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Davis, Mariya T.; Cumming, Ingrid K.; Southward, Julie D. – Preventing School Failure, 2023
Among different transitions that happen in a young person's life, transition to adulthood can be one of the most challenging. The new post-school environment requires increased self-determination, including self-awareness, self-advocacy, self-management, and other important skills that help one function as an independent adult. Because it takes…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Academic Achievement, Self Advocacy, Metacognition
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Zhu, Randy; Hardy, Dianna; Myers, Trina – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Adolescents with ASD face challenges in forming positive friendships due to their ASD condition. This study developed a social networking platform based on the needs of a small group of ASD adolescents and their parents/carers and examined what potential benefits such a system could provide. We conducted seven co-design workshops with six…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Design
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Clavenna-Deane, Beth A.; Coates, Wendy R. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2022
Students with disabilities continue to lag behind their peers without disabilities in the area of post-school success. This study qualitatively analyzed individual responses from 6 years of post-school outcomes survey data in one state to identify positive experiences said to help students reach their post-school goals. Respondents reported nine…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, High School Graduates, Student Experience
Mendes, Andrea Coppola – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative research study explores autistic student sense of belonging in college using photovoice methodology. Belongingness is associated with feeling respected and important to others such as peers, faculty, and staff in the campus community (Strayhorn, 2019). Further, sense of belonging is a function of perceived support from peers,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Photography, Student Attitudes
Juan Treminio – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the experiences of students with disabilities transitioning from high school to the post-secondary institution. Participants were seven successful students enrolled in their second year at a Southern California community college and two resource specialists who worked closely with them. A case study was determined to be the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Community College Students, Student Experience
Mandy Lee Manz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to explore how do secondary and postsecondary educators perceive the variety of barriers and support that directly impact the successful completion of SWD (students with disabilities) undergraduate in the Midwest. The accessibility of higher education to students of various backgrounds has…
Descriptors: Barriers, Students with Disabilities, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty
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McGahee, Dwannal W.; King-Sears, Margaret E.; Evmenova, Anya S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2021
Self-advocacy is an important skill, especially as students transition from high school to postsecondary settings. In this study, five high-school students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) were taught to use a self-advocacy intervention to learn to request academic accommodations. A multiple-baseline across participants design was used to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Role Playing
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Limberg, Dodie; Cook, Christopher A.; Gonzales, Shelby; McCartnery, Esther; Romagnolo, Shannon – Journal of School Counseling, 2021
We examined 437 school counselors' levels of wellness and its relationship with altruism and burnout. Our results support the inverse relationship of wellness and burnout, but school counselors experiencing higher levels of wellness had higher levels of altruism. Our implications highlight the importance of school counselors advocating for their…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Burnout, Social Attitudes, Mental Health
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Ryan, Claire; Shaver, Debra; Garberoglio, Carrie Lou; Newman, Lynn A. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
Successful social engagement is one of many important outcomes for deaf youth as they transition from high school to adult life. This study examined the effect of self-advocacy and social/life skill trainings in secondary school settings on social engagement after high school using propensity score modeling and data from the large-scale and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Self Advocacy
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Tran, Trang C.; DeFeo, Dayna Jean – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Our study examines how the relationships with various human ecological systems influence the transition by rural students from home communities to postsecondary institutions. Using phenomenological interview data with 14 students who are from rural Alaska and 14 postsecondary student service staff, our analysis identified characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Student Adjustment, College Students, Student Personnel Workers
Abdul-Hakeem Imoro – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined how faculty who teach in specialized undergraduate programs for autistic college students approach self-advocacy teaching. Test et al.'s (2005) conceptual framework of self-advocacy was used as a lens to investigate this topic. Through ten semi-structured interviews (faculty in specialized college autism programs), ten themes…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Laura Gali – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Self-compassion and self-care are challenges for leaders, including school psychologists who are especially vulnerable to burnout, which could cause harm. The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the self-efficacy of school psychologists as caregiving leaders and their self-compassion and self-care. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Burnout, Daily Living Skills, Self Efficacy, School Psychologists
Zoni Alicia Boyer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This paper discusses the educational experiences of Black transitional males with emotional disturbance (ED) in regard to their postsecondary preparation and relationships with school staff. Black children, males specifically, are facing a modern-day segregation; where at the intersections of race, ability, and gender they are disproportionately…
Descriptors: Epistemology, African American Students, Males, Emotional Disturbances
Roman-Sanchez, Ana – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Much of the research on social support and academic progress following a disaster focuses on students in grades K-12 and undergraduate college students. However, few studies have been conducted to understand the perspective of a unique population, doctoral students. This qualitative, phenomenological research aimed to close a gap in the literature…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Experience, Coping, Social Support Groups
Mitchell Blake Shortt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The impact of online racial discrimination (ORD) for students is an understudied area. This research aims to explore the effects of online racial discrimination on adolescent and young adult students' academic outcomes and social-emotional well-being with a focus on Black, Asian, and White racial groups. Most adolescents and young adults in the…
Descriptors: Racism, Outcomes of Education, Self Advocacy, Computer Mediated Communication
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