2024 TASH Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to the official website for the 2024 TASH Conference!

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together our constituents to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The Conference is attended by passionate leaders, experts, and advocates from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees are influential in their fields and communities, and play an important role in the provision of services and supports for individuals and organizations around the world; and include professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; self-advocates, adult service providers; students, family members, and many others. This year’s conference theme is Celebrate Together: Let the Good Times Roll!

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2:15pm CST

Educational Placements Predictors: Intersectional Analysis of Students with Complex Needs

Friday December 6, 2024 2:15pm - 3:10pm CST

4TH Floor - Imperial 8

This study sheds light on potential inequities in student outcomes perpetuated by current disability labeling and placement systems, particularly for historically marginalized students. We used multi-level linear modeling to explore how student characteristics and their intersections affect the educational placement of public school students who received special education services in Utah across 6-years. Studentsâ€™ eligibility for the state alternate assessment based on significant cognitive disability (SCD) had the strongest negative effect on educational placement, followed by disability labels often associated with complex support needs (i.e., multiple disabilities, intellectual disability, autism). The placement patterns of students of color and White students across autism and intellectual disability labels were reversed and disproportionate, suggesting White families have greater access to knowledge of relative resources and stigma associated with different disability labels.

Presenters

Kristen Lansey

Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

Kirsten Lansey (she/her), Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of special education. Her overarching goal is to conduct research, teaching, and service that contributes to systemic educational change so that students with complex support needs receive inclusive and equitable learning... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2024 2:15pm - 3:10pm CST
4TH Floor - Imperial 8 Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Breakout Sessions

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest K-12 Education
Key Words Educational Placement, Placement Predictors, Disability Labeling, Racial Disparities, Equity
Presentation Type Research