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Murray, Desiree W.; Rosanbalm, Katie – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2017
This brief reviews the importance of self-regulation for adolescents and young adults and provides guidelines for supporting self-regulation development for 14 to 25-year-olds. The following questions are answered: (1) Self-Regulation: What is it and why is it important?; (2) Why focus on self-regulation in older adolescents and young adults?; (3)…
Descriptors: Self Control, Adolescent Development, Adult Development, Late Adolescents
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Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene; Rose, Tracey; Grant, Robert; Wijne, Astrid – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Many people with intellectual disabilities are affected by death, yet conversations about death are often avoided by staff working with them. This study aimed to assess staff training needs and to develop, trial and evaluate a training course on communicating about death and dying. Method:(i) Semi-structured interviews with 20 staff in…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Death, Caregiver Role, Caregiver Training
Carroll, Catherine; Herbert, Elisabeth; Lee, Frances; Dean, Simon; Coles, Martine; James, Gillian; Holder, Nicola – Institute of Education - London, 2018
As of March 2017, there were 5,955 children and young people in care in Wales. Across the Central South Consortium (Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynonn Taf and Vale of Glamorgan) there were 2,170 children and young people looked after. The majority of these children are in care as a result of birth families being unable to provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Low Achievement, Student Needs