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Direct linkFullarton, Stephanie; Duquette, Cheryll – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
This qualitative study examines, from the perspective of the families, the transition process to employment or postsecondary education for adolescents with learning disabilities (LDs) and the interplay of the roles of parents, students with LDs, and teachers. Using a case study design, series of three in-depth interviews were conducted with five…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Adjustment (to Environment)
Download full textDuquette, Cheryll; Fullarton, Stephanie; Orders, Shari; Robertson-Grewal, Kristen – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the educational advocacy experiences of parents of adolescents and young adults identified as having a learning disability (LD) through the lens of four dimensions of advocacy. Seventeen mothers of youth with LD responded to items in a questionnaire and 13 also engaged in in-depth interviews. It…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Parent Participation, Experience, Mothers
Duquette, Cheryll; Orders, Shari; Fullarton, Stephanie; Robertson-Grewal, Kristen – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
This research examined the advocacy experiences of 16 parents of adolescents and young adults who had been assessed as intellectually gifted. The purpose was to determine the applicability of the four dimensions of advocacy to their experiences (awareness, information seeking, presenting the case, and monitoring). Participants responded to a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Parent Attitudes, Information Seeking, Gifted
Duquette, Cheryll; Stodel, Emma; Fullarton, Stephanie; Hagglund, Karras – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: This study examined persistence in high school among students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the perspective of the adolescents themselves. Tinto's (1975, 1997) Student Integration Model (SIM) provided the theoretical framework for the research. This model consists of three factors: background characteristics,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, Environmental Influences, Young Adults
Peer reviewedDuquette, Cheryll; Durieux-Smith, Andre; Olds, Janet; Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth; Eriks-Brophy, Alice; Whittingham, JoAnne – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2002
A study examined the roles of 41 parents of adolescents with hearing impairments who had undergone auditory-verbal therapy and who had been integrated. Interview and focus group data indicate parents had four critical roles in supporting academic and social integration: teacher, advocate, support group member, and facilitator of friendships.…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Child Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Friendship
Duquette, Cheryll; Stodel, Emma; Fullarton, Stephanie; Hagglund, Karras – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine persistence in school among students with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the perspectives of the students themselves and their parents. Tinto's (1975, 1997) Student Integration Model (SIM) provided the theoretical framework for this research. This model involves an interplay between (1)…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Academic Persistence, Alcoholism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
