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Li Schimmerl; Bernhard Haller; Alena Buyx; Stuart McLennan – Discover Education, 2024
Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a challenging disease pattern and has gained increasing scientific and public interest in recent years due to the Corona pandemic and Long-COVID. The aim of this study was to investigate (1) medical students' health-related control beliefs, (2) students' awareness and views…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Fatigue (Biology)
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Yates, Mary-Lynn; Hulusi, Halit M. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
This article explores the experiences of eight Educational Psychologists (EPs) in the UK who acted as expert witnesses at Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunals (SENDIST) hearings in the last 12 months on behalf of their employing Local Authority (LA). A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with all eight EPs indicated two…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Special Education
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Gerstorf, Denis; Hülür, Gizem; Wagner, Gert G.; Kunzmann, Ute; Ram, Nilam – Developmental Psychology, 2018
General well-being is known to deteriorate sharply at the end of life. However, it is an open question how rates of terminal change differ across affective and evaluative facets of well-being and if individual difference correlates operate in facet-specific ways. We examined how discrete affective states (happy, angry, fearful, sad) and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Life Satisfaction, Health, Leisure Time
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Gregoire, Josee; Cramer, Elizabeth D. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2015
This exploratory qualitative study examines the perceptions of ten Haitian parents regarding their child with a disability, the education the child was receiving, their interaction with the school system, and how the disability has affected their relationship with their child and their involvement with the school. Data were obtained from…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Educational Quality
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White, Julie; Rae, Tina – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
The person-centred review (PCR) is a model for the review of a student's special educational needs (SEN) which places the young person and their family at the centre of the process. This mixed-methods, exploratory study investigated the views of 16 students with SEN aged between 10-11 years (Year 6) and 13-14 years (Year 9), and their…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Mixed Methods Research
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Meadows, Denis; Davies, Michael; Beamish, Wendi – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2014
Poor post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities have consistently been reported internationally. Interagency collaboration between school systems and post-school services is critical and key to improving post-school life for these youth. An initial Queensland study that benchmarked the teacher practice of 104 transition teachers and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
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Kumar, Kari Lynne; Wideman, Maureen – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014
This article presents a case study of a technology-enhanced face-to-face health sciences course in which the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) were applied. Students were offered a variety of means of representation, engagement, and expression throughout the course, and were surveyed and interviewed at the end of the term to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Health Sciences