Evidence-Based Practice

Students with extensive support needs (ESN) are a group of students with multiple disabilities including significant expressive and receptive language impairments that make it difficult for them to...

Although the field of special education has historically focused on improving outcomes for students with disabilities, research, practice, and policy has evolved over several “eras.” The contemporary...

This paper describes the implementation of Check In Check Out (CICO) as an evidence-based practice to support students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) within educational settings. CICO...

Teachers value practices that are supported by research (Buren et al., 2021). However, research often is not shared in a way that helps teachers use these evidence-based practices (EBPs) to meet the...

This View From the Field column is the third in a series describing the important contributions of the field of implementation science in supporting educators in implementing evidence-based practices...

The Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is dedicated to improving outcomes for individuals with specific learning disabilities (LD) through research...

It is critical that teachers use evidence-based practices for students with disabilities. With data, teachers can evaluate if their instruction is impactful. Teachers are encouraged to use data-based...

Effective teaching and special education programming should be informed by scientific research published in peer-reviewed journals. However, many peer-reviewed articles, including how-to articles...