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Challenges to Delivering University Health-Based Work-Integrated Learning to Students with a Disability: A Scoping Review
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Tanya Lawlis; Tamieka Mawer; Lesley Andrew; Thomas Bevitt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Students with disability experience numerous challenges when engaging in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Successful WIL requires stakeholder collaboration to provide an equitable and relevant WIL experience. Stakeholder disparity around disclosure, accommodations, poor attitudes, and behaviours result in negative WIL experiences for students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Barriers, Education Work Relationship, Work Experience Programs
Evidence and Gap Map of Studies Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions for People with Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Saran, Ashrita; White, Howard; Kuper, Hannah – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background: There are approximately 1 billion people in the world with some form of disability. This corresponds to approximately 15% of the world's population (World Report on Disability, 2011). The majority of people with disabilities (80%) live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where disability has been shown to disproportionately…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Disabilities
Impact of Environmental Factors on Community Participation of Persons with an Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review
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Verdonschot, Manon M. L.; de Witte, L. P.; Reichrath, E.; Buntinx, W. H. E.; Curfs, L. M. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Study Design: A systematic review of the literature. Objectives: To describe which environmental factors have an impact on community participation of persons with an intellectual disability. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted for the period of 1996-2006 in Pubmed, CINAHL and PSYCINFO. Search terms were derived from the…
Descriptors: Social Life, Mental Retardation, Family Involvement, Community Involvement
School Acceleration: What Does the Research Say?
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Brown, Robert S. – Scope, 1993
This theme issue on acceleration of gifted students offers an Ontario (Canada) perspective on early entrance to school and grade-skipping. It begins with a history of acceleration programs and then outlines their current status, with less than 40 percent of school boards with gifted programs using some form of acceleration. It goes on to analyze…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Age Grade Placement