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Diodati, Melissa R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Leisure participation is influential on the quality of life of individuals. Individuals with disabilities can face barriers in leisure participation, impacting their quality of life. IDEA (2004) recognizes recreation as a related service as one way to enhance the leisure experiences for students with disabilities. The purpose of this embedded case…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreational Activities, Disabilities, Case Studies
Chun, Jina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have assumed that social cognitive factors play significant roles in the career development of transition youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities. However, research on the influence of the career decision-making process as a primary causal agent in one's psychosocial outcomes such as perceived level of…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Social Cognition, Social Theories
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Odaci, Hatice; Kalkan, Melek; Karasu, Pinar – International Journal of Special Education, 2009
The aim of this study is to examine the cognitive errors as predictor of quality of life of mainstreamed elementary students. Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual. The functional deficiencies, which occur due to physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional disorders, affect the quality of life of the individuals. In this…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Emotional Disturbances, Quality of Life, Correlation
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Vignes, Celine; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Sentenac, Mariane; Coley, Nicola; Navarro, Felix; Grandjean, Helene; Arnaud, Catherine – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009
Aim: To explore factors associated with students' attitudes towards their peers with disabilities. Method: All 7th grade students (aged 12-13y) from 12 schools in the Toulouse area were invited to participate (n = 1509). Attitudes were measured using the Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with Handicaps (CATCH) questionnaire (affective,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Quality of Life, Disabilities
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Watson, Silvana M. R.; Keith, Kenneth D. – Mental Retardation, 2002
Quality of life of 76 school-age children with disabilities receiving education services in public schools was compared to that of 64 typical students enrolled in grades K-12. Scores of students with disabilities were lower on all scales of the Quality of Student Life Questionnaire, particularly on satisfaction, well-being, and social belonging.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Peer Relationship
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Malian, Ida M.; Love, Laura L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
A longitudinal study of 1,285 high school graduates and dropouts with disabilities, special education teachers, and parents investigated the kinds of school services that are needed and actually received by students with disabilities and the quality of life for the students' last year in high school. Helpful supports are identified. (CR)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach