of their psychophysical characteristics. The studied children were found to have neurotic and neurosis-like disorders, as well as pathological personality development. All children have: low performance, lability of the nervous system, lack of voluntary regulation, impaired activity, learning difficulties. There are behavioral and mental disorders that require medical, psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation.