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Dr. Deborah Ziegler DISES Distinguished International Leadership Award
Content type: Award
Last Updated:
6 April, 2024
Dr. Deborah Ziegler made extraordinary contributions and accomplishments in her leadership and advocacy work to promote inclusive education for individuals with disabilities and their families throughout the world. Dr. Ziegler demonstrated strong leadership skills in her roles as Assistant Executive Director and Director of Policy, Advocacy and Global Services at the Council of Exceptional Children for more than 20 years. The Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES) seeks nominations for a DISES member whose visionary international leadership, advocacy, and professional service exemplifies the DISES mission.
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Curriculum-Based Measurement of Oral Reading: Quality of Progress Monitoring Outcomes
Content type: Journal Article
Curriculum-based measurement of oral reading (CBM-R) is frequently used to set student goals and monitor student progress. This study examined the quality of growth estimates derived from CBM-R progress monitoring data. The authors used a linear mixed...
Mind the Gap: Measuring Academic Underachievement Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
We propose using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to estimate pupils’ academic underachievement. We model underachievement as the gap between expected achievement and actual achievement, not due to a learning disability. Our data are a panel for 2,228 Belgian...
Evaluating Sensitivity to Behavioral Change Using Direct Behavior Rating Single-Item Scales
Content type: Journal Article
In this study, the researchers evaluated the sensitivity of Direct Behavior Rating Single-Item Scales (DBR-SIS) for assessing behavior change in response to an intervention. Included in the analyses were data from 20 completed behavioral consultation cases...
Mathematical Interventions for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities and Mathematics Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
This meta-analysis is the first to provide a quantitative synthesis of empirical evaluations of mathematical intervention programs implemented in secondary schools for students with learning disabilities and mathematics difficulties. Included studies used...
Social Network Placement of Rural Secondary Students with Disabilities: Affiliation and Centrality
Content type: Journal Article
This study examined social network centrality (i.e., social salience, peer group linkages) and peer affiliations in 20 rural high schools across the United States. The total sample consisted of 1,672 students in Grades 9 to 12, including 164 students with...
Using Antecedent Physical Activity to Increase On-Task Behavior in Young Children
Content type: Journal Article
A withdrawal design was used to investigate how physical activity affects on-task behavior of young children with significant developmental delays in a special education preschool classroom. Five preschool age children with significant developmental delays...
Enhancing Transportation Education Using Mobile Devices and Applications
Content type: Journal Article
The most salient aspect of independent living and successful post-high school transition to employment is having the ability to independently use transportation (Bouck & Flanagan, 2010). The Department of Labor (2012) reports that only 20% of persons with...
Descriptive Analysis and Meta Analysis of Studies Investigating the Effectiveness of Simultaneous Prompting Procedure
Content type: Journal Article
Researchers have investigated the simultaneous prompting (SP) procedure across three decades; however, no meta-analysis has been conducted. In the present systematic review, we conducted both a descriptive and meta-analysis of SP studies from a seminal...
Predictors of Access to Gifted Education: What Makes for a Successful School?
Content type: Journal Article
A wide research base has documented the disproportional enrollment in K-12 special education and gifted and talented services across racial and socioeconomic lines. This study extends that knowledge base by integrating multiple population-level datasets to...