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Overview

Gary N. Siperstein is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Boston in the United States and has contributed to multiple areas within social sciences and psychology. Their research focus spans fields such as Safety Research, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Speech and Hearing.

Their work prominently addresses topics including Family and Disability Support Research, Disability Education and Employment, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, Youth Development and Social Support, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Education Discipline and Inequality, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gary N. Siperstein include:

  • "Positive identity development through community engagement among youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities," published in 2023 in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • "A Place for Everybody": Students' Perspectives on Inclusive Behavior in School, published in 2022 in Educational Researcher
  • "It's right, but risky too: Inclusive behavior as a positive risk in adolescence," published in 2021 in Journal of Adolescence
  • "GRANDCHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: THE ROLE OF GRANDPARENTS' RELATIONSHIPS," published in 2024 in Innovation in Aging
  • "From the Coach's Perspective: Making Interscholastic Sports Inclusive for Students With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," forthcoming in 2025 in Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Gary N. Siperstein include:

  • Jason Rodriquez
  • Staci C. Ballard
  • Anmol Gupta
  • Holly Jacobs
  • Timothy P. Shriver

Their publications appear in various venues including:

  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Educational Researcher
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Gary N. Siperstein's scholarly contributions address complex issues surrounding inclusion, identity, and support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, particularly focusing on community engagement, inclusive education, and youth development.

Best Publications

  • A National Study of Youth Attitudes toward the Inclusion of Students with Intellectual Disabilities

    Gary N. Siperstein;Robin C. Parker;Jennifer Norins Bardon;Keith F. Widaman

  • Maternal involvement in the education of young children with autism spectrum disorders

    Paul Benson;Kristie L Karlof;Gary N Siperstein

  • Stress, Social Support, and Adjustment of Adolescents in Middle School

    Melodie Wenz-Gross;Gary N. Siperstein;Andrew S. Untch;Keith F. Widaman

  • Social Status of Learning Disabled Children

    Gary N. Siperstein;Michael J. Bopp;John J. Bak

  • School Context and the Academic and Behavioral Progress of Students with Emotional Disturbance

    Gary N. Siperstein;Andrew L. Wiley;Steven R. Forness

  • A national survey of consumer attitudes towards companies that hire people with disabilities

    Gary N. Siperstein;Neil Romano;Amanda Mohler;Robin Parker

  • Conceptual and psychometric concerns about the 1992 AAMR definition of mental retardation.

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  • Social acceptance of children with mental retardation: Testing the contact hypothesis with an Italian sample

    Mara Manetti;Barry H. Schneider;Gary Siperstein

  • Importance of Social Support in the Adjustment of Children with Learning Problems

    Melodie Wenz-Gross;Gary N. Siperstein

  • National snapshot of adults with intellectual disabilities in the labor force

    Gary N. Siperstein;Robin C. Parker;Max Drascher

  • Social inclusion of children with intellectual disabilities in a recreational setting.

    Gary N. Siperstein;Gary C. Glick;Robin C. Parker

  • A Challenge to the Viability of Mild Mental Retardation as a Diagnostic Category

    Donald L. MacMillan;Gary N. Siperstein;Frank M. Gresham

  • Pathways to employment: A national survey of adults with intellectual disabilities

    Gary N. Siperstein;Miriam Heyman;Jeffrey E. Stokes

  • Students with learning problems at risk in middle school: stress, social support, and adjustment

    Melodie Wenz-Gross;Gary N. Siperstein

  • The Relative Equitability of High-Stakes Testing versus Teacher-Assigned Grades: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)

    Robert T. Brennan;Jimmy Kim;Melodie Wenz-Gross;Gary N. Siperstein

  • The Sport Experience of Athletes With Intellectual Disabilities: A National Survey of Special Olympics Athletes and Their Families

    Coreen M. Harada;Gary N. Siperstein

  • Promoting social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities through sport: Special Olympics International, global sport initiatives and strategies

    Coreen M. Harada;Gary N. Siperstein;Robin C. Parker;David Lenox

  • Efficacy of Special Education and Related Services

    Kenneth A. Kavale;Steven R. Forness;Gary N. Siperstein

  • The labyrinth of IDEA: school decisions on referred students with subaverage general intelligence.

    Donald L. MacMillan;Frank M. Gresham;Gary N. Siperstein;Kathleen M. Bocian

  • The Quality of Friendships between Children with and without Learning Problems.

    Gary N. Siperstein;James S. Leffert;Melodie Wenz-Gross

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank M. Gresham
Frank M. Gresham Louisiana State University
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Steven R. Forness
Steven R. Forness University of California, Los Angeles
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California
Barry H. Schneider
Barry H. Schneider Boston College
Kenneth A. Kavale
Kenneth A. Kavale Regent University
Samuel L. Odom
Samuel L. Odom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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