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Joshua P. Taylor; Holly N. Whittenburg; Lauren Avellone; Yazmin Castruita Rios; Sara Park; Marcus Poppen; Tim Tansey – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
Despite increased attention by policymakers to improve postsecondary employment outcomes, rates of entry into the competitive workforce for transition-age youth with disabilities continue to lag behind those of their peers without disabilities. The passing of the U.S. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 provided increased…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Individualized Programs, Disabilities, Youth Employment
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Allison R. Lombardi; Graham G. Rifenbark; Ashley Taconet – Exceptional Children, 2024
In this preregistered study, we confirmed a transition-planning construct and determined its relationship with an established economic-hardship construct using parent- and youth-reported data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 and following established quality indicators of preregistered secondary data analyses studies.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Transitional Programs, Educational Planning, Disabilities
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Elizabeth G. S. Munsell; Ariel E. Schwartz – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Background: Many youth are not meaningfully engaged in their school-based transition process. Understanding youth's perceptions of their engagement and factors influencing engagement is important to increase engagement. Design: A search of six databases produced 975 studies; 11 which were included. Inclusion criteria: Qualitative research on…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Literature Reviews, Disabilities, Goal Orientation
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Underwood, Kathryn; Chan, Cherry; Koller, Donna; Valeo, Angela – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This study examines the efficacy of engaging young children with disabilities in interviews to elicit their perspectives on their own capabilities. Using the theoretical framework of the capability approach, the authors investigated the efficacy of different interview techniques to engage young children with disabilities in research about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Disabilities, Childhood Attitudes
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Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg; Mildred Boveda – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Traditionally, the academic field of special education has resisted critical perspectives. Despite their advanced skills, epistemological approaches, and ways of knowing, special education scholars enacting qualitative inquiry have often described inadequate support from their academic community. In a parallel manner, Black mothering in historical…
Descriptors: African Americans, Mothers, Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Riccardi, Jessica Salley; Crook, Libby; Eagan-Johnson, Brenda; Vaccaro, Monica; Ciccia, Angela H. – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to inform school-based services for children with acquired brain injury (ABI) by describing and analyzing functional student-outcome data from a state-wide, school-based, school re-entry consultation program, BrainSTEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students), in Pennsylvania. Method: A…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, School Health Services, Reentry Students
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Forber-Pratt, Anjali J.; Merrin, Gabriel J.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
This study explored the intersections of disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender on peer victimization, suicidal ideation, and school connectedness. Participants were 11,353 high school students ages 14 to 18 years (MD =15.88, SD = 1.20). Of these individuals, 1,640 students self-identified as either having an Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Race, Sexual Orientation, Sex
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Rahn, Naomi L.; Coogle, Christan Grygas; Ottley, Jennifer R.; Storie, Sloan O.; Collier, Terri; Cook, Ami; Cottrill, Shannon; Hicks, Kelly; McNeil, Kimary; Miltenberger, Margaret; Roberts, David; Toppe, Mollie; Sears, Lesley; Trivette, Carol – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2023
A variety of systemic inequities place young children from Appalachian communities in the United States at greater risk for poor academic outcomes than children in other parts of the country. Young children with disabilities are at increased risk for poor academic outcomes because of similar inequities and their need for more intensive learning…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Disabilities
Norah M. Almubark; Gabriela Silva-Maceda; Matthew E. Foster; Trina D. Spencer – Grantee Submission, 2023
Narratives skills are associated with long-term academic and social benefits. While students with disabilities often struggle to produce complete and complex narratives, it remains unclear which aspects of narrative language are most indicative of disability. In this study, we examined the association between a variety of narrative contents and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
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Sheppard, Mary E.; Moran, Kaitlin K. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Children with disabilities between the ages of 0-5 and their families are supported by a broad coalition of special education and general education teachers and providers who collaborate in the planning and delivery of services. When services are provided in early care settings (e.g., home care, center-based care, general education Pre-K),…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Young Children, Disabilities, Special Education
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Ruby Batz; Sheresa Boone Blanchard – Exceptional Children, 2025
How do special education-related professionals parenting children with disabilities experience the special education system? This qualitative exploratory study delves into the experiences of 25 mother-educators who are special education-related professionals navigating the special education system for their children with disabilities. Through…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Child Rearing, Parents, Disabilities
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Raley, Sheida K.; Mumbardo-Adam, Cristina; Simo-Pinatella, David; Gine, Climent – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Researchers have linked the promotion of skills associated with self-determination with positive school and post-school outcomes for students with disabilities, and there is an ongoing need to promote greater access to instruction that enhances student self-determination. To that end, curricula were developed that provide teachers with content and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Self Determination, Curriculum Development, Outcomes of Education
Kennedy-Lizotte, Rie; Sass, Adam; Zlockie, Jeanine – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
To meet current federal regulations and provide the opportunity for individuals to receive services in the least restrictive environments, states are focusing on providing day habilitation services in inclusive community environments, rather than traditional congregate facility-based programs. The two main services of day habilitation focus on…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Community Programs, Rehabilitation, Disabilities
Trainor, Audrey A.; Newman, Lynn; Garcia, Elisa; Woodley, Heather H.; Traxler, Rachel Elizabeth; Deschene, D. Nicole – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
Transition planning is particularly important for dually identified English learners with disabilities, who frequently face additional challenges to postsecondary education success. This study examined postschool expectations, transition planning experiences, and supports of a nationally representative sample of English learners with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs, Educational Planning, English Language Learners
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Jane Y. Jeong; Natasha Strassfeld – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2024
This case study explores the role of adult siblings in bridging and brokering cultural and linguistic gaps in special education on behalf of their sibling with a disability. Focusing on the Le family, the study explores how Eunice Le, an adult sibling, is navigating communication between their Vietnamese-speaking family and the school, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Sibling Relationship, Linguistics, Cultural Background
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