For individuals with disabilities the transition from school to adopting adult roles within the community often presents numerous challenges. In a sample of pre-service education teachers, perceptions of school to community transitions of students with disabilities were investigated. Pre-service education…

This study examined two different strategies of learning with diagrams: drawing diagrams while learning or learning from pre-constructed diagrams. One hundred ninety six junior high school students were randomly placed in a condition either to draw while learning about how…

The purpose of this study was to explore wheelchair rugby coaches lived experiences in the development of their athletes who had acquired a spinal cord injury (SCI). Four elite wheelchair rugby coaches in Canada were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended…

The studies presented in this thesis examine the perceptions and experiences of different groups of educators working in inclusive settings in Montréal, Québec at the elementary school level. In Study 1, survey data from 600 educators (regular classroom teachers, resource…

Inclusive education has had a long history of support from research and policy, yet remains controversial within some parent groups. Montréal parents of typically developing children and children with disabilities of elementary school age learning in an inclusive classroom were…

Several children with autism spectrum disorders engage in vocal stereotypy, which are repetitive vocalizations that persist in the absence of social consequences. Although the behavior is physically harmless, vocal stereotypy may considerably interfere with learning and social inclusion. Thus, this…