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Anqi Hu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Statistical learning (SL), the ability to detect and extract regularities from inputs, has been considered as an early-maturing and domain-general mechanism that is critical for typical language development. However, recent evidence in neurotypical adults and children have found that individuals can vary in their SL abilities across linguistic and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Attention, Learning Processes, Age Differences
Crystal Renee Perry – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Youth with disabilities benefit from being included in extracurricular activities. However, often youth with a disability do not participate in extracurricular activities. The purpose of this basic, qualitative study was to explore the experiences of Extension Youth Development Professionals (YDPs) as they serve youth with disabilities in their…
Descriptors: Youth, Disabilities, Individual Development, Extracurricular Activities
Alexandra Newson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored the intersection of Autistic burnout and educator burnout and it's the impact on mental health and wellbeing for Autistic educators in the United States. Through collaboration with five Autistic Community Partners (ACPs), the research team interviewed five Autistic Educators (AEs) who had left the field of education about their…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Burnout, Intersectionality, Disabilities
Amy Renee Oliver – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Little research exists on how undergraduate students develop constructs or an understanding of disability during community-engaged service-learning experiences in adapted physical activity. Many studies have been conducted on attitudinal change in undergraduates working with individuals with disabilities. The researcher conducted a previous…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Community Involvement, Student Attitudes
Bell, Amanda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study sought to contribute to the growing awareness surrounding the barriers, challenges, and needs of LGBTQ persons with disabilities at the collegiate level. The purpose of this research was to capture the lived experiences of LGBTQ persons with disabilities who were enrolled at postsecondary institutions throughout the United States.…
Descriptors: Student Experience, College Students, Qualitative Research, Disabilities
Robello, Julieta Emma – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the life experiences of individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This phenomenological study focused on adults ages 18 to 40. The research questions posed were: (a) What barriers or successful strategies do individuals with ADHD encounter as they make their way through the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Academic Achievement, Phenomenology, Work Environment
Taglianetti, Victor J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Devastating life experiences continually plague many foster care youth throughout their entire lives on social, emotional, educational, psychological, and physical levels. Oftentimes, the cumulative effect of these events results in large numbers of individuals dropping out of school and becoming increasingly disconnected from people and many…
Descriptors: Adults, Foster Care, Case Studies, Disabilities
Lewinsohn, Kari – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the role of special education administrators in the transition planning process for children with disabilities ages 3-21 in selected Washington school districts. A basic qualitative study was selected to construct meaning from a described phenomenon. The study sought to identify and explain how special education…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Special Education, Disabilities, Children
Caldwell, Stacy Lynette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students served in juvenile correctional school settings often arrive with histories of trauma, aversive educational experiences, low achievement, and other severe risk factors that impeded psychosocial development, educational progress, and occupational outcomes. Schools serving adjudicated youth must address a higher percentage of severe…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Needs, Low Achievement, Risk
Madden, Angie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the literacy identity development of fourth graders engaged in a writer's workshop, with literacy identity development referring to the ways students come to see themselves as readers and writers or the ways that others come to see them as readers and writers. The researcher collected data through observations during writing…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Grade 4, Literacy, Elementary School Students