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TABLE 2<br />
Methods for Including Students with Disabilities in Inclusive HSSLPs (N 5)<br />
Category Methods # of Schools<br />
Activity selecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Give students choices 4<br />
structure (n 5) Place students in situati<strong>on</strong>s where <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y will be successful 4<br />
Choose activities depending <strong>on</strong> students’ ability level 3<br />
Include more h<strong>and</strong>s-<strong>on</strong> activities 2<br />
Offer a variety of activities 2<br />
Assess students to determine <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir capabilities 2<br />
Start with smaller, teacher initiated projects 1<br />
Collaborati<strong>on</strong> (n 5) Collaborate with general <strong>and</strong>/or special educati<strong>on</strong><br />
teachers<br />
3<br />
Obtain support for service learning from all staff<br />
involved with students<br />
2<br />
Provide enough staff 2<br />
Obtain informati<strong>on</strong> about students’ abilities 2<br />
Obtain informati<strong>on</strong> about methods for ensuring<br />
students’ success<br />
1<br />
Provide teachers with informati<strong>on</strong> about students’<br />
disabilities<br />
1<br />
Discuss service learning opportunities during IEP<br />
meetings, 504 meetings, or transiti<strong>on</strong> meetings<br />
1<br />
Expectati<strong>on</strong>s (n 5) Have <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same expectati<strong>on</strong>s for students with <strong>and</strong><br />
without disabilities<br />
3<br />
Treat students with disabilities like every<strong>on</strong>e else 3<br />
Expect students to participate 2<br />
Allow students to fail 1<br />
Encouragement (n 4) Allow student ownership of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> project 3<br />
Get to know <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> students with disabilities 3<br />
Ask students how <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y would like to be involved in<br />
service learning<br />
2<br />
Allow students to have an active role in decisi<strong>on</strong>-making 1<br />
Grouping (n 4) Pair students with <strong>and</strong> without disabilities to complete<br />
projects<br />
4<br />
Include normal proporti<strong>on</strong>s of students with <strong>and</strong><br />
without disabilities<br />
2<br />
Modificati<strong>on</strong>s (n 3) Provide additi<strong>on</strong>al instructi<strong>on</strong> 2<br />
Provide supplementary instructi<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> special<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> classroom<br />
1<br />
Modify <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rules when needed 1<br />
Modify grading practices 1<br />
Note. HSSLPs high school service learning programs; n number of schools c<strong>on</strong>tributing methods to each<br />
category<br />
Trustworthiness. Guba <strong>and</strong> Lincoln (1989)<br />
indicated that rigorous qualitative analyses<br />
use procedures that support “trustworthiness”<br />
of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> data. In this study, trustworthiness<br />
was ensured by a) analyzing data transcribed<br />
verbatim from a high quality digital<br />
voice recorder, b) using a two-step process<br />
to underst<strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> data, <strong>and</strong> c) verifying<br />
interpretati<strong>on</strong>s of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> data between two<br />
researchers.<br />
Results<br />
Data from this study are organized around: a)<br />
methods for including students with disabilities<br />
in inclusive HSSLPs <strong>and</strong> b) barriers to<br />
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