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Exploring Successful Student Support Services in Higher Education for Black Males with Histories of IEPs
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Cook, Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Black men within the United States with learning disabilities have difficulty navigating the collegiate environment (Jackson, 2016) because they are not academically prepared when taking developmental courses (Abreu et al., 2016; Bouck & Joshi, 2017). Researchers have studied Black men's lived experiences with Individualized Education Plans…
Descriptors: African American Students, Students with Disabilities, Males, Learning Disabilities
Community Football Teams for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Secure Settings: "They Take You off the Ward, It Was Like a Nice Day, and Then You Get Like Medals at the End"
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Hudson, Nicholas Andrew; Mrozik, Jennifer Hella; White, Rose; Northend, Kristian; Moore, Steve; Lister, Katherine; Rayner, Kelly – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: People with learning disabilities (LD) are particularly vulnerable to mental health and behavioural difficulties, and it has been shown that regular exercise can improve psychosocial well-being as well as physical fitness. This research aims to explore the experiences of men with LD detained in secure settings who have engaged in…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Males, Team Sports
Men with Learning Difficulties Doing Research: Challenging Views of Learning Difficulties
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Inglis, Pamela A.; Swain, John – Disability & Society, 2012
This paper explores the views of men with learning difficulties living in a secure environment. Reflecting findings from a doctoral thesis based upon a research project where the participants looked at the processes and concepts of research, the dialogues within the study were analysed using critical discourse analysis. Thesis aims relevant here…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Discourse Analysis, Males
School Dropout, Problem Behaviour and Poor Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal View of Portuguese Male Offenders
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Beatriz Saraiva, A.; Pereira, Beatriz O.; Zamith-Cruz, Judite – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
This study examines school dropouts from the perspective of male adults themselves through interviews with offenders currently serving sentences. Participants were 10 Portuguese male inmates, between the ages of 19 and 46 years of age, incarcerated in two prison facilities on the Azores. Qualitative and interpretative methods were carried out…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Correctional Institutions, Learning Disabilities, Dropouts
Rate and Characteristics of Men with an Intellectual Disability in Pre-Trial Detention
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Crocker, Anne G.; Cote, Gilles; Toupin, Jean; St-Onge, Bernard – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Various lines of research point to the overrepresentation of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) in the criminal justice system. Studies have also shown that individuals with ID are vulnerable to mental health problems. To date there have been no Canadian studies of individuals with an ID in the criminal justice system.…
Descriptors: Males, Justice, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Effects of "Corrective Reading" in a Residential Treatment Facility for Adjudicated Youth
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Scarlato, Mary C.; Asahara, Erin – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
Nine 16-17-year-old adjudicated males below grade level in reading participated in this data-based case study. Weekly, 5 students received instruction from "Corrective Reading Decoding" Level B2 (Engelmann et al., 1998) for 180 min, and 4 students received instruction designed by a reading specialist (RS group) for 345 min. After 19…
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Corrective Reading, Correctional Education, Delinquency