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Scior, Katrina; Cooper, Rebecca; Fenn, Kristina; Poole, Laurie; Colman, Sophie; Ali, Afia; Baum, Sandra; Crabtree, Jason; Doswell, Sophie; Jahoda, Andrew; Hastings, Richard; Richardson, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are at risk of experiencing stigma and require the skills and confidence to deal with stigma in their daily lives. Method: Development and piloting of a 5-session manualised psychosocial group intervention designed to increase the capacity of people with intellectual disabilities aged 16+ to manage…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Coping
Jonathan Carter Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The hearts and minds among U.S. legislators need to change about homelessness. While homelessness is certainly a big current issue that many Americans feel that needs to be addressed by our elected leaders, in reality, there are still many debates in Congress about who should be included to receive such funding. Among them, there is bipartisan…
Descriptors: Homeless People, LGBTQ People, Youth, Federal Legislation
Donna J. Romack – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a lifelong chronic medical condition diagnosed through screening at birth. Complications of SCD can significantly burden affected children as they learn to manage their health needs. This study sought to investigate the perceived obstacles that may hinder children with SCD from receiving the necessary support and…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Chronic Illness, Barriers, Children
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Sawaros Thanapornsangsuth; Panarat Anamwathana – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
In the 2020-2021 pro-democracy protests in Thailand, an unprecedented number of high school students participated on all levels: from organizing rallies to small symbolic actions. To better understand this phenomenon, we engaged 691 Thai students from diverse backgrounds to write a letter to a recipient on the other side of the political divide.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High School Teachers, Activism
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Michelle Bellon; Sandra Gendera; Sally Robinson; Tim Cahalan; Karen R. Fisher – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: A peer-led self-advocacy group, Our Voice SA, is used as a case study to explore how the social engagement of people with intellectual disability contributed to their self-advocacy about things that are important to them. Method: Secondary analyses of data (interviews, observations and program data) were thematically analysed using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Self Advocacy, Peer Relationship
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Lieberman, Lauren J.; Childs, Ruth – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
Children with visual impairments are often behind their same-age peers in motor skills and physical activity (Haibach et al., 2014; Lieberman et al., 2010). Their physical education teachers and coaches do not always know how to include them in general physical education programs (Conroy, 2012; Haegele & Sutherland, 2015; Haegele & Zhu,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Self Advocacy, Visual Impairments, Adapted Physical Education
Sarah Arvey Tov – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a broad disconnect between the beauty cultivated by disabled communities and the ways in which schools continue to position disability as a problem that resides in the individual student. To shift conceptions of disability in schools, there is a significant need to educate folks about disability history and pride, especially disabled…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Self Concept, Students with Disabilities, Cultural Awareness
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Allyson Pitzel; Sara Sanders; Kristine Jolivette; Aimee J. Hackney; Ashley S. Virgin – Exceptional Children, 2024
Youth with and at risk for disabilities served in alternative education settings frequently struggle with the writing process, which impedes their ability to communicate ideas and opinions with others. Providing explicit teaching of a writing strategy is necessary for this population of youth. This study examined the effects of self-regulated…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Juvenile Justice, Females, Adolescents
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Amber DeBono; Michele Heimbauer; Elizabeth Mendelsohn – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Prior Theory: Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the ability to manage emotions and social interactions adaptively to succeed in school, at work, in relationships, and in communities (Jones & Doolittle, 2017). The most cited SEL theory is the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) 5 model, which focuses on promoting…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Test Validity
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Murawski, Wendy W.; Hughes, Claire E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
As more schools move to adopt inclusive practices, special educators are expected to provide services to students in new settings, collaborate with their general education colleagues, and navigate various difficult situations. These new settings, models, and collaborative efforts can be stressful for the special educator because of the conflicts…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teacher Collaboration
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Childs, Ruth; Lieberman, Lauren J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2021
Physical education is the perfect place to learn self-advocacy skills. Through the practice of self-advocacy, children will find and utilize their voices in the classroom and beyond. Self-advocacy teaches students how to speak up, make life decisions, gather information, find those who will support them in their journey, know their rights and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Skill Development, Training, Self Advocacy
Meredith A. Bielaska – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students seek out individualized supportive networks to navigate challenges, and they use different strategies to overcome adversity in their lives (Greene et al., 2003; Zolli & Healy, 2012). Transgender students may navigate campus in different ways, experiencing a cross-section of varying challenges and issues unique to their understanding…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, LGBTQ People, College Students, Resilience (Psychology)
Deborah E. Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Since 2001, over two million children have experienced having one or both of their parents deployed (Tunac de Pedro et al., 2018). There is significant research that shows that "military children experience tremendous psychological strain as a result of stressful military related life events" (Tunac de Pedro et al., 2011, p. 567). The…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Family (Sociological Unit), Self Advocacy, Academic Support Services
Garrett, Kristy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Twice-exceptional students are dually identified as academically gifted and talented and learning or medically disabled. These students face greater challenges to success in school and often have social and emotional issues that require accommodations and supports beyond those available in the general classroom. These students may not be receiving…
Descriptors: Gifted Disabled, Barriers, Social Emotional Learning, Student Characteristics
UnidosUS, 2024
Latino families should be fully supported to accomplish their goals for the bilingual development and school success of their children. Unfortunately, they often encounter misinformation and negative messages regarding early bilingual development, specifically the belief that young children are "confused" if they grow up with two…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Bilingualism, Hispanic Americans, Speech Therapy
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