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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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Five Steps for Developing Effective Transition Plans for High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
Writing individual education programs (IEPs) for students with autism spectrum disorder who are transitioning out of high school can pose unique challenges for teachers. The purpose of this article is to present a five step process for developing...
Beyond Stereotypes
Content type: Journal Article
This article will focus on the characteristics, recognition, and strategies for meeting the needs of students who have a disability and who also have characteristics and traits associated with giftedness. The term “twice-exceptional” was coined to describe...
Understanding and Implementing the Common Core Vocabulary Standards in Kindergarten
Content type: Journal Article
The purpose of this article is to address common concerns educators might have regarding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for language arts and vocabulary in the early grades. We first provide an example of a kindergarten...
Graphic Organizers for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Research suggests students with learning disabilities often have trouble connecting new and prior knowledge, distinguishing essential and nonessential information, and applying comprehension strategies (Dicecco & Gleason, 2002; Vaughn & Edmonds, 2006)...
Blending Wheels
Content type: Journal Article
Children with learning disabilities typically struggle with learning to read, particularly with developing phonemic blending skills. Finding ways to provide sufficient decoding practice is an ongoing challenge for special educators. Blending wheels are...
By the Book
Content type: Journal Article
Children’s literature has great potential for starting conversations about human diversity and ability. In this paper, books from the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award are provided as a model for using children’s literature to talk about disability in...
Identifying Minimal Hearing Loss and Managing Its Effects on Literacy Learning
Content type: Journal Article
Minimal hearing loss is an often undiagnosed condition that has a negative impact on literacy acquisition. Minimal hearing loss affects a substantial percentage of students, particularly those who struggle with literacy. Research has demonstrated that...
Switch on the Learning
Content type: Journal Article
Technology, such as speech generating devices (SGD), offer a wide variety of ways for students with significant disabilities to independently interact with their environment. However, to be independent, students with severely limited mobility need some...
Considerations for Realizing the Promise of Educational Gaming Technology
Content type: Journal Article
When used in a multi-tiered academic approach, education technology has the capacity to differentiate and intensify mathematics and literacy instruction for students with or at risk for disabilities. For instance, technology-based gaming interventions can...
10 Research-Based Tips for Enhancing Literacy Instruction for Students With Intellectual Disability
Content type: Journal Article
Research conducted in the last twenty years has increased our understanding of the most effective methods for increasing the literacy skills of students with Intellectual Disability (ID). The purpose of this paper is to provide special education teachers...