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Mark Wheatley; Kitty Dong; Lindsay Hartzler; Andrew Johnson Kliethermes; Kaitlyn Sandheinrich – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with disabilities face many challenges as they transition to postsecondary education. These students are often unprepared for the rigor of postsecondary academics; they often lack self-efficacy skills and have limited awareness of postsecondary supports or cannot successfully access them. This study aims to give voice to college students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes
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Mary E. Morningstar; Sarah R. Carlson; Dana Lattin; Rebecca Romine Swinburne – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
This article shares the results from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study of a promising transition-focused professional development approach. The 12-week team-based intervention resulted in positive outcomes among intervention group participants' knowledge and capacities. The intervention group exhibited statistically significant changes in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Professional Development, Intervention, Knowledge Level
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Elena Chronopoulou – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
The aims of this study were the investigation of the transition knowledge-skills of adolescents and young adults with visual impairments, learning difficulties, or mobility impairments, and the impact of disability, individual characteristics, social support, and self-esteem, on their transition knowledge-skills. Apart from the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Emily K. Van Gaasbeek; Marc J. Tassé – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The construct of belonging has been studied in many marginalised student groups yet has been understudied among students with intellectual disability. The present study used a large dataset from the United States to quantitatively investigate the construct of belonging among 7th to 12th grade students with the educational classification of…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Student School Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Nicole Jeanette Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this case study is to explore the strategies and approaches success coaches use towards validating first-generation, low-income college student success. This case study was conducted at Terrace University (pseudonym), a public, four-year institution within the Midwest. Since 2008, Terrace University has sponsored Terrace Promise…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Programs, Transitional Programs, Educational Strategies
Ana Karen Reis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study sheds light on the assets First Generation Students of Color bring with them to a Research I University and highlights the role a small learning community plays in helping them identify and activate their assets. Through a qualitative case study consisting of five synchronous online focus groups and document analysis, I delve into the…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, First Generation College Students, Minority Group Students, Transitional Programs
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Xumei Fan; Leigh Kale D'Amico; Janice Kilburn; Alexis Jones; Chelsea Richard; Lauren Zollars; Sommer Garrett; D'Arion Johnston – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Based on the intersection of different systems at school entry, children and families often experience uncertainty about their preparedness and impending shift from other early childhood settings. This study used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design and investigated the perspectives of parents and caregivers on kindergarten readiness with…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Kindergarten, Parents, Caregiver Attitudes
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C.-C. Chen; S. Lim; G. A. Clardy – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Higher education institutions today have offered a range of postsecondary transition programs for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Applying the social-ecological framework, this study was aimed to analyze qualitative data about the experiences and perceptions of physical activity (PA) among eight college students with ID at a…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Physical Activity Level, Transitional Programs
Erin Hannah – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Enrollment in higher education has increased over recent years with more students entering college underprepared for the academic rigor. Through expanded access, more minoritized students who are Pell eligible are enrolling. To retain these and other students, higher education institutions are implementing high impact practices to provide…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Success, Course Content
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Hanna Melnick; Emma García – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
California recently committed to making prekindergarten (PreK) universal through the expansion of transitional kindergarten (TK) and other state-funded programs. Between 2021-22 and 2023-24, TK enrollment doubled, from about 75,000 to over 151,000 children. Approximately 59% of eligible 4-year-olds enrolled in TK in 2023-24. Across publicly funded…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services
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Daniel Schmidtke; Seina Yamada; Anna L. Moro – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
Although research has established that students enrolled in pre-sessional English for academic purposes (EAP) programs make gains in English reading ability, the evidence base for whether gains made during this period of instruction make a difference to future academic outcomes is nonexistent. We report a multi-cohort longitudinal study of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Dawn A. Rowe; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Darcy Frederick; Sara Beth Hitt; Amy K. Oswalt; Madelyn Bates; Makensie Cotter; Jeff Gau; Keith Smolkowski – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2025
Secondary special education and transition research is crucial for improving outcomes for students with disabilities during their transition to postschool life. However, rural schools are underrepresented in this field, hindering the development of tailored interventions that can support youth with disabilities as they transition into adult life…
Descriptors: Innovation, Secondary School Students, Special Education, Transitional Programs
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Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Most children starting primary school in Australia do so after attending early childhood education and participating in a transition to school programme. While this has become the expected pathway, it is not the one followed by all children and their families. In this article, we describe visible transitions as those that are known, understood and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Early Childhood Education, Transitional Programs
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Cook, Kyle DeMeo; Coley, Rebekah Levine – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
Head Start programs engage in multiple practices to support children and families during the transition to kindergarten. Children moving from Head Start to kindergarten often encounter discontinuities between the program and services they were receiving and the new elementary school environment. This paper uses multiple datasets and methods to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Children
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Gonzálvez, Carolina; Marhuenda-Fluixà, Fernando – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Purpose: Promoting the labour integration of people with functional diversity is a key element to achieve their social inclusion. This meta-analysis aims to examine the effectiveness of experimental programs in developing employable skills for people with disabilities. Methods: Literature searches up to June 2019 were conducted in four databases…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Intellectual Disability
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