Beth Saggers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4628038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beth Saggers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beth |
| FAMILY NAME | Saggers |
| SIGNATURE | SAGGERS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5877-2164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Autistic Adolescent Perspectives on Internet Threats
Exploring Young Autistic Children's Family and Independent Digital Experiences at Home
This study investigated how young autistic children engaged with digital technologies within the home context. Studying the everyday lives of three families in Queensland, Australia provided opportunities to identify the digital technologies they used and the purpose and potential of the children's digital interactions. Autistic children actively participated in this digital ethnographic study as they navigated their digital worlds. Children's ex…
Autism research, autistic co-researchers, and PhD projects
While participatory autism research is a priority in supporting the evolution of research in the field of autism, there has been limited consideration of community involvement in higher degree by research (HDR) projects such as PhD study. This is an important issue in higher education that requires focus, as HDR projects should represent significant contributions at the forefront of relevant disciplines. Detailed in this paper is a collaborative …
Multiplayer gaming and autism
The popularity of online multiplayer gaming among primary‐school students, including autistic students, has rapidly increased over the past decade. Social characteristics and interactions of autistic students have been a focus of research, but less attention has been given to the relationship between online multiplayer gaming and social communication, and repetitive behaviours. This paper reports on a case study that described three students' at‐…
Mainstream or special education or somewhere in‐between? What do parents of autistic students want and why
Limited evidence is available on school placement types that Australian parents of autistic students prefer. This mixed methods study explored parents' school placement preferences, the impact of student characteristics on these preferences and parents' reasons for their preferences. Surveys with closed‐ and open‐ended questions were used to gather data from 656 parents of autistic children, including parents of 83 children yet to start school, 4…
Closing special schools
Many countries grapple with the tension between commitment to inclusive education reform and the closure of special schools. This tension is particularly problematic for countries, like Australia, that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is clear that closing special schools is pivotal to protecting the rights of students with disability to an inclusive education. Some provinces in Canada are c…
Evidence of transformative leadership for inclusive practice
Globally, school leaders express a need for ongoing professional learning to support teacher's knowledge and skills in inclusive education. This paper reports on interview data collected from four school leaders and 18 teachers who have various roles in Australian schools (four school sites) about their experiences of professional learning to operationalise inclusive schooling. Most of the teachers did not have leadership titles or designated lea…
Societal, systemic, school and family drivers for and barriers to inclusive education
Inclusive education is central to achieving high-quality education for all students and is a recognised commitment of the Australian government under international human rights law. However, Australia’s lack of commitment to move away from segregation is reflected in its persistence in maintaining and funding segregated (special) settings. Queensland led the way with the introduction of an inclusive education policy in 2018; nonetheless, this doe…
The future of special schools in Australia
The United Nations has called upon Governments that are signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to adopt practical but progressive systems to transfer resources from segregated settings/special schools into mainstream schools. What will this mean for Australia’s special schools, particularly given their significant rise in enrolments over the past decade? What will it mean for the education of Australian stud…
Are Schools' Lockdown Drills Really Beneficial?—A Commentary
Researching a whole school approach to school connectedness
This paper reports on a participatory action research project that investigated how a resource called the Index for Inclusion was used by a secondary school community to improve school connectedness at a whole school level. The researchers worked with the Australian case study school over one year to engage in review, development, and change. This paper reports on the procedure of working with the School Connectedness Committee through the five p…
He is my job’
School connectedness is an important protective factor for adolescent mental health. The researchers interviewed 21 mothers of students aged 11–16 years on the autism spectrum in urban and regional Australia to explore factors that influenced school connectedness and how these mothers constructed roles in supporting their children’s school connectedness. Mothers positioned themselves as indispensable, with no choice but to be highly involved. The…
What Universal Design for Learning principles, guidelines, and checkpoints are evident in educators’ descriptions of their practice when supporting students on the autism spectrum
Tele-classroom consultation
Many students on the autism spectrum attend mainstream schools and face challenges coping with the demands of this complex environment. Education in rural and remote locations poses additional challenges due to limited access to additional resourcing, specialised support, and services. This case study describes a problem-solving, collaborative approach providing rural and remote educators with additional direct support and services tailored to me…
Online multiplayer games for the social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorder
This article describes the support for social interactions received by three students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through their multimodal engagements with Minecraft®. The data were collected through at-screen observations and semi-structured interviews. Multimodal analysis of the data demonstrated that online multiplayer games supported social interactions through modes, such as speech, writing and gesture, and within physical and virtu…
Recommendations of school students with autism spectrum disorder and their parents in regard to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and intervention
Accumulating evidence suggests that the prevalence of bullying is significantly higher for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) than for typically developing students. Additionally, the prominence and growth of social networking and resultant focus on cyberbullying in the last 10 years has added a new dimension to the traditional definitions, environments and experiences of bullying. This paper describes current anti-bullying strategies a…
How students with autism spectrum conditions understand traditional bullying and cyberbullying
Students with ASC are at heightened risk for bullying and their understanding of bullying is known to protect them from involvement in it (Humphrey and Hebron 2015). However, only a handful of studies have examined how students with ASC understand traditional bullying and none of them focused on cyberbullying. To fill this gap, we investigated how traditional bullying and cyberbullying are understood from the perspectives of 89 students with ASC …
Service-learning informing the development of an inclusive ethical framework for beginning teachers
The future of special schools in Australia
The United Nations has called upon Governments that are signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to adopt practical but progressive systems to transfer resources from segregated settings/special schools into mainstream schools. What will this mean for Australia’s special schools, particularly given their significant rise in enrolments over the past decade? What will it mean for the education of Australian stud…
He is my job’
School connectedness is an important protective factor for adolescent mental health. The researchers interviewed 21 mothers of students aged 11–16 years on the autism spectrum in urban and regional Australia to explore factors that influenced school connectedness and how these mothers constructed roles in supporting their children’s school connectedness. Mothers positioned themselves as indispensable, with no choice but to be highly involved. The…
Online multiplayer games for the social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorder
This article describes the support for social interactions received by three students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through their multimodal engagements with Minecraft®. The data were collected through at-screen observations and semi-structured interviews. Multimodal analysis of the data demonstrated that online multiplayer games supported social interactions through modes, such as speech, writing and gesture, and within physical and virtu…
Evidence of transformative leadership for inclusive practice
Globally, school leaders express a need for ongoing professional learning to support teacher's knowledge and skills in inclusive education. This paper reports on interview data collected from four school leaders and 18 teachers who have various roles in Australian schools (four school sites) about their experiences of professional learning to operationalise inclusive schooling. Most of the teachers did not have leadership titles or designated lea…
Service-learning informing the development of an inclusive ethical framework for beginning teachers
Service-learning informing the development of an inclusive ethical framework for beginning teachers
Recommendations of school students with autism spectrum disorder and their parents in regard to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and intervention
Accumulating evidence suggests that the prevalence of bullying is significantly higher for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) than for typically developing students. Additionally, the prominence and growth of social networking and resultant focus on cyberbullying in the last 10 years has added a new dimension to the traditional definitions, environments and experiences of bullying. This paper describes current anti-bullying strategies a…
How students with autism spectrum conditions understand traditional bullying and cyberbullying
Students with ASC are at heightened risk for bullying and their understanding of bullying is known to protect them from involvement in it (Humphrey and Hebron 2015). However, only a handful of studies have examined how students with ASC understand traditional bullying and none of them focused on cyberbullying. To fill this gap, we investigated how traditional bullying and cyberbullying are understood from the perspectives of 89 students with ASC …
Online multiplayer games for the social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorder
This article describes the support for social interactions received by three students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through their multimodal engagements with Minecraft®. The data were collected through at-screen observations and semi-structured interviews. Multimodal analysis of the data demonstrated that online multiplayer games supported social interactions through modes, such as speech, writing and gesture, and within physical and virtu…
Tele-classroom consultation
Many students on the autism spectrum attend mainstream schools and face challenges coping with the demands of this complex environment. Education in rural and remote locations poses additional challenges due to limited access to additional resourcing, specialised support, and services. This case study describes a problem-solving, collaborative approach providing rural and remote educators with additional direct support and services tailored to me…
What Universal Design for Learning principles, guidelines, and checkpoints are evident in educators’ descriptions of their practice when supporting students on the autism spectrum
Are Schools' Lockdown Drills Really Beneficial?—A Commentary
Researching a whole school approach to school connectedness
This paper reports on a participatory action research project that investigated how a resource called the Index for Inclusion was used by a secondary school community to improve school connectedness at a whole school level. The researchers worked with the Australian case study school over one year to engage in review, development, and change. This paper reports on the procedure of working with the School Connectedness Committee through the five p…
He is my job’
School connectedness is an important protective factor for adolescent mental health. The researchers interviewed 21 mothers of students aged 11–16 years on the autism spectrum in urban and regional Australia to explore factors that influenced school connectedness and how these mothers constructed roles in supporting their children’s school connectedness. Mothers positioned themselves as indispensable, with no choice but to be highly involved. The…
Societal, systemic, school and family drivers for and barriers to inclusive education
Inclusive education is central to achieving high-quality education for all students and is a recognised commitment of the Australian government under international human rights law. However, Australia’s lack of commitment to move away from segregation is reflected in its persistence in maintaining and funding segregated (special) settings. Queensland led the way with the introduction of an inclusive education policy in 2018; nonetheless, this doe…
The future of special schools in Australia
The United Nations has called upon Governments that are signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to adopt practical but progressive systems to transfer resources from segregated settings/special schools into mainstream schools. What will this mean for Australia’s special schools, particularly given their significant rise in enrolments over the past decade? What will it mean for the education of Australian stud…
Closing special schools
Many countries grapple with the tension between commitment to inclusive education reform and the closure of special schools. This tension is particularly problematic for countries, like Australia, that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is clear that closing special schools is pivotal to protecting the rights of students with disability to an inclusive education. Some provinces in Canada are c…
Evidence of transformative leadership for inclusive practice
Globally, school leaders express a need for ongoing professional learning to support teacher's knowledge and skills in inclusive education. This paper reports on interview data collected from four school leaders and 18 teachers who have various roles in Australian schools (four school sites) about their experiences of professional learning to operationalise inclusive schooling. Most of the teachers did not have leadership titles or designated lea…
Autism research, autistic co-researchers, and PhD projects
While participatory autism research is a priority in supporting the evolution of research in the field of autism, there has been limited consideration of community involvement in higher degree by research (HDR) projects such as PhD study. This is an important issue in higher education that requires focus, as HDR projects should represent significant contributions at the forefront of relevant disciplines. Detailed in this paper is a collaborative …
Multiplayer gaming and autism
The popularity of online multiplayer gaming among primary‐school students, including autistic students, has rapidly increased over the past decade. Social characteristics and interactions of autistic students have been a focus of research, but less attention has been given to the relationship between online multiplayer gaming and social communication, and repetitive behaviours. This paper reports on a case study that described three students' at‐…
Mainstream or special education or somewhere in‐between? What do parents of autistic students want and why
Limited evidence is available on school placement types that Australian parents of autistic students prefer. This mixed methods study explored parents' school placement preferences, the impact of student characteristics on these preferences and parents' reasons for their preferences. Surveys with closed‐ and open‐ended questions were used to gather data from 656 parents of autistic children, including parents of 83 children yet to start school, 4…
Autistic Adolescent Perspectives on Internet Threats
Exploring Young Autistic Children's Family and Independent Digital Experiences at Home
This study investigated how young autistic children engaged with digital technologies within the home context. Studying the everyday lives of three families in Queensland, Australia provided opportunities to identify the digital technologies they used and the purpose and potential of the children's digital interactions. Autistic children actively participated in this digital ethnographic study as they navigated their digital worlds. Children's ex…
Psychology (13 works) · Autism (10 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (6 works) · Autism spectrum disorder (5 works)