Ecological Factors Affecting Access to General Education Content and Contexts for Students With Significant Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Ruppar ◽  
Heather Allcock ◽  
Jean Gonsier-Gerdin
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
General Curriculum ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Instructional Content ◽  
Students With Significant Disabilities

In this review, we applied Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory to examine factors that support or restrict access to the general curriculum for students with significant disabilities. We organize the literature in relationship to factors within the micro-, meso-, macro-, exo-, and chronosystems that influence decisions about access to the general curriculum for individual students. We discuss these factors in relationship to placement, instructional contexts, and instructional content. Implications for research and practice are provided.

Navigating Barriers as Special Education Teacher Educators

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-177
Author(s):  
Amy J. Olson ◽  
Carly A. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Special Education Teacher ◽  
General Curriculum ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
Students With Significant Disabilities

Special education teacher educators face multiple systemic, institutional, and social barriers in preparing teacher candidates to provide students with significant disabilities access to the general curriculum. This qualitative interview study explores how special education teacher educators are working to navigate these barriers while employing strategies at multiple levels. The 14 special education teacher educators in this study utilized strategies to navigate barriers to access the general curriculum in four distinct ways by (a) building relationships, (b) advocacy, (c) increasing knowledge, and (d) being resilient. The discussion includes recommendations for special education teacher educators regarding how to navigate barriers and support pre- and in-service teachers in providing students with significant disabilities access to the general curriculum.

scholarly journals Examining National Trends in Educational Placements for Students With Significant Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Morningstar ◽  
Jennifer A. Kurth ◽  
Paul E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Placement ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
Educational Placements ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Log Ratio ◽  
Students With Significant Disabilities

Using the least restrictive environments (LRE) data from annual Reports to Congress, this study examined national trends in placement between 2000 and 2014 for school-aged students considered to have significant disabilities from among the categories of autism (ASD), intellectual disability (ID), multiple disabilities (MD), and deaf-blindness (DB). Educational placement trends were calculated using a log ratio index, and students with significant disabilities were compared with groups of students from the other disability groups. Results confirmed that access to general education settings is lacking for this group of students. Implications for policies and practices as well as suggested future research are provided.

Teacher Educators’ Perspectives: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Provide Access to the General Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 365-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy J. Olson ◽  
Carly A. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
General Curriculum ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Students With Significant Disabilities

Teacher educators play a critical role in preparing preservice teachers to provide students with significant disabilities access to the general curriculum. This qualitative study investigated 11 teacher educators’ definitions of access and their self-reflections on their practices to prepare preservice teachers to provide students with significant disabilities access to the general curriculum. Teacher educators described their practices, which included shaping preservice teachers’ philosophies and dispositions and preparing them with the knowledge and skills to provide access. Findings from this study could translate into improved outcomes for teacher educators, preservice teachers, and ultimately students with significant disabilities.

scholarly journals Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Ecological Systems Theory: Addressing Muslim Mental Health Issues and Wellbeing

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Tanhan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Systems Theory ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Diverse Groups

Muslims across the word underutilize mental health services for addressing their wellbeing and biopsychosocial, spiritual, and contextual issues. By 2030, the global Muslim population is expected to reach 2.2 billion people. This indicates that Muslim mental health is gaining importance and would require contextually (i.e., spiritually, culturally, empirically) more effective services. Practitioners used Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Ecological Systems Theory (EST) to promote wellbeing and address psychopathology for diverse groups. However, rigorous and comprehensive literature from 1986 to 2019 did not produce research addressing how ACT could be consumed to serve Muslims. Researchers in Muslim mental health have suggested benefitting from EST yet only few have mentioned using ACT. ACT is one of the most effective therapies based on randomized control trials to enhance wellbeing and address psychopathology. The main purposes of this paper are to (a) explain how ACT is one of the most appropriate counseling approaches to be utilized with Muslims because ACT and Islam have many commonalities and (b) propose ACT with EST perspective to enable a much more contextual perspective of ACT so that mental health professionals could promote wellbeing and address psychopathology at all ecological levels for all, starting with Muslims. With the arrival of third and fourth wave of counseling approaches, the use of positive psychology in research and practice has increased dramatically. ACT, Islam, and EST also highly stress a positive approach perspective thus considering of ACT and EST together might promise more effective research and practice in positive and abnormal psychology.

Exploring the Ecological Factors Affecting the Employment of People with Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-93
Author(s):  
Young-soo Kim ◽  
◽  
Su-yon Kim ◽  
Won-sup Ryu ◽  
Soo-eun Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Factors ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals For the Sustainable Development of Universities: Exploring the External Factors Impacting Returned Early Career Academic’s Research Performance in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1333
Author(s):  
Xiantong Zhao ◽  
Hongbiao Yin ◽  
Chenyang Fang ◽  
Xu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Early Career ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Good Research

Early career academics are the key agents for the sustainable development of higher education institutions. In China, those who were educated overseas and have returned to Chinese universities to seek academic positions are becoming a fast-growing group. Good research performance is critical to survive in the increasingly competitive environment in academia. Improving research performance requires an understanding of the factors that facilitate or inhibit research performance. In the light of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this study, using a mixed-method design (20 interviewees and 136 respondents), elaborates on a number of external factors affecting returned early career academics’ research performance. Understanding these factors is helpful for the building of a favorable environment that can improve the research performance of the returned early career academics, and hence the sustainable development of universities.

scholarly journals Colorectal cancer screening in Uruguay: current assessment and roadmap for the future

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela Reich ◽  
Lydia P. Buki
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Systems Theory ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Future Research

AbstractCancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and is expected to remain a public health concern for years to come. Within Latin America, Uruguay has the highest colorectal cancer rates. Heeding past calls to action, in this article we provide a critical assessment of colorectal cancer needs and opportunities in Uruguay with a focus on developing a roadmap for future action. First, we provide an overview of risk factors, screening procedures and guidelines, and screening rates. Next, we provide an overview of psychosocial factors that influence colorectal cancer screening, with the goal of providing guidance for future behavioral health promotion initiatives in Uruguay. In this effort, we present four conceptual models that may be used for interventions: the ecological systems theory, informed decision-making, the health beliefs model, and the health literacy model. Subsequently, we propose using an integrated model based on the ecological systems theory and health literacy model to develop national, local, and community-based interventions to increase screening rates and lower the colorectal cancer burden in Uruguay. We close the paper with a summary and implications section, including recommendations for future research programs focused on the assessment of factors that influence screening.

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