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Ruth Walker; Irene Belperio; Christine Bigby; Ilan Wiesel; Fiona Rillotta; Claire Hutchinson – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: It is well documented that many adults with intellectual disabilities live with ageing parents, often without concrete plans for transitioning to alternative living arrangements. Little is known about transition experiences once they occur. This study explores the experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities and their family…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Family Environment, Group Homes, Adults
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McLean, Karen; Edwards, Susan; Evangelou, Maria; Lambert, Pamela – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
Supported Playgroups in Schools (SPinS) are a new initiative in the Australian early childhood education landscape. SPinS are playgroups hosted by a playgroup coordinator co-located on a local school site. Research has identified positive benefits of playgroup participation for children and families. However, little is known about the potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Play, Group Activities
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Longstreth, Sascha; Garrity, Sarah; Ritblatt, Shulamit N.; Olson, Kelsey; Virgilio, Ashley; Dinh, Hilary; Padamada, Shane – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
This study aims to address gaps in the literature on continuity of care through focus group interviews with teachers at public early care and education programs in San Diego County, California, USA. To better understand various perspectives on continuity of care, focus groups were conducted at programs that currently practice continuity of care,…
Descriptors: Child Care, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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Stephenson-Abetz, Jenna; Holman, Amanda – Western Journal of Communication, 2012
This study adopts a dialectical perspective to explore how students transitioning to college communicatively negotiate the web of old and new relationships in the age of Facebook. Interpretive thematic analysis of 30 interviews revealed three discursive struggles: preservation and (re)invention, uniqueness and conformity, and openness and…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Internet, Role
Bernier, Annie; Larose, Simon – 1996
This study examined the relationship between attachment security to both parents and feelings of loneliness throughout the transition to college, and the impact of the presence or absence of a physical separation from parents. A total of 125 adolescents completed two measures of attachment--Mother-Father-Peer Scale and Inventory of Parent and Peer…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, College Freshmen, Higher Education
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Petrie, Allison J.; Davidson, Iain F. W. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examined the effects of parent involvement on child adaptation and growth of autonomy during a home-school transitional year. Found that parent involvement had significant potential for change in children who struggled with problems of attachment and other issues of adaptation, and enhanced the quality of the nursery school experience for the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Family Involvement, Parent Caregiver Relationship