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Allison R. Lombardi; Graham G. Rifenbark; Karrie A. Shogren; Ashley Taconet; Tyler A. Hicks – Remedial and Special Education, 2025
In this registered report, we examined interrelationships between established constructs of self-determination and economic hardship using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS2012). We tested the hypothesized factor structure of selected NLTS2012 items assessing constructs associated with self-determination (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Financial Problems, Adolescents, Students with Disabilities
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Lee, Deborah; Ramírez, May; Castruita-Rios, Yazmin; Chen, Xiangli; Tansey, Timothy – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2023
Background: Youth with disabilities who have at least one paid work experience during high school are more than twice as likely to be employed after high school. However, barriers exist that limit work opportunities for youth with disabilities and subsequent entry to work as part of their adult lives. Objective: The study identified secondary…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, High School Students, Barriers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Brent A. Askvig; Melissa Naslund; Evan D. Borisinkoff; Rebecca Daigneault – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
Special educators routinely help students develop their self-determination skills. One way this has been achieved is to provide instruction to the student on how they can lead aspects of their individualized education program (IEP) meeting. A pre-post-post single group design was used in this study to examine if, and to what degree, the…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Self Determination, Special Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Cavendish, Wendy; Connor, David J.; Olander, Louis; Hallaran, Armineh – Exceptionality, 2020
High school students perspectives related to school facilitation of involvement of students in the transition process were examined. Qualitative interviews with 40 high school students with Learning Disabilities (LD) were conducted using a semi-structured interview protocol and a constant comparative approach was used in data coding. Qualitative…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Student Attitudes
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Hadley, Wanda M.; Satterfield, James W. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
This study examined how traditional-aged, first-year college students with specific learning disabilities adjusted to academic expectations as they moved from high school to a less monitored collegiate environment. Results of the study indicated that these students had difficulty moving beyond their established high school patterns by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Personnel Services
Kaczkowski, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this single community qualitative case study was to determine how the voice of the student was present in the IEP process, documentation paperwork, and curricular and diagnostic decisions, among a group of seven students, grades 9 through 12, placed in a self-contained program for students with emotional disabilities in a suburban…
Descriptors: Special Education, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Student Attitudes