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Stewart, Rachel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study explores the experiences and perspectives of disabled student activists involved in the creation of disability cultural centers (DCCs) on college and university campuses in the United States. The main purpose is to advance recognition of disability as a marginalized student identity on college campuses in need of safe spaces…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Activism, Student Participation
Ashley M. Hudson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There is a grave need for additions to the school psychologist's toolbox to support students with intellectual disability (ID) and sexual trauma. These children are especially vulnerable to adverse life experiences overall and are at a particularly high risk of experiencing sexual abuse and resulting trauma. Children with ID are less likely to…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Disabilities, Sexual Abuse
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Travers, Ann; Marchbank, Jennifer; Boulay, Nadine; Jordan, Sharalyn; Reed, Kathleen – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022
In 2015 the Gender Vectors research team received a major research grant to conduct research with and about transgender youth in the Greater Vancouver Area. A unique aspect of this research project involved combining social action research with the development of a prototype of a video game as a knowledge translation tool to depict the life…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity, Foreign Countries, Experience
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Link, Tanja C. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
In 2013, 14,304,467 U.S. students participated in a study abroad program related to their academic course work, marking an average increase of 5.2% to the previous year among the reporting institutions. Students with disabilities continue to be significantly underrepresented in such programs. Given the consistent popularity of studying abroad, its…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Inclusion, Educational Strategies, Barriers
Carter, Kimberly F. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Pioneering legislation such as Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997, and the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 have increased attention to the needs of individuals with disabilities. These regulations require that public programs…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Civil Rights Legislation, Students with Disabilities
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Moran, Thomas Eugene; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Pate, Joshua R. – Quest, 2014
Community-based physical activity programs for people with disabilities have barriers that are unique to their program leader qualifications and the population they serve. Moran and Block (2010) argued that there is a need for practical strategies that are easy for communities to implement, maximize resources, and minimize the impact of barriers…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Physical Activities, Barriers, Disabilities
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Chopra, Ritu; Banerjee, Rashida; DiPalma, Geraldine; Merrill, Laura; Ferguson, Ardith – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2013
Under the supervision of a licensed early intervention provider, paraprofessionals play an indispensable role in implementation of home and community-based services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families in Colorado. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires that…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Models, Training Methods, Early Intervention
Paz, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Catholic schools in the United States have grappled with how to serve students with disabilities without the funding sources available to public schools. This mixed methods case study examines the driving forces, restraining forces, and social justice issues that influenced the development of an inclusion program at one Catholic elementary school.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Schools, Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research
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Oschwald, Mary; Renker, Paula; Hughes, Rosemary B.; Arthur, Anne; Powers, Laurie E.; Curry, Mary Ann – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
To increase safety and minimize the risk of interpersonal violence, it is critical that women with disabilities and Deaf women have an opportunity to identify whether or not abuse is happening in their lives. Awareness and knowledge of what constitutes abusive behaviors is an essential first step in addressing interpersonal violence. This article…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), Females, Safety, Disabilities
Polhemus, Constance E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe to what extent seven collaborative behaviors were demonstrated by general education teachers assigned students with disabilities, special education Resource Specialists, and the principals in selected California elementary schools that met their 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 English language arts annual…
Descriptors: General Education, Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Vision
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McIntyre, Donald – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
In most western countries, the problems of effective university-controlled and largely university-based initial teacher education (ITE) have been apparent for many decades: whatever is achieved in the university, the teaching practices and attitudes that student-teachers usually learn to adopt are those currently dominant in the schools. So it is…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Teaching Methods, Barriers
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
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Gallagher, James J.; Clifford, Richard M.; Maxwell, Kelly – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2004
The development, care, and education of children from birth to age 5 has been the focus of rapidly increasing public interest, and numerous early childhood public policy initiatives have focused attention on a major problem of coordination and collaboration of services for young children. Four segments of services for young children--(1) child…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Child Care, Program Development