{"title":"Leveraging the Alignment of Reading Comprehension Instruction Across Core and Intervention","authors":"Elizabeth A. Stevens, Sharon Vaughn","doi":"10.1177/07419325261475475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261475475","url":null,"abstract":"Scholars have posed several explanations for the limited progress in improving reading comprehension outcomes for students with reading difficulties (RD), including inadequate measurement, the complex nature of reading comprehension, underdeveloped vocabulary and background knowledge, and the lack of theory-informed instruction. We provide another possible explanation: the lack of aligned reading practices across settings. This article describes an approach to aligning reading comprehension practices (e.g., building background knowledge, explicit vocabulary instruction, generating main idea statements) across tiers (i.e., core and intervention), which includes using the same strategies, instructional language, and pacing. This alignment supports students with RD to engage in intentional practice opportunities across reading experiences, thereby supporting generalization, skill transfer, and successful learning from text. We describe prior research on aligning reading comprehension instruction and provide a detailed example of this alignment from Project ALIGN. We conclude by providing considerations for future research and implications for educators.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148877298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating Lifespan Transitions: Experiences of Parents of Children With Disabilities","authors":"Tammy Ellis-Robinson, Elizabeth Slusarz","doi":"10.1177/07419325261459925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261459925","url":null,"abstract":"Families of children with disabilities possess wisdom to inform and empower one another in the navigation of processes and systems across their child’s lifespan. As members of a culturally and linguistically diverse collaborative transition coalition network, researchers used survey ( <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic> = 27) and interview ( <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic> = 6) data from parents of children with disabilities in one state, analyzed through a mixed methods design to compile authentic information for families of children and adults with disabilities. The aim was to design a parent guidance timeline that is useful and inclusive of culturally and linguistically diverse parents. Though most parents responding and interviewed were white and middle class (45,000–150,000) or affluent (150,000 and up), there were some differences in ease of navigation across the lifespan for people of color as compared to white parents, evident in qualitative survey responses and in the interview. Quantitative data revealed that different supports are more important at different points in the lifespan. Frameworks for the analysis included funds of knowledge and causal agency with an emphasis on empowerment. Qualitative data yielded four themes: <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">shared power</jats:italic> , <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">hope and resilience</jats:italic> , <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">compliance versus care</jats:italic> , and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">relational capital/assets.</jats:italic> The four themes converged to center navigation as an overarching construct connecting parental advice to their experiences. Implications for research and practice to empower families of children with disabilities to navigate systems are discussed, as well as a call to include advice from a more diverse sample.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148499165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen Lynne Lane, Mark Matthew Buckman, Nelson Brunsting, Wendy Peia Oakes, Rebecca Lee Sherod Adams, Kandace Fleming, Nathan Allen Lane, Grant Edmund Allen, David J. Royer, Sandra Chafouleas, Amy Briesch, Matthew B. Aschliman, Allison Bernard, Stacie Williams
{"title":"Elementary Educators’ Well-Being in Ci3T: Longitudinal Analyses of Experienced Implementers","authors":"Kathleen Lynne Lane, Mark Matthew Buckman, Nelson Brunsting, Wendy Peia Oakes, Rebecca Lee Sherod Adams, Kandace Fleming, Nathan Allen Lane, Grant Edmund Allen, David J. Royer, Sandra Chafouleas, Amy Briesch, Matthew B. Aschliman, Allison Bernard, Stacie Williams","doi":"10.1177/07419325261458754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261458754","url":null,"abstract":"This study extends prior inquiry examining educators’ well-being in the context of Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (Ci3T) models, one type of integrated tiered system. We investigated educators’ well-being (self-efficacy, burnout) and implementation (treatment integrity, social validity) during the post-pandemic era among educators in schools with ≥3 years of Ci3T implementation. Findings indicated consistently high levels of treatment integrity and social validity (>80%) across 2 years. In terms of well-being, educators in this post-pandemic sample were comparable to a pre-pandemic sample of educators implementing Ci3T. Relative to a pre-pandemic comparison sample, educators reported higher and increasing efficacy for instructional strategies and classroom management, as well as lower depersonalization and higher personal accomplishment. Yet educators also reported elevated levels of emotional exhaustion. Results identified individual- and school-level predictors of implementation and efficacy. As with studies of educator well-being in integrated tiered systems prior to the pandemic, fall treatment integrity consistently predicted educators’ spring self-efficacy across domains. Results also showed educators’ fall efficacy for student engagement predicted higher spring treatment integrity, suggesting a reciprocal relationship between constructs.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148342095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds, Brandi Simonsen, Steve Goodman
{"title":"Systems Alignment and Integration for Students With Intensive Needs: Considerations for Promoting Sustainable Tiered Systems","authors":"Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds, Brandi Simonsen, Steve Goodman","doi":"10.1177/07419325261452548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261452548","url":null,"abstract":"Successful implementation of coordinated supports for students with intensive learning and behavior needs, including students with disabilities, is complex and challenging for a variety of reasons. A multi-tiered system of support framework has the potential to help educators organize this support, but implementation barriers persist. In this article, we discuss how alignment may help address common challenges. We discuss why alignment is important, gaps that often interfere with it, and we offer four recommendations for aligning implementation: (a) leverage the implementation cascade, (b) build local capacity with effective professional development, (c) plan for alignment and integration together to promote positive school experiences, and (d) use data for continuous improvement.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148321845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah N. Douglas, Kang Gao, Amit Bhuyan, Hrishikesh Dutta, Chandani Bhandari, Subir Biswas
{"title":"Sensor Technology to Measure Peer and Teacher Proximity in Preschool: Preliminary Findings","authors":"Sarah N. Douglas, Kang Gao, Amit Bhuyan, Hrishikesh Dutta, Chandani Bhandari, Subir Biswas","doi":"10.1177/07419325261454874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261454874","url":null,"abstract":"Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience differences in peer proximity and need educator support to develop strong peer relationships. Sensor technologies have emerged to inform interventions that can support interactional proximity. An exploratory study was conducted to test a sensor technology in an inclusive classroom with a child with ASD and nine peers. Data were collected and analyzed to understand the interactional proximity of the child with ASD with peers and teachers including initiations, and terminations with peers. Results show differences in peer proximity, initiations, terminations, and preferences for specific peers. Teacher proximity for the head and assistant teacher is also reported. Findings show initial support for sensor technology to measure the interactional proximity of children with ASD and their peers including initiations, and terminations, as well as provide insights about teacher proximity.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148321843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing the Special Issue: Including the Voices of Students With Disabilities in Special Education Research","authors":"Hannah Morris Mathews, Melinda Leko, Zachary Rossetti","doi":"10.1177/07419325261454879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261454879","url":null,"abstract":"In this introduction to the special issue, we anchor the special issue in a shared definition of student voice research. Following this, we explore the need for student voice research in special education and discuss how research that centers the voices of students with disabilities aligns with the historical foundations of special education. We then introduce the articles that will be included in the special issue and consider how this scholarship could enhance our understanding of students’ K–12 schooling experiences and outcomes related to educational progress, equal opportunity, independent living, full participation, and economic self-sufficiency.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"247 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah A. Rosati, Zach Rossetti, María Virginia Giani
{"title":"Speaking With, Not for: Methods for Centering Student Voice in Special Education Research","authors":"Sarah A. Rosati, Zach Rossetti, María Virginia Giani","doi":"10.1177/07419325261454872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261454872","url":null,"abstract":"Elevating student voice is a critical need in the design, implementation, and dissemination of special education research. Centering student voice in special education research would increase opportunities for students with dis/abilities to act as causal agents in their own lives, yet students with dis/abilities are largely excluded from the student voice movement. In this paper, we operationalize a student voice <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">orientation</jats:italic> for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade (PK–12) special education research, describe five methodological strategies for adopting a student voice orientation in PK–12 special education research, and discuss barriers to doing so. Each methodological strategy includes examples from selected prior studies drawing on a range of methods and methodologies. Our goal is that all PK–12 special education researchers consider and begin to adopt a student voice orientation in their work.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nelson C. Brunsting, Elizabeth Bettini, Michelle M. Cumming, Jennifer Lillis, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Helen Flores, D’Annette Mullen, Roxana Torres, Javier Cresera, Danielle Jeannite
{"title":"SUSTAINing Special Educators to Serve Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: An Intervention Development Study","authors":"Nelson C. Brunsting, Elizabeth Bettini, Michelle M. Cumming, Jennifer Lillis, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Helen Flores, D’Annette Mullen, Roxana Torres, Javier Cresera, Danielle Jeannite","doi":"10.1177/07419325261442449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261442449","url":null,"abstract":"Special education teachers’ working conditions are associated with instructional practices, burnout, and retention. As such, working conditions represent a malleable factor which can support a robust special education teacher workforce. To our knowledge, however, there exist no comprehensive interventions designed to both identify challenges for special educators’ working conditions and generate feasible solutions. We provide an overview of the process by which we adapted an existing working conditions intervention for employees in other fields to be relevant for special educators of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, who often report unmanageable workloads. With the goal of informing researchers’ intervention development efforts, we detail our implementation of a design-based research process to guide our rapid iterative development cycles. Through interviews and surveys with constituents, we generated initial answers to our design-based research questions. We provide these findings as well as key takeaways from the iterative design-based research process for intervention development.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using a Folding-in Intervention and Self-Graphing to Improve Reading Fluency for Students With Disabilities","authors":"Christy F. Conway, Moira Konrad","doi":"10.1177/07419325261442464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261442464","url":null,"abstract":"Folding-in, similar to incremental rehearsal, is a flashcard procedure that, when paired with repeated reading and self-graphing, has shown promise for improving oral reading fluency. This study used a multiple-probe design across participants to examine the use of folding-in and repeated reading to teach unknown words from nonfiction reading passages for three fifth-grade students with disabilities. In addition, self-graphing was added to a second phase of intervention to examine additional effects. Results indicated that reading fluency improved for all three participants compared with baseline, but the addition of self-graphing did not clearly provide an additional benefit for the participants. Participants generalized skills to novel passages throughout the intervention and maintained increases in reading fluency after the intervention. The folding-in intervention combined with repeated reading is effective for improving reading fluency; however, the addition of self-graphing may not provide an additional benefit for students.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mitchell L. Yell, Antonis Katsiyannis, Melissa Hullett
{"title":"A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools: The U.S. Supreme Court and Students With Disabilities","authors":"Mitchell L. Yell, Antonis Katsiyannis, Melissa Hullett","doi":"10.1177/07419325261442441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261442441","url":null,"abstract":"In April 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A.J.T v. Osseo Area Schools</jats:italic> , <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Independent School District No. 279</jats:italic> . The case involved a lawsuit centering on Ava, a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy. Her parents alleged the district discriminated against Ava when it refused to appropriately accommodate her unique needs. Because Ava attended school in Minnesota, which is in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, her parents had to satisfy the eighth circuit court’s standard requiring that school district personnel had to act on bad faith or use gross misjudgment, before they could prevail in an educational discrimination case. In ruling in favor of the parents, the Supreme Court emphatically held that children with disabilities seeking relief for education-related discrimination do not need to satisfy a more stringent legal test than in other contexts in which plaintiffs sue for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. We discuss the principles of this case and its significant implications regarding the rights of students with disabilities and their parents.","PeriodicalId":48042,"journal":{"name":"Remedial and Special Education","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148291621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}