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Holmes, Sarah E.; Cahill, Sean – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2004
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) youth are coming out at younger ages, but schools have not changed as fast as the culture, leaving many youth isolated and at risk of violence and harassment. For GLBT youth of color, these problems are exacerbated by racism and the risk of rejection by their ethnic community. Children of GLBT parents…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Self Advocacy, Homosexuality, Educational Environment
Aune, Betty; And Others – 1996
This final report describes the activities of Project LEEDS (Leadership Education to Empower Disabled Students), a federally supported project designed to create student/staff teams from colleges and universities to encourage undergraduate/graduate students with disabilities to become leaders, through development of self-identity and identity with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Higher Education, Individual Power, Leadership Training
Battle, Dorothy A.; Murphy, Sue C. – 1996
This paper presents guidelines for creating a collaborative approach for communication among teachers, parents, and students to plan for their transition toward further education or work in adult life and to become informed self-advocates. Guidelines for teachers are presented and include: (1) establishing a system that places the student at the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Parent Participation
Axelrod, Lee H.; Zvi, Jennifer C. – 1997
Thirty-three college students with learning disabilities responded to a request to identify their learning disability. The responses were then coded and a summary of the professional diagnoses of the learning disabilities was added to the students' self-descriptions. Five authorities in the field of learning disabilities were asked to use a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advocacy, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes
Allen, William T. – 1989
This resource guide looks at five areas in which freedom of choice can be increased for people with developmental disabilities: assessing needs, planning for services, evaluating services, understanding the service system, and self-advocacy. Needs are assessed through home interviews, personal updates, neighborhood surveys, evaluation of likes and…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Wertheimer, Alison – 1989
A study examined the impact on parents when a young person with disabilities is involved in self-advocacy. Methodologies used included a literature review, interviews with nine families of young people with disabilities, collection of information about parent support initiatives, and discussion with a self-advocay group. During the course of the…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Fund Raising
Levinson, Edward M. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2004
This book is designed to assist professionals in developing and implementing transition services for students with disabilities. Specifically, this book focuses on the importance of assessment in transition planning and targets the various domains that should be included in any school-to-work transition assessment. The book advocates a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Student Evaluation, Cognitive Ability
Fassett, David R. – 2002
This report discusses findings from a study that investigated the effectiveness of a student's improved self-knowledge of his or her specific learning disabilities in achieving academic success and improved self-advocacy skills. Forty-four general and special education faculty members and para-educators, and 13 ninth-grade students and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Cognitive Processes, High Schools
O'Brien, John – 1998
This paper reports on a focus group discussion held in June, 1998, in Killington, Vermont, about a 3-year project in Vermont to encourage the self-determination of people with developmental disabilities. The project has involved training of four project teams, each composed of a person with a developmental disability, a family member, and a person…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Children

Kurtz, P. David; Hicks-Coolick, Anne – Social Work in Education, 1997
Presents the findings of a study that examined the personal characteristics contributing to the postsecondary academic success of students with learning disabilities. Results, based on interviews of directors of learning disability support services, reveal that successful students are motivated toward realistic goals, are academically prepared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities

Lancaster, Paula E.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
Secondary students with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and health impairments (n=16) learned a self-advocacy strategy via an Interactive Hypermedia Program (IHP) or through live instruction. After instruction, each student ran his own Individualized Education Program conference. The IHP was as effective in teaching the students the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Hypermedia

Durlak, Christine M.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Specific self-determination skills have been identified as being related to the successful transition of students with learning disabilities to postsecondary education. This study developed and validated a model program which was effective in teaching secondary students the self-determination skills of self-advocacy and self-awareness. (DB)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Models

Lehmann, Jean P.; Davies, Timothy Gray; Laurin, Kathleen M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
In this study, 35 college students with disabilities identified the following barriers to their success: lack of understanding and acceptance of disabilities, lack of adequate services, lack of sufficient financial resources, and lack of self-advocacy skills and training needed to live independently. Tips for eliminating barriers are included.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Environment, College Students
Facilitating Self-Determination Abilities in Adults with LLD: Case Study of a Postsecondary Student.

Bashir, Anthony S.; Goldhammer, Richard F.; Bigaj, Stephen J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
A case study of a graduate student with language-learning disorders is used to demonstrate the development of self-determination abilities. Academic and communication interventions were used to foster development of the student's self-knowing and self-valuing as the basis for becoming a self-determined individual. The role of the speech-language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Higher Education

Dole, Sharon – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2001
Qualitative narrative inquiry was used to explore identity formation in four gifted college students with learning disabilities. Themes that resulted fell under 2 categories: contextual and personal. Contextual themes that emerged included support systems and involvement in extracurricular activities. Personal themes included self-knowledge,…
Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Development, Extracurricular Activities, Gifted Disabled