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Enhancing Student Engagement: The Impact of Peer Inclusion on Students with Disabilities

This study highlights the benefits of using two peer support assistants instead of one paraeducator for students with disabilities (SWD). It reveals that having two peers increases engagement, enhances social interactions, and reduces stigma associated with disabilities. By training peers to adapt materials, implement behavior plans, and provide feedback, SWDs can access the general curriculum more effectively. The findings suggest that peer support fosters greater educational and social inclusion, leading to improved outcomes for SWDs in mainstream classrooms.

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Enhancing Student Engagement: The Impact of Peer Inclusion on Students with Disabilities

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  1. One Peer versus Two PeersInclusion with a paraprofessional (para) 1. increases dependence on para and decreases the peer socialization 2. creates a stigma with the student with disabilities (SWD)3. decreases contact between reg. ed teacher and SWDSolution – use peers!! Classrooms are using one. Try using two.Peers are taught to be paras. They are taught 1. to adapt materials for SWD and use IEP goals for instruction2. to implement Behavior Intervention Plans3. to provide feedback to SWDStudy shows SWD used materials similar to that of peers and engaged with curricula more and more consistently when using 2 peers vs 1. SWD also engaged with peers more.Carter, E.W., Cushing, L.S., Clark, N.M., Kennedy, C.H. (2005). Effects of peer support interventions on students' access to the general curriculum and social interactions. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities,30(1), 15-25.

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