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Ball State University offers online graduate programs in applied behavior analysis and special education with focus in autism. Our ABA course sequence is verified by ABAI and meet the course work requirements to take the BCBA exam. Study at your own pace with 8-week and 16-week formats.
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Enhancing the Accessibility of High School Science Tests: A Multistate Experiment
Content type: Journal Article
This study was inspired by the final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) indicating that each state has the option to develop a new assessment for students whose disabilities have kept them from obtaining proficiency. Sets of high school...
Measuring the Outliers
Content type: Journal Article
Out-of-level testing is an underused strategy for addressing the needs of students who score in the extremes, and when used wisely it could provide educators with a much more accurate picture of what students know. Out-of-level testing has been shown to be...
Successful Transition of Students With Disabilities to 21st-Century College and Careers
Content type: Journal Article
With the federal call to action that by 2020 all students will graduate from high school ready for college and a career, schools are focusing on increased academic preparation. For students with disabilities, academic preparation alone may not be enough to...
Begin With the End in Mind
Content type: Journal Article
There is a widespread misconception that transition planning and programming begin in high school. However, there are many opportunities for teachers to infuse transition-focused education into teaching and learning activities for their elementary grade...
Who Is the Parent?
Content type: Journal Article
Parental participation is a critical feature of IDEA, however the question of “who” is a parent often presents a challenge. With regard to educational decisions, states may include more options under the definition of a parent than those provided in the...
Building Self-Determination Through Inclusive Extracurricular Programs
Content type: Journal Article
Extracurricular activities are known to provide students a range of rich experiences that influence their academic achievement, leadership and communication skills, and career paths. Students with disabilities (SWD) historically have limited access to...
Avoiding Substantive Errors in Individualized Education Program Development
Content type: Journal Article
The primary charge of special educators is to provide eligible students with disabilities a special education that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The U.S. Supreme has held that a FAPE consists of two types of student rights: Procedural...
Is it Time for Elevating the Standard for FAPE under IDEA?
Content type: Journal Article
This article examines a critical question for the special education community: What should be the current meaning of “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) in light of not only the Supreme Court's landmark Rowley decision in 1982 but also developments...
Specific Learning Disability and Response to Intervention: State-Level Guidance
Content type: Journal Article
This study investigates how state departments of education are defining response to intervention (RTI) assessment processes as they relate to specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility 5 years after the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA...
Autonomy, Psychological Empowerment, and Self-Realization: Exploring Data on Self-Determination from NLTS2
Content type: Journal Article
The authors used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2; SRI International, 2000) to examine the aspects of self-determination assessed in NLTS2 and measurement equivalence and latent differences across the 12 disability categories...