{"id":66626,"date":"2021-04-12T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&p=66626"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:20:27","slug":"bu-wheelock-research-team-examines-self-contained-special-education-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/bu-wheelock-research-team-examines-self-contained-special-education-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Wheelock Research Team Examines Self-Contained Special Education Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Dr. Elizabeth Bettini, Doctoral Candidate Jennifer Lillis, and Dr. Hannah Morris Mathews<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

BU Wheelock\u2019s Dr. Hannah Morris Mathews<\/a>, Jennifer Lillis, and Dr. Elizabeth Bettini<\/a> authored \u201cWorking Conditions and Special Educators\u2019 Reading Instruction for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders<\/a>,\u201d a new paper that examines the factors shaping the effectiveness of teachers\u2019 instruction in self-contained special education classrooms. The paper was published in Exceptional Children<\/em>, the top educational research journal for special education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bettini is an assistant professor of special education, Dr. Morris Mathews<\/a> is a former post-doctoral researcher who is now a faculty member at the University of Florida, and Lillis is a current doctoral candidate. In their study, they found that special educators who teach students with emotional\/behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings provided stronger instruction when they co-led their program with another educator as a partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also found that the consistent presence of well-trained paraprofessional staff enabled special educators to provide higher quality instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur results showed that to improve the instruction that students with emotional or behavioral disorders receive in school, it\u2019s important that the programs are well-staffed,\u201d says Dr. Bettini. \u201cEffectively teaching students with EBD may require the dedicated time and expertise of more than one well-qualified teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research team\u2014which also included BU Wheelock\u2019s Nate Jones, recent doctoral graduate Rachel Oblath, and master\u2019s student Rachel Sutton\u2014used a mixed-method approach, which enabled them to interview a diverse group of educators and work across multiple data sources. For Dr. Morris Mathews, the mixed-method approach used to conduct the research was just as valuable as the results that it yielded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuestions of instructional quality rely on observing and interpreting instruction while also understanding the experiences of the individuals delivering instruction,\u201d she says. \u201cIt is important to engage people with diverse perspectives in the research process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Lillis, learning to design a mixed-methods analysis under Drs. Bettini and Morris Mathews was invaluable experience for a doctoral candidate. \u201cAs a doctoral student, I also felt my perspective and contributions were valued,\u201d she explains. \u201cI feel like a much stronger researcher having worked on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bettini<\/a> is working on several research projects investigating how working conditions relate to special educators\u2019 experiences and outcomes when teaching students with emotional\/behavioral disabilities. She previously taught students with EBD in self-contained and inclusive settings in Arizona and Connecticut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BU Wheelock\u2019s Dr. Hannah Morris Mathews, Jennifer Lillis, and Dr. Elizabeth Bettini authored \u201cWorking Conditions and Special Educators\u2019 Reading Instruction for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders,\u201d a new paper that examines the factors shaping the effectiveness of teachers\u2019 instruction in self-contained special education classrooms. The paper was published in Exceptional Children, the top educational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Special Education","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[4098],"bu-publication":[6614],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[6645,6648,6647,6765,6646,6772],"news-topic":[6789],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72684,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66626\/revisions\/72684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=66626"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=66626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}