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Extending the Runway: The Lived Experiences of College Students with Learning Disabilities
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Laura Rup – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study investigates the transition to college experience for students with learning disabilities who participated in a high school transition-to-college curriculum. Utilizing individual, semi-structured interviews with seven graduates from an independent school for students with learning disabilities currently…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, Transitional Programs
The Lived Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Usher Syndrome Preparing for Postsecondary Education: A Retrospective Study
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Tara Mae Brown-Ogilvie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Youth with Usher syndrome (USH) can experience unique challenges in postsecondary preparation. Currently, there is a paucity of research addressing the postsecondary preparation experiences of youth with USH. The purpose of this study was to learn from college students with USH about their lived experiences of preparing for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Youth, College Preparation, Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities
Secondary Transition Services. Position Statement
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Council for Exceptional Children, 2022
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) maintains that it should be the goal of all educators and policymakers to understand, support, and facilitate the transition of children and youth with disabilities to post-school life. This includes supporting children and youth to achieve their respective goals regarding postsecondary education and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Postsecondary Education
Considerations for Transition from High School to Postsecondary Education
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Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) affirms the importance of transition as a critical component of successfully progressing from secondary school to college or university for students with learning disabilities. Although NJCLD has addressed secondary to postsecondary education transition planning in a previous paper,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Bound Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
A Nominal Group Technique Study Identifying Evidence-Based and Promising Practices: Taxonomy for Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs
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Paula Kohler; June Gothberg; Alycia Sterenberg Mahon; W. Drew Andrews; Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2023
As more institutions of higher education offer comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, a systematic process for strategically planning their postsecondary programs is needed. Guiding principles and an organizational taxonomy are available for program development. However, a mechanism that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, College Preparation, Individualized Transition Plans, Communities of Practice
Transition Perspectives of High School Students with Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Metasynthesis
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Yeager, Kristopher Hawk; Morgan, Joseph John – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
Student involvement is integral to transition planning for students with learning disabilities (LD). However, only a small body of research has examined the perspectives of high school students with LD related to this process. We conducted a systematic literature review and subsequent metasynthesis of 14 studies that met criteria and quality…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Participation, Transitional Programs, Planning