Recent Publications

Brock, S., & Edmunds, A. L. (in press). Parental involvement: Barriers and opportunities. The Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 19(2).

DeWit, D.J., Chandler-Coutts, M., Offord, D.R., King, G., McDougall, J., Specht, J., & Stewart, S. (2005). Gender differences in the effects of family adversity on the risk of onset of DSM-III-R Social Phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 479-502.

Edmunds, A. L. (in press). Full inclusion since 1996: How are Nova Scotia schools doing? In J. Visser (Ed.), Inclusion, behavior and special education: Issues in the new millennium. Birmingham: QEd Publishers.

Edmunds, A. L. & Edmunds, G. A. (2007). Special education in Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson: Toronto, ON.

Edmunds, A. L. & Young, D. (2007). The evolution of special education policy in Ontario: 1968 to present. In T. G. Ryan, (Ed.), The reflexive special educator. Calgary, AB: Detselig.

Edmunds, A. & Edmunds, G. (2005). Sensitivity: A double edge sword for the pre-adolescent and adolescent gifted child. Roeper Review, 27(2), 69-77.

Johnson, F. & Edmunds, A. (2006). From chaos to control: Understanding and responding to the behavior of children with exceptionalities. London, ON: Althouse Press, University of Western Ontario.

King, G., Willoughby, C. Specht, J. & Brown, E. (2006). Social support processes and the adaptation of individuals with chronic disabilities. Qualitative Health Research,16(7), 902-925.

King, G., Currie, M., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Kertoy, M., & Specht, J. (2005). A model of impacts or research partnerships in health and social services. Evaluation and Program Planning, 28, 400-412.

Leschied, A., Chiodo, D., Nowicki, E., & Rodger, S., (in press). Childhood predictors of adult criminality: A meta-analysis drawn from the prospective longitudinal literature. The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Noel, K. & Edmunds, A. L. (2007). Constructing a synthetic-analytic framework for precocious writing. Roeper Review 29(2), 125-131.

Nowicki, E.A. (2008). The interaction of attitudes toward racial membership and learning ability in school-age children, Educational Psychology, 28, 229-244.

Nowicki, E.A. (2007). Children's beliefs about learning and physical difficulties. International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education, 54, 463-473.

Nowicki, E.A. (2006). Children's cognitions, behavioural intent, and affect toward girls and boys of lower or higher learning ability. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 4(2), 43-57.

Nowicki, E.A. (2006). A cross-sectional multivariate analysis of children's attitudes towards disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50, 335-348.

Nowicki, E.A. (2005). Understanding Children's Perceptions of Intellectual and Physical Disabilities: Attitudes, Knowledge and Social Cognition. Exceptionality Education Canada, 15, 21-39.

Specht, J., Howell, G., & Young, G. (2007). Students with special education needs and their use of assistive technology during transition to secondary school. Childhood Education, 83(6), 385-389.

Specht, J.A. (2005). Leisure as a coping mechanism. In A.V. Lee (Ed.), Psychology of coping (pp. 187-199). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Specht, J.A., King, G., Willoughby, C., Brown, E. & Smith, L. (2005) Spirituality: A coping mechanism in the lives of adults with congenital disabilities. Counseling and Values, 50, 51-62.

Specht, J. (2004). Educating exceptional children: Current issues for educators. Education Canada, 44(1), 4-7. (Invited submission.)

Wood, E., Mueller, J., Willoughby, T., Specht, J., & DeYoung, T. (2005). Educators' perceptions: Barriers and supports to using technology in the classroom. Education, Communication, and Information, 5, 183-206.