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Dr. Carolyn Hughes
Principal Investigator

Department of
Special Education
P.O. Box 328
Peabody College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203


 

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Peer Buddy Articles

Interested in reading more about the Peer Buddy Program? Below is a partial list of publications related to the Peer Buddy Program.

Carter, E. W., Hughes, C., Copeland, S. R., & Breen, C. (2001). Differences between high school students who do and do not volunteer to participate in a peer interaction program. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 26, 229-239.

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Hughes, C., Copeland, S. R., Guth, C., Rung, L. L., Hwang, B., Kleeb, G., & Strong, M. (2001). General education students' perspectives on their involvement in a high school peer buddy program. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 36, 343-356.

Hughes, C. & Guth, C. (1995). Enlarging one's circle of friends: McGavock High School Peer Buddy Program. Breaking Ground: The Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Council Newsletter, 5, 1-3.

Hughes, C., Guth, C., Hall, S., Presley, J., Dye, M., & Byers, C. (1999). They are my best friends: Peer buddies promote inclusion in high school. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 31, 32-37.

Hughes, C., Guth, C., & Presley, J. (in press). Peers as teachers of social interaction skills: The Metropolitan Nashville Peer Buddy Program. In W. L. Heward (Ed.), Exceptional children: An introduction to special education, (6th ed). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Merrill.

Kohler, P. (1999). The NTA identified promising programs. NTA Alliance: The Newsletter of the National Transition Alliance, 3, 1-15.

Miller, C. (1999). Peer Buddy Program crosses the line of disability: Nashville project helps dissolve barriers. What's Working in Special Education Newsletter, 1, 1-5.

Rosemergy, J. (1996). Becoming friends. Peabody Reflector, 66, 2-5.

Other publications

Snow Days Provide Glimpse of Special Program, by Mandy Locke
Shelbyville Times-Gazette, January 1997

 
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