Journals
Look for results from these journals:
- AERA Open
- American Educational Research Journal
- American Journal on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
- Annals of Dyslexia
- Dyslexia
- Educational Researcher
- Education and Training in Autism & Developmental Disabilities
- Exceptional Children
- Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities
- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
- Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities
- Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders
- Journal of Fluency Disorders
- Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Journal of Special Education
- Journal of Special Education Technology
- Learning & Individual Differences
- Learning Disabilities Research & Practice
- Learning Disability Practice
- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Remedial & Special Education
- Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Research in Developmental Disabilities
- Review of Educational Research
- Rural Special Education Quarterly
- Teacher Education & Special Education
- Teaching Exceptional Children
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Volta Review
Before You Get Started...
Before you start your research, think about how you will keep track of the articles and other sources you find. Here are a few suggestions:
- You can use the folder tools built-in to the library databases.
- You can save the articles themselves to your Google Drive or your own hard drive.
- You can email yourself the articles.
Finding Research Articles
Suggested search terms:
- Students with disabilities
- Individualized education plan
- 504 / Section 504 / Section 504 plans / 504 plans
- Strategies
- Accommodations
- Support
- Inclusion
- Parent participation in education
- Family school partnership or family school collaboration
- Specific to your interviewee:
- The student's disability (hearing loss, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, etc.)
- The professionals that worked with the student (psychologist, occupational therapist, etc.)
- Specific subject areas (writing, mathematics, etc.)
Search Tips
- Use the Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals checkbox on the left side of the screen to find peer-reviewed journals
- Use the Publication Date sliders if you want to narrow your results to a certain time frame (like the last 5 years)
- Need more sources? Check out our guide on finding sources using bibliographies.
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