Browsing by Author "Shippen, Margaret"

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Attribution, Race, and Gender: The Relationship Between the Perceptions of European American Teachers and The Disproportionate Placement of African-American Males in Special Education

Bibbs, Robbin (2012-12-06)

The purpose of this study was to examine factors which may have contributed to the disproportionate placement of African-American males in special education within a particular urban school district. The study examined ...

Coping, Meaning in Life, and Posttraumatic Growth in Incarcerated Women

Mautz, Elizabeth Kelley (2019-07-23)

The purpose of this study was to examine treatment results for incarcerated women in a southern-US women’s prison system who have participated in Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women (BT). Research indicates that ...

Disability Documentation Criteria for Students with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education

Shipp, Allison (2008-08-15)

Students with disabilities are one of the most unemployed and underemployed groups in America today. Postsecondary education is becoming increasingly more important in the workforce. More and more careers are requiring at ...

Disability Identity: The Impact of Disability Type for Individuals with Disabilities

Hall, Angela (2018-04-17)

Disability identity development is a fairly recent and unique phenomenon in the academic literature that shapes an individual’s way of seeing him or herself, their bodies, their ways of interacting with the world and the ...

The Effects of Computer-Based Graphic Organizers and Instructional Technology for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities

Massey, Cynthia (2018-04-09)

This study investigated the effects of an instructional technology, a computerized graphic organizer, on vocabulary acquisition skills of students with high-incidence disabilities. Specifically, this study focused on the ...

The Effects of Direct Instruction on Reading Comprehension for Individuals with Autism or Intellectual Disability

Head, Cynthia (2016-07-22)

This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading comprehension program on the reading comprehension skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Although the ...

The Effects of the Concrete-Representational-Abstract-Integration Sequence to Teach Students with Disabilities Binomial Multiplication and Quadratic Transformations into Factored Form

Moore, Alexcia (2020-05-15)

Algebra is the foundational mathematics course that students take as they begin their high school career and is often difficult for the average learner. In order for students with disabilities and those with mathematics ...

The Effects of Video Modeling as a Reading Intervention Strategy with Students with Deficits in Reading

Rachel, Yolandria (2020-04-13)

This study investigated the effects of using video self-modeling as an intervention strategy to improve the oral reading fluency of students with and without disabilities with a descriptive look at its impact on reading ...

The Employment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the State of Alabama

Sellers, Jennifer (2007-08-15)

This study is an examination of possible predictor variables for employment of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Alabama. A logistic regression was used to analyze the following variables as possible ...

Examining the Career Interests and Career Development of Incarcerated Youth with and without Disabilities.

Gage, Curtis (2022-11-03)

Individuals with disabilities typically have many complex factors that impact their career development process. Participants in this study (n = 87) were youth with and without disabilities, ages 14–21, who were incarcerated ...

Examining the Career Interests of High School Students with Disabilities

Booker, Andrew (2021-11-16)

Individuals with disabilities are faced with many factors that impact their post-school career options. Participants in this study (n = 64) were students with disabilities who enrolled in career-focused transition programs ...

Examining the Career Thoughts of Veterans Enrolled in College

Musgrove, Kate (2013-07-11)

Veterans returning from the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) conflicts are enrolling in colleges and universities at the highest number since post World War II (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, ...

Foster Care Graduates' Experiences Obtaining Life Skills

Upshaw, April (2017-04-20)

Foster care is the 24-hour temporary care for children outside their homes (Department of Social Services, 2016). Children are often placed in foster care because they have “suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment, or the ...

Improving the Spelling Skills of Elementary Students with Mild Learning and Behavior Problems: A Comparison Between an Explicit Rule-Based Method and Traditional Method

Simmons, Kate (2007-08-15)

Students with learning and behavior problems often experience great difficulty in written expression, especially in the area of spelling. Even though students with mild disabilities often have lower achievement levels ...