Kentucky Teacher Education Journal: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children

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Special Issue: TED Conference 2016, Summary of Kentucky's Faculty and Faculty-Supported Student Research Presentations

Editor's Introduction

Kentucky Teacher Education Journal (KTEJ) Racing to Excellence Winter 2017 edition This special edition of KTEJ presents summaries of presentations by Kentucky researchers at two conferences held in November 2016. The first conference, the 30th Annual Conference of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) was held in Lexington, KY. Presentations addressed various topics such as opportunities to respond for students with disabilities, action research for teachers of special education students, and behavior specialists. The second conference, Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children 2016 was held in Louisville, KY and presented proceedings are included for the Graduate Student Research Symposium coordinated by the KY-TED. In this issue proceedings for the KY-TED Graduate Student Research Symposium includes: Using Repeated Reading and Choral Reading to Address Fluency in High School with MSD Students. Literacy instruction is important for all students but especially important for MSD students to learn to read for self-determination and independent functioning skills. Promising practices includes articles about Increasing Student Engagement through Opportunities to Respond and Turning Teachers into Action Researchers in their Classrooms. Both these articles provide ideas to help teachers put practical ideas into real world applications within the real world settings of their own classrooms. Program descriptions revealed two areas of expertise for teachers to learn more about: BCBA and Core content for MSD students. These articles: The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) What it is and How to get it will answer many of your inquiring questions related to this specialist certification. Preparing Teachers with Core Content Expertise to Support Students with MSD will help teachers prepare to teach MSD students with the Common Core Standards. Finally, a Review of the literature provides us a look into Puberty and Beyond: Sexuality Education for All Students. This topic is relevant for today’s society but is rarely discussed or explained in the special education classrooms of the intellectually disabled student. Welcome to this very special education of the Kentucky Teacher Education Journal filled with exciting new research related to our special education population. Jamie, Debbie, & Wanda