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Direct linkRutter, Desiree' J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to provide a voice and perspective of the lived experiences of participants with executive function deficits and develop an understanding of its effect on their transition to a four-year university. The following research question guided the study: What support do students with executive…
Descriptors: College Students, Executive Function, Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Download full textNational Post-School Outcomes Center, 2013
Involving parents and other family representatives in the Indicator B-14 Post-School Outcomes (PSO) Survey activities can help State Education Agencies (SEAs) develop strategies to increase annual response rates, communicate results to stakeholders, and build support for program improvement and systems change. Perspectives expressed by families of…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Disabilities, Parents, Interviews
Brigham, Nancy; Aguilar, Cynthia M. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2011
This article documents the development of a protocol that addresses the anxieties and tensions felt by the families of students with disabilities when they face the daunting transition from middle grades to high school. The tool grew out of a study of schools that form meaningful partnerships with diverse families of students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Anxiety, Disabilities, Middle School Students
Gil-Kashiwabara, Eleanor; Geenen, Sarah; Powers, Laurie E. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2012
This study investigated whether Latina youth in special education and parents of Latinas in special education differ from their Anglo counterparts regarding transition expectations and experiences, and experiences of self-determination. Surveys were completed by 211 transition-aged Anglo and Latina females, and parents of Anglo girls and Latinas…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Hispanic American Students, White Students
Pang, Yanhui – School Community Journal, 2010
Active family involvement and important family roles in the early intervention to preschool transition have been mandated by laws, recognized by the position statements of professional organizations, and validated through evidence-based research. In order to involve families in this process, reduce stresses, and conquer the challenges families may…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Systems Approach, Disabilities
Peer reviewedHughes, Carolyn; Hwang, Bogseon; Kim, Jim-Ho; Killian, Daniel J.; Harmer, Melinda L.; Alcantara, Paulo R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
A study that reviewed 113 transition articles, developed a candidate list of all support strategies, conducted a survey of 54 transition researchers, and corroborated multiple strategies that support students with disabilities in transition to adult life, including family and peer support, student choice and preference, and student…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Family Relationship, Peer Relationship
Salmon, Nancy; Kinnealey, Moya – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
This grounded theory study employed in-depth interviews with nine student/parent dyads from eastern Canada. Youth with disabilities, aged 16 to 21, contributed narratives describing high school transitions. Shared experience that transcends disability categories produced powerful results. Three categories emerged: (1) transition facilitators; (2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Advocacy, Family Relationship, Disabilities
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Children with Chronic Illness and Disability. – 1991
This resource manual lists and describes research projects, federally funded between 1989-91, that focus on children, youth, and families living with chronic illness and disabilities. The projects were supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, the Child and Adolescent…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior, Children, Chronic Illness
Gaylord, Vicki, Ed. – Institute on Community Integration (NJ1), 2006
The passage from childhood to adulthood is a passage for families as well as individuals. As young people with disabilities move from their teen to adult years, they and their families experience many growing pains in common with all families at that stage of life. In addition, there are often milestones, questions, concerns, needs, and challenges…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Employment Level, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
