Mary K. Fitzsimmons
Articles
Including Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale Testing
The 1997 Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act requires that students with disabilities participate in large-scale assessments and that a statement of individual modifications in... [more]
Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans
For some time, researchers and school personnel have been studying the effects of a wide range of problem behaviors on classroom learning. Research funded by the Office of Special Education Programs... [more]
Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth
As news media detail the increasingly violent acts perpetrated by students, schools and social services throughout the country scramble to respond to the public's horror at these acts and to the... [more]
School-Wide Behavioral Management Systems
For over a quarter of a century, the number one concern facing America's public schools has been discipline. What educators are finding, however, is that the root of the problem goes beyond... [more]
Beginning Reading
How to teach reading has been the subject of much debate over the years. One reason may be because, to the reading public, reading seems to be a fairly easy and natural thing to do. However, this... [more]
