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Julie Poehlmann; Elizabeth I. Johnson; Pilar N. Ossorio; Keisher Highsmith; Brenda Jones Harden; Mishka Terplan; Pilar M. Sanjuan; Lorraine McKelvey; Claire D. Coles; Barbara H. Chaiyachati; Hon. Peggy Walker; Rebecca Shlafer; Kaitlyn Pritzl; Chandni Anandha Krishnan; Stephanie Averill; Samir Das; Santiago Torres-Gomez; Florence Hilliard; Brian Gannon; Wesley K. Thompson – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non-parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal…
Descriptors: Infants, Young Children, Child Development, Child Health
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Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) affirms the importance of transition as a critical component of successfully progressing from secondary school to college or university for students with learning disabilities. Although NJCLD has addressed secondary to postsecondary education transition planning in a previous paper,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Bound Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Keenan, Walter R.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Lombardi, Allison R.; Dukes, Lyman L. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
The Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 expanded the legal definition of disability to establish broader coverage for individuals with disabilities, including college students, than the definition in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. The new interpretation of the definition of disability shifted the main purpose of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Documentation, Transitional Programs, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Lehrer, Joanne S. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
This article explores how documents play a role in shaping perceptions of children, professionals, and parents during the transition from childcare to kindergarten in Québec. Positioning analysis was used to explore governmentality, documentality, and interobjectivity in the communication agendas and child assessment documents of seven children.…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Child Care, Kindergarten, Interpersonal Communication
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Kervin, Lisa; Turbill, Jan; Harden-Thew, Kathryn – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
The face of early childhood education continues to change. In Australia, the national early childhood guidelines, "Early Years Learning Framework" (2009) and the "National Quality Framework" have articulated and defined the work of early years' educators in a range of areas, including literacy. Both frameworks state that their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries
Klotz, Mary Beth – Communique, 2012
The Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) recently developed a conceptual framework that substantially revises its guidance for disability documentation for accommodations in higher education settings. This new document, "Supporting Accommodation Requests: Guidance on Documentation Practices," was written in response to the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Higher Education, Guidance, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Connor, David J. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
This article focuses on ways in which students with learning disabilities (LD) successfully self-manage the academic demands placed upon them when transitioning into college. Using a conceptual framework guided by Disability Studies in Education (DSE), the author analyzes experiences of 2 college students to: (1) identify student actions that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Success
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Pepin, Birgit – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
In this article the concept of the Didactic Contract is used to investigate student "transition" from upper secondary into university mathematics education. The findings are anchored in data from the TransMaths project, more particularly the case of an ethnic minority student's journey from his school to a university mathematics course…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, College Mathematics, Student Adjustment, Minority Group Students
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Bicknell, Brenda; Riley, Tracy – Gifted and Talented International, 2013
This study addresses school transition in New Zealand for 15 students identified as mathematically gifted and talented. The findings are drawn from a two-year study that included student, parent, and teacher perspectives, and an examination of school policies, programs, and practices. Students felt well prepared for the transition although not all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Mathematics Skills, Longitudinal Studies
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MacNeil, Joseph; Falconer, Renee – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
Students transitioning to inquiry-based laboratories are often initially reluctant to participate. Having to critically examine problems, share their insights with unfamiliar peers and instructors, and choose how to proceed can be daunting for many students. Their hesitancy is exacerbated by their uncertainty of the scientific principles involved.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Observation, Notetaking