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Mother's Expectations for Their Adolescent Children: A Comparison between Families with Disabled Adolescents and Those with Non-Labeled Adolescents.

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Lehmann, Jean P.; Baker, Cliff – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1995

This study identified expectations that 40 mothers had for their adolescent children in the areas of future living arrangements, employment/education goals, and social relationships. Mothers of adolescents with severe mental retardation and adolescents without disabilities had similar expectations for their children, that is, independence.…

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Employment

Mother's Expectations for Adolescent Children: A Comparison between Families of Adolescents with Disabilities and Those with Non-Labeled Adolescents.

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Lehmann, Jean P.; Baker, Cliff – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994

Twenty mothers of adolescents with severe retardation who were completing high school were compared to 20 mothers with nondisabled adolescents. Few differences were found between the two groups regarding their residential, vocational/educational, and social expectations for three hypothetical students: an academically and socially proficient…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Expectation, High Risk Students