Issues and Interventions for African American Students with and At-Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: An Introduction to the Special Issue

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Council M. R. , Cartledge G. , Green D. , Barber M. , & Gardner R. (this issue). Reducing risk through a supplementary reading intervention: A case study of first- and second-grade urban students. Behavioral Disorders, 41, 241–257.

Harry B. , & Klingner J. K. (2014). Why are so many minority students in special education? Understanding race and disability in schools (2nd ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.

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Klingner J. K. , Artiles A. J. , Kozleski E. , Harry B. , Zion S. , Tate W. … Riley D. (2005). Addressing the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education through culturally responsive educational systems. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(38), 1–39. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v13n38.2005

Kourea L. , Lo Y.-y. , & Owens T. L. (this issue). Using parental input from Black families to increase cultural responsiveness for teaching SWPBS expectations. Behavioral Disorders, 41, 226–240.

Martinez A. , McMahon S. D. , & Treger S. (2016). Individual-and school-level predictors of student office disciplinary referrals. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 24(1), 30–41. doi:10.1177/1063426615588289

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Owens C. M. , Ford D. Y. , Lisbon A. J. , & Ford M. T. (this issue). Shifting paradigms to better serve twice-exceptional African-American learners. Behavioral Disorders, 41, 196–208.

Robinson-Ervin P. , Cartledge G. , Musti-Rao S. , Gibson G. , & Keyes S. E. (this issue). Social skills instruction for urban learners with emotional and behavioral disorders: A culturally responsive and computer-based intervention. Behavioral Disorders, 41, 209–225.

Skiba J. R. , Arredondo M. I. , & Rausch M. K. (2014). New and developing research on disparities in discipline. Retrieved on line at http://www.indiana.edu/~atlantic/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Disparity_NewResearch_Full_040414.pdf

Skiba J. R. , Simmons A. B. , Ritter S. , Gibb A.C. , Rausch M. K. , Cuadrado J. , & Chung, C-G. (2008). Achieving equity in special education: History, status, and current challenges. Exceptional Children, 74, 264–288. doi:10.1177/001440290807400301

Smolkowski K. , Girvan E.J. , McIntosh K. , Nese R. N. T. , & Horner R. (this issue). Vulnerable decision points for disproportionate office discipline referrals: Comparisons of discipline for African American and White elementary school students. Behavioral Disorders, 41, 178–195.

Sullivan A.L. (2013). Disproportionality in special education: Effects of individual and school variables on disability risk. Exceptional Children, 79, 475–494. doi:10.1177/001440291307900406

Vasquez E. III , Lopez A. , Straub C. , Powell S. , McKinney T. , Walker Z. … Bedesem P. L. (2011). Empirical research on ethnic minority students: 1995–2009. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 26(2), 84–93. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5826.2011.00328.