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Employment Earnings and Hours of High-School Graduates with Learning Disabilities through the First Decade after Graduation.
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Goldstein, Donald E.; Murray, Christopher; Edgar, Eugene – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
This study examined the earnings and hours worked of high school graduates with learning disabilities (LD) and their nondisabled (ND) peers 1 through 10 years after graduation. LD graduates had higher annualized earnings in the early postgraduate years and lower earnings later, a result largely explained by the greater attendance at postsecondary…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
The Employment and Engagement Status of High School Graduates with Learning Disabilities through the First Decade after Graduation.
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Murray, Christopher; Goldstein, Donald E.; Edgar, Eugene – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
A longitudinal study examined the postschool status of 1985 and 1990 high school graduates with learning disabilities (n=289) and without disabilities (n=610). Graduates with learning disabilities were found to be employed with a frequency similar to that of peers but had significantly lower engagement rates in employment and school. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, High School Graduates, Individual Characteristics, Learning Disabilities
Dropouts with Learning Disabilities: What Happens to Them as Young Adults?
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Sitlington, Patricia L.; Frank, Alan R. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
The adult adjustment of 101 dropouts with learning disabilities (LD), whose graduating class had been out of school for 1 year, was investigated in terms of employment rate, occupational status, hours worked, wages, and benefits; vocational training, postsecondary education, and usefulness of high school; instructional model used; gender; and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dropouts, Employment, Followup Studies
Counseling the Learning Disabled Late Adolescent and Adult: A Self Psychology Perspective.
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Rosenthal, Irwin – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Various client-centered, dynamic, and cognitive/behavioral counseling approaches are suggested for development of greater social awareness and competence, more positive self-esteem, and a more cohesive sense of self in learning-disabled adolescents and adults. Individual case vignettes are offered to explain both the rationale and strategies of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques
Effects of Increased High School Graduation Standards on College Entrance Examination Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Shokoohi-Yekta, Mohsen; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Comparison of data on 8,748 students with learning disabilities (LD) and 78,757 nondisabled peers who took the American College Testing (ACT) examinations found ACT performance less predictable for the LD group. For both groups, math credits best predicted ACT Math scores, and high school grade point average best predicted ACT English and Science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Entrance Examinations, Credits
Career Development Services Offered to Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities.
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deBettencourt, Laurie U.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1995
This study examined relations between disabled student services and career development centers (CDCs) at 92 postsecondary institutions offering services to students with learning disabilities (LD). Findings indicated that many students with LD are not accessing CDC services and that career development personnel have limited awareness of and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Career Counseling, Career Development, College Students
A Transition Model for Postsecondary-Bound Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Aune, Elizabeth – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
This article summarizes intervention activities and participant outcomes from a five-year federally funded project that prepared students with learning disabilities for transition to postsecondary education. Project participants demonstrated higher first-year postsecondary retention rates than the student population and gained skills in many…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, College Preparation, College Students