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Direct linkSatcher, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem was that it was also not known how extracurricular activities, such as athletics-based, art-based, and academic-based activities correspond to specific educational benefits for high school students with mild and moderate disabilities attending a single public school in the United States. To address the problem, the researcher used a…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, High School Students, Mild Disabilities, Moderate Intellectual Disability
Reimers, Bradley Hugh – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The entry of a child with a disability into the family system can contribute to unique challenges, and potentially, joys for their families. Designed from a psychological resilience framework, this post-intentional phenomenological study specifically focused on the process of adaptation for five older siblings who had a younger sibling with an…
Descriptors: Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Birth Order, Siblings
Michaud, Kim M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation describes a mixed method design study on the social validity of a multi-media job search tool, the YES tool, at a four-year Comprehensive Transition Program at an East Coast University. The participants included twelve students, randomly selected from those who, with their parents' assent, agreed to volunteer for this study…
Descriptors: College Students, Job Search Methods, Multimedia Materials, Mixed Methods Research
Carlson, Christina V. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to address a gap in the research literature by describing the perceptions of Special Education teachers of students with intellectual disabilities (ID), regarding the paradigm shift required in their teaching practices as they strove to implement current educational reform legislation. Knowledge of the lived…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Intellectual Disability
Sweet, TeCora Lashon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The functional curriculum is a beneficial curriculum for education students with intellectual disabilities. Special education teachers have transitioned from spending most of their academic time using the functional curriculum to spending more time teaching the additional academic content material. There are numerous research studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Communication Skills, Special Education Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Furgang, Emily Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation presents findings from an ethnographic study of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) enrolled in a specialized postsecondary education program at a public university in North Carolina. Specifically, it discusses how 10 students engaged in postsecondary education activities and developed student…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, College Students, Postsecondary Education
