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Erica R. Bergmann – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) in 2008 expanded access to postsecondary opportunities for individuals with I/DD by establishing Comprehensive Transition Programs (CTP) for which federal financial aid can be used. Postsecondary enrollment of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) has increased…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Experience, College Students, Intellectual Disability
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Stephanie M. Devine; Cynthia C. Massey; Kathryn L. Haughney; Akintomide Adebile – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Preservice teachers often have low post-school expectations for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), although the stated goal of special education is to increase those very outcomes. However, setting high expectations and learning the accompanying soft skills is a complex skill set to include in special education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Annmarie T. Kinsella; Nancy Robertson Hollins – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2022
A service-learning pilot project involving occupational therapy (OT) students and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is described. The purpose of this pilot project, developed using Transformative Learning Theory, was to determine if service-learning could be a viable approach to provide in-depth learning in areas…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Peer Teaching, Mentors, Occupational Therapy
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Andrea Laser; Serra Acar; Karen Brown; Katherine B. Green; Lindsey A. Chapman; Chelsea T. Morris; Lauren Hart Rollins; Annie George-Puskar; Monica Gonzalez; Alesia Mickle Moldavan; Kathy R. Doody; Katrina Fulcher-Rood; Pamela Schuetze; Kaitlin Jackson; Bradley Mills; Lindsay R. Dennis; Tai Cole; Kelly Farquharson; Marisa Macy – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2024
The personnel preparation of early intervention/early childhood special educator (EI/ECSE) candidates is a pivotal stage in supporting the development of professionals who can effectively work with young children with and at-risk of developmental disabilities, their families, and other service providers. This process encompasses a multifaceted…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, At Risk Students, Early Childhood Education, Special Education Teachers
Amy Rose; Karena Cooper-Duffy; Bontle Pauline Molefe – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2023
A four-week global interdisciplinary service-learning project to Botswana, was developed to increase cultural humility and cross-cultural communication skills in 12 current and future educators of children with autism and developmental disabilities. Participants worked alongside peer educators in eight different special education units across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Service Learning, Cultural Awareness
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Ashton, Jennifer Randhare; Arlington, Hannah – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2019
When integrated into pre-service education programs, service learning has the potential to influence teacher candidates' pedagogy, professional dispositions, commitment to teaching, and sensitivity to student differences. Teacher candidates may make biased assumptions about an individual with a particular disability label based upon what they…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Attitude Change
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La Porte, Angela M.; Whiteland, Susan – Art Education, 2017
Creativity is a human right for all people, including adults with physical, mental, and/or developmental disabilities. Yet this population has "little opportunity for thoughtful and creative engagement with artworks or with personal meaning making" (Guay, 2010, p. 113), and compared to K-12 learning environments, are less likely to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Art Education, Developmental Disabilities, Service Learning
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Wickline, Virginia B.; Neu, Tricia; Dodge, Chad P.; Shriver, Edwin R. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2016
Previous research suggests that high quality contact between people from different groups is a relatively consistent way of decreasing stereotypes and prejudices. The authors determined that a very short-term, service-learning project with people with developmental disabilities (DD) could reduce college students' fear of this population. In…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Interpersonal Relationship, Service Learning, Developmental Disabilities