College of Education and Human Development
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Self-Monitoring Intervention for Adolescents and Adults with Autism: A Research Review
(2023-02-07)The ability to work and function independently is one of the most important skills for the achievement of ideal post-school outcomes. The use of self-monitoring to improve independence and/or reduce undesirable behaviors ... -
STEM Faculty’s Support of Togetherness during Mandated Separation: Accommodations, Caring, Crisis Management, and Powerlessness
(2022-09-18)The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic initiated major disruptions to higher education systems. Physical spaces that previously supported interpersonal interaction and community were abruptly inactivated, and faculty largely ... -
A Preliminary Content Validity Analysis of the Receptive and Expressive Language Pre-Referral Protocol for Bilingual Learners (RELPP-BL)
(2022-06-30)The number of bilingual-bicultural students in the US continues to grow exponentially. With this growth, educators have an increased need for ensuring that all bilingual-bicultural students have equal language learning ... -
Productivity Apps Supporting Higher Order Writing Skills for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities
(Intervention in School and Clinic;Vol. 53; Issue 5, 2017-11-22)Students with learning disabilities tend to focus on lower-level elements of writing, leading them to compose poorly organized paragraphs comprised of strings of linear ideas. Deficits in language and working memory ... -
Service Animals in PreK-12 Schools: Legal and Policy Implications for School Leaders
(NASSP Bulletin;104(3), 2020-05-19)Despite increasing animal prevalence in public spaces, few districts have proactively developed policies to integrate assistance, therapy, service, and emotional support animals that are both legally sound and support the ... -
Implementing Asynchronous Instructional Materials for Students With Learning Disabilities
(Intervention in School and Clinic;Vol. 57, No. 2, 2021-04-26)A core component or modern education is the provision of online instruction. Across K-12, postsecondary, and ongoing professional learning, online instruction is growing in use and popularity. This increased utilization ... -
Stories of a caregiver: “Chuy” the Blesser
(On the Move;Volume 14, Issue 1, 2020-12)In a writer’s workshop setting, military caregivers describe how they protect and serve their families and others as blessers and mentors, after experiencing the catastrophic physical, emotional, or mental loss of a loved ... -
Social Connectedness in Physical Isolation: Online Teaching Practices That Support Under-Represented Undergraduate Students' Feelings of Belonging and Engagement in STEM
(2022-01-18)The COVID-19 outbreak spurred unplanned closures and transitions to online classes. Physical environments that once fostered social interaction and community were rendered inactive. We conducted interviews and administered ... -
Mindful Coping Power: Comparative Effects on Children’s Reactive Aggression and Self-Regulation
(2021-08-25)Coping Power (CP) is an evidence-based preventive intervention for youth with disruptive behavior problems. This study examined whether Mindful Coping Power (MCP), a novel adaptation which integrates mindfulness into CP, ... -
Autohistoria: Traversing through Time and Space to Explore Identity, Consciousness, Positionality, and Power
(8/17/2020)How do our own cultural-historical experiences in geographic spaces like the border(s) we occupy shape our identities, consciousness, positionality, and power? Using the autohistoria-teoria methodology, the intent of this ... -
Understanding Identity and Context in the Development of Gay Teacher Identity: Perceptions and Realities in Teacher Education and Teaching
(6/18/2019)The way a teacher perceives relational justice—the feeling of being treated equitably and being included—in their work context is central to understanding the negotiation and enactment of teacher identity. For LGBTQ ... -
The Vocabulary-Comprehension Relationship across the Disciplines: Implications for Instruction
(7/17/2018)The main purpose of vocabulary instruction is to enhance and support reading comprehension. This goal spans across the grade levels and different disciplines and is supported by a plethora of research. In recent years, a ... -
A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis of Psychometric Intelligence and Achievement in Reading and Math
(9/1/2017)A cross-lagged panel analysis of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) intelligence test scores and reading and math achievement test scores of 337 students twice assessed for special education ... -
Cross-age peer mentoring: Model review
(National Mentoring Resource Center Model Review;, 2017-09)This review addresses four topics related to one-on-one cross-age peer mentoring for children and adolescents, including: 1. Its documented effectiveness for mentees and mentors, 2. The extent to which effectiveness depends ... -
Meta-analysis of Single-Case Research on Teaching Functional Living Skills to Individuals with ASD
(Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders;Volume 2, 2015-01-14)A meta-analysis of 52 studies teaching functional living skills to individuals with autism spectrum disorder was conducted. Using the Tau effect size with the Dunn and the Kruskal–Wallis post-hoc analyses, the following ... -
The Adelante Oral History Project: A Site of Decolonial Potential in Transforming School Curriculum
(Regeneración Tlacuilolli: UCLA Raza Studies Journal;Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014)This paper analyzes the decolonial potential of an oral history project based out of a predominantly Latina/o and low-income elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah. Considering the history of colonizing school curriculums, ... -
Clinic-Based Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Caregivers Adaptive Skill Interventions for Children with Autism
(Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders;Volume 4 (295-307), 2020-06-30)Objectives Behavioral skills training (BST) with video-based feedback may be an effective means of preparing caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to implement behavioral interventions for adaptive ... -
Borderland Language Conflicts: A Study of Cross-National Interactions and Cultural Resolutions
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 6, 2019) -
Children Transitioning from Oral to Written Argumentation: Signaling Meaning through Punctuation in Writing Part II
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 4, 2018-06-12) -
The Embodiment of Thought and Language when Performing a College Essay Revision
(The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 3, 2018)