scholarly journals Early Reading Instruction With Embedded Behavioral Supports for Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin D. Garwood ◽  
John W. McKenna ◽  
Stephen Ciullo
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Reading Intervention ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Early Reading ◽  
School Students ◽  
Early Reading Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Supports ◽  
Early Reading Instruction

Professional development in research-based early reading intervention and curriculum materials is not consistently available to special educators working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). This article provides practitioners serving elementary school students with and at risk for EBD with a variety of options for delivering reading instruction with embedded behavioral supports.

Working Conditions and Special Educators’ Reading Instruction for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

2021 ◽  
pp. 001440292199982
Author(s):  
Hannah Morris Mathews ◽  
Jennifer L. Lillis ◽  
Elizabeth Bettini ◽  
David J. Peyton ◽  
Daisy Pua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Instruction Time ◽  
Role Conceptions ◽  
Students With Ebd

Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators’ reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators’ reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to examine video observations of reading instruction and varied data sources on working conditions, we found that special educators who provided stronger instruction had a partner coleading their program, and consistent paraprofessionals, with time and support for training. Partners and paraprofessionals, together, protected special educators’ instruction time. Other conditions (i.e., material resources, role differentiation, role conceptions, planning time) emerged as potentially important, but evidence was less robust. Results indicate partners and paraprofessionals may be important forms of collegial support. These findings have important implications for improving the quality of instruction in self-contained settings for students with EBD.

Effectiveness of a Supplemental Early Reading Intervention Scaled up in Multiple Schools

2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn A. Denton ◽  
Kim Nimon ◽  
Patricia G. Mathes ◽  
Elizabeth A. Swanson ◽  
Caroline Kethley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Intervention ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
Early Reading ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Supplemental Reading ◽  
Early Reading Intervention ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Typical School

This effectiveness study examined a supplemental reading intervention that may be appropriate as one component of a response-to-intervention (RTI) system. First-grade students in 31 schools who were at risk for reading difficulties were randomly assigned to receive Responsive Reading Instruction (RRI; Denton, 2001; Denton & Hocker, 2006; n = 182) or typical school practice (TSP; n = 40). About 43% of the TSP students received an alternate school-provided supplemental reading intervention. Results indicated that the RRI group had significantly higher outcomes than the TSP group on multiple measures of reading. About 91% of RRI students and 79% of TSP students met word reading criteria for adequate intervention response, but considerably fewer met a fluency benchmark.

Administrators’ Roles: Providing Special Educators with Opportunities to Learn and Enact Effective Reading Practices for Students With EBD

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bettini ◽  
Michelle M. Cumming ◽  
Nelson C. Brunsting ◽  
John William McKenna ◽  
Caitlin Cooper Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Students With Ebd

Special educators are responsible for providing quality reading instruction to students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), but they often experience difficulties fulfilling this responsibility, especially for students with EBD who are placed in dedicated settings, including self-contained classes. Administrators can help by ensuring special educators have what they need to provide effective reading instruction. We highlight how administrators can leverage special educators’ working conditions to improve the reading instruction that students with EBD receive in self-contained settings.

Blended Social Skills Intervention for Students Identified as Emotionally and Behaviorally Disturbed

2020 ◽  
pp. 126-151
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Tidmore
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
At Risk ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
Social Skills Intervention ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a nine-week blended learning social skills intervention for high school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Exploring how social skills interventions improve students' social and emotional deficits aids in the development of an engaging curriculum. This quantitative study utilized a pretest-posttest method. High school students identified as being at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and their special educators were invited to complete the researcher-designed social skills intervention with a corresponding pre- and post-test. There were no statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-test scores for the students or the special educator. The SEARS' social-emotional domains were all found to be statistically significant predictors of the students' total composite score. Gender was found to be a significant predictor of the student's total composite score. Implications of the study include strategies for developing interventions at the high school level.

Reading Instruction for Secondary Grade Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Focus on Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
John William McKenna ◽  
Justin D. Garwood ◽  
Robai Werunga
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Training Support ◽  
School Settings

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in secondary school settings often have deficient reading skills. Secondary school teachers who serve this population of students may need additional training, support, and resources to maximize the effectiveness of the time they spend teaching reading. This article focuses on two instructional practices for improving the reading comprehension of secondary grade students with EBD: explicit vocabulary instruction and main idea identification. Also included are suggestions for how to incorporate behavioral strategies and assessment of comprehension into effective reading instruction.

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