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The Role of Organized Activities in Facilitating Social Adaptation across the Transition to College
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Bohnert, Amy M.; Aikins, Julie Wargo; Edidin, Jennifer – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
This prospective study examined the relations between organized activity involvement, loneliness, and friendship quality across the transition to college. In all, 85 adolescents (54 females and 31 males) completed measures during the summer before their first year of college (Time 1) and 10 months later (Time 2). More intense involvement in…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
The Learning-Disabled Student. Research & Resources. Issues in Middle-Grade Education.
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Lefstein, Leah M. – 1984
The paper addresses the needs of learning disabled (LD) students making the transition to secondary schools. Ways in which learning disabilities may magnify typical adolescent concerns are noted, such as social difficulties presented by poor perceptual skills and the effects of poor self image. Recent research suggesting successful strategies for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Needs, Learning Disabilities, Middle Schools
Priorities in the School-to-Community Transition of Adolescents Who Are Deaf.
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Bullis, Michael; Egelston-Dodd, Judy – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
Issues relevant to the school-to-community transition of deaf adolescents were identified and subsequently prioritized by 339 deafness professionals. Issues receiving highest priority were related to joint planning efforts among schools, departments of vocational rehabilitation, and families; training of independent living skills; and development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Deafness, Education Work Relationship
The Effect of the "Shadow" Transition Program on the Social Adjustment of Middle School Students.
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Ferguson, Jessie; Bulach, Clete – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1997
The "Shadow" program at a middle school in Atlanta allows fifth graders to "shadow" sixth grade middle students to ease transition from elementary school. This study used questionnaires to compare the social adjustment of program participants and non-participants, as well as teacher attitudes toward the program. Results showed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Junior High Schools
Factors Associated with Community Adjustment of Young Adults with Serious Emotional Disturbance: A Longitudinal Analysis.
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Armstrong, Kathleen H.; Dedrick, Robert F.; Greenbaum, Paul E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
Rates of change in behaviors in relation to community adjustment were examined for 292 participants in the 7-year longitudinal National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study (NACTS) as they transitioned to the adult world. Participants with initially higher social-adaptive behavior and whose behavior improved over time attained higher adjustment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Interpersonal Competence
Parents and Transition: A Self-Teaching Workbook.
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Kelker, Katharin; Hagen, Michael – 1986
This self-teaching workbook is designed to provide parents of developmentally disabled adolescents with basic information about the transition of severely handicapped youth from secondary school into community living. An initial parent quiz is followed by six chapters which address the following topics: (1) "What Is Transition?"; (2)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Coping, Daily Living Skills