Part A

Article 1:
Author: Jane E West, Peggy J Schaefer Whitby
Title: Federal policy and the education of students with disabilities: Progress and the path
forward
Year: November 2008
Journal Information: Focus on Exceptional Children, Volume 41, Issue 3, pg. 1-16
URL: https://search.proquest.com/openview/cf5d5f8bec30536f29026bae308a1954/1?pq-
origsite=gscholar&cbl=48488

Article 2:
Author: Peggy J Schaefer Whitby
Title: The effects of Solve It! on the mathematical word problem solving ability of adolescents
with autism spectrum disorders
Year: December 2012
Journal Information: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Volume 28, Issue
2, pg. 78-88
URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088357612468764

Article 3:
Author: Yun-Ju Hsiao, Kylie Higgins, Tom Pierce, Peggy J Schaefer Whitby, Richard D Tandy
Title: Parental stress, family quality of life, and family-teacher partnerships: Families of children
with autism spectrum disorder
Year: November 2017
Journal Information: Research in developmental disabilities, Volume 70, pg. 152-162
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891422217302238

Summary of Article 3:
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between parental stress, family quality of
life, and family-teacher partnership for families of children with autism spectrum disorder. 236
parents of school children with autism spectrum disorder participated in questionnaires that
were then used to analyze the relation between the three variables. It was found that perceived
parental stress had a direct effect on how satisfied a parent was with their family quality of life
and vice versa. Family-teacher relationships had a direct effect of family life quality as well, but it
did not have a direct effect on the stress of the parents. These family-teacher partnerships did
have an indirect effect on parental stress through family quality of life. It was concluded that for
families of children with ASD, reducing parental stress could also improve family quality of life.
On top of that, good family-teacher partnerships are a positive factor in helping parents improve
their family life quality, which could indirectly reduce their level of stress. The relationship
between the three variables still need to be further studied to identify more ways to help parents
of children with autism spectrum disorder reduce stress and improve their family quality of life.
Part B

Article 1:
Author: H. N. Englyst, S. A. Bingham, S. A. Runswick, E. Collinson, J. H. Cummings
Title: Dietary fibre (non-starch polysaccharides) in fruit, vegetables and nuts
Year: August 1988
Journal Information: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 1, Issue 4, pg. 247-286
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-277X.1988.tb00197.x/full

Article 2:
Author: Joachim Kuhnau
Title: The Flavonoids. A Class of Semi-Essential Food Components: Their Role in Human
Nutrition
Year: 1976
Journal Information: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 24, pg. 117-191
URL: https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/399407

Article 3:
Author: Ravin Jugdaohsingh, Simon HC Anderson, Katherine L Tucker, Hazel Elliott, Douglas P
Kiel, Richard PH Thompson, Jonatan J Powell
Title: Dietary silicon intake and absorption
Year: May 2002
Journal Information: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 75, Issue 5, pg. 887-893
URL: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/75/5/887/4689403

Summary of Article 3:
There is growing evidence to suggest that silicon, the main source being diet for humans, is
important in the process of forming bone. In this study, the researchers estimated the dietary
intake of silicon for men and women of different age groups then estimated the uptake of silicon
from the major food sources that they identified. Intakes of silicon were determined through the
use of a 126 item food frequency questionnaire. Researchers studied how silicon content of
foods correlate with the gastrointestinal uptake, and this was estimated by using urinary silicon
excretion to measure the amount of silicon uptake. The average silicon intake for men was
much higher than that of women and the intake decreased with age for both genders. For men,
the major food sources were beer and bananas and for women, the major sources were string
beans and bananas. An average of 41% of the silicon ingested was excreted in the urine, and
the silicon content of the foods had a strong correlation with the excretion. It was concluded that
solid foods are a major source of silicon that is bioavailable, but that the relationship of dietary
silicon and bone health should be studied further.