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Martin, Violet Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Transitioning in to adult-hood as a special needs youth can be a challenging experience for both disabled youth and their families. IDEA 2004 legislation mandates all special needs individuals receive skill development in the areas of self-determination, self-advocacy, employment, adult service agency access and independent living. School…
Descriptors: Regional Schools, Independent Living, Graduation, School Districts
Gaztambide-Fernandez, Ruben A.; Howard, Adam – Democracy & Education, 2013
Faced with the facts of economic inequality, the wealthy are confronted with a particular set of moral, social, and political questions, not least of which is the question of how to preserve a sense of being a "good" human being. In the case of justifying privilege, the problem becomes how to position oneself as being uniquely able to enact a…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Moral Values, Thinking Skills, Persuasive Discourse
Blewitt, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed-methods study explored the characteristics of a reading program at a South Central Los Angeles charter school, as well as explored the relationship between motivational and affective factors on the Student Approaches to Learning (SAL) instrument and students' reading lexile scores. Data were collected through student questionnaire…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Science Education, Science Instruction
Schelling, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate if the use of a self-advocacy strategy, with high school students identified as having a mild cognitive disability, would increase student use of self-advocacy skills across multiple school settings. Participants in the study were also identified as participating in at least one general education class at…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), General Education, Self Advocacy, Disabilities
Bigby, Christine; Frawley, Patsie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: The involvement of people with intellectual disability in research is framed as inclusive, denoting their active participation in its processes. However, questions are raised about ownership and control, genuineness of involvement, and the need for honest accounts to develop practice. Such issues are particularly pressing in Australia,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Ownership, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries
Hadley, Wanda M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
High school students with disabilities are attending colleges and universities in growing numbers, with their rate of college participation doubling in the past twenty years. Students with disabilities in the secondary educational system are protected by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004, which requires…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement
Cantrell, Lezlie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify, compile, and describe how community college graduate dental hygienists perceived their initial dental hygiene curriculum preparation and how they subsequently adapted their curriculum preparation in order to perform their responsibilities in their first clinical dental hygiene job.…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Communication Skills, Phenomenology, Community Colleges
Dowse, Leanne – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2009
This paper introduces key debates in the contemporary practice of disability research and examines how these apply to conceptualising, designing and conducting research with people with intellectual disability. Specifically, it describes a collaborative action-oriented reflexive approach to researching the lived experience of people with…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Self Advocacy, Action Research, Cooperation
Patti, Angela Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Given their dismal postschool outcomes, students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are in dire need of effective methods to increase their involvement in the transition process. It is believed that through this increased involvement, students with EBD may have greater opportunity to realize success in their postschool endeavors. This…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Self Advocacy, Outcomes of Education, Educational Strategies
Roberts, Bill; Hamilton, Carol – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This article recounts the life-story of one man who was "diagnosed" as intellectually disabled in the early 1960s. It details the time he spent in a special residential school in the Irish Republic after acquiring this label and outlines the bullying and abuse he experienced. It includes his struggle as an adult to come to terms with his…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Bullying, Mental Retardation, Residential Schools
Thone, Jaime L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As educational professionals strive to help students become efficient and effective learners, they must assist in the development of student learning strategies and a greater understanding of the learning process. The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the learning pattern preferences of middle and high school students in general…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preferences, Study Habits, Cognitive Style
Rosenthal, Stacy B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Over one million people suffer a traumatic brain injury every year, many of whom are students between the ages of 5 and 18. Using a qualitative case study approach, I wanted to discover the specific factors that both impede and help the school re-entry process for students in grades kindergarten through twelve so that these students can return to…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Ward, Rolanda L.; Nichols, Amanda D.; Freedman, Ruth I. – Health & Social Work, 2010
Even as attention is drawn to the increasing number of individuals who experience health inequalities in the United States, little is known about the health inequalities experienced by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Current disability research mainly focuses on physical disabilities. This article discusses the health…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Focus Groups, Developmental Disabilities, Community Support
Singh, Anneliese A.; Urbano, Alessandra; Haston, Meg; McMahon, Eleanor – Professional School Counseling, 2010
A qualitative study used a grounded theory methodology to explore the strategies that 16 school counselors who self-identified as social justice agents used to advocate for systemic change within their school communities. Findings included seven overarching themes: (a) using political savvy to navigate power structures, (b) consciousness raising,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Grounded Theory, Counselor Role, Self Advocacy
Welton, Anjalé D.; Mansfield, Katherine Cumings; Lee, Pei-Ling – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2014
There is limited research on quantitative differences between men and women's experiences in doctoral programs. We aim to fill that gap by sharing findings from a web-based exploratory survey of perceived gender differences on quality mentoring in educational leadership doctoral programs. According to survey results, there is limited…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Leadership Training