The EPOCH Indirect Questionnaire for Students With Disabilities (Poster 19)

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: Perspectives on Research and Practice in Special and Inclusive Education

Abstract

As positive characteristics of individuals with disabilities are more closely associated with increased quality of life across multiple domains (Biggs & Carter, 2016), practitioners including special education teachers should recognize and understand the positive characteristics of students with disabilities to cultivate such strengths as a means of improving their quality of life. We have developed an indirect measurer of positive characteristics of students with disabilities by adopting the EPOCH measure (Kern et al., 2016). Pre-service special education teachers completed the EPOCH indirect questionnaire with their students with disabilities and provided comments on its usefulness as a practical tool to assess positive characteristics of students with disabilities.
 

Authors

• Jemma Kim, California State University - San Bernardino

• Seyoung Jang, Education Research Institute, Seoul National University

• Sang Seok Nam, California State University - San Bernardino