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Smith, Jolan Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Youth with developmental disabilities are over-represented in juvenile detention facilities when compared to juveniles without disabilities. In fact, juveniles with disabilities are four times more likely to be found in detention centers as they are to be found in public school settings (Griller Clark et al., 2011; Quinn et al., 2005). Recent…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Walters, Leanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purposes of this study were first to identify and describe transition to adulthood pathways of youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in regards to the timing and order of transition to adulthood task completion (e.g. completing education, gaining employment, living independently, marrying/close personal relationship, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Transitional Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Youth
Hellstrom-Kinder, Candace – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Young female adults with disabilities are at risk for difficult lives. The transition from high school to post-secondary education is fraught with difficulties for disabled persons and research indicates they do not fare as well as their non-disabled peers (Wagner, 1992; Wagner, Newman, Cameto & Levine, 2005). In addition, gender disparities…
Descriptors: Females, Disabilities, At Risk Persons, Postsecondary Education