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Direct linkSebastian C. K. Shaw; Laura Carravallah; Mona Johnson; Jane O'Sullivan; Nicholas Chown; Stuart Neilson; Mary Doherty – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Autistic people experience more co-occurring health conditions and, on average, die younger than non-autistic people. Despite growing awareness of health inequities, autistic people still report barriers to accessing healthcare. We aimed to explore the experiences of autistic people accessing healthcare, shining a light on the complex interplay of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Health Services, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
Nicholas J. Wyche; Mark Edwards; Stephanie C. Goodhew – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The Useful Field of View task (UFOV) is a strong and reliable predictor of crash risk in older drivers. However, while the functional domain of attention is clearly implicated in UFOV performance, the potential role of one specific attentional process remains unclear: attentional breadth (the spatial extent of the attended region around the point…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Older Adults, Attention Control, Risk
Danielle Courtemanche – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Nontraditional students make up a majority of post-secondary online learners in the United States. The development of online learning modalities continues to grow and transform the educational landscape, providing expansive options and vastly improving student access to completing an undergraduate program. Unfortunately, with this growth, online…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Attrition, Student Diversity, Adult Students
Maria Löthberg; Tatja Hirvikoski; Sonya Girdler; Sven Bölte; Ulf Jonsson – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
In Sweden, people living independently and requiring daily living support can access 'housing support', a form of practical, educational, and social support provided by the municipalities. About two-thirds of those receiving this support have neurodevelopmental conditions, primarily autism or ADHD. Many are young adults in the process of adapting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Mitchell Bayne; Isabella Chirico; Lulu Wei; Cathryn Galanter – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2024
Youth with mental illness struggle to receive essential behavioral health care. One obstacle is denial of coverage by insurance. In California, managed care consumers may apply for independent medical review (IMR) which potentially overturns an insurance denial through the California Department of Managed Healthcare (CDMHC). The authors aim to…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Mental Health, Health Services, Behavior Problems
Alexandra Rush; Jennifer Brown Urban; William J. Davis; Miriam R. Linver – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
Youth purpose was investigated using a two-phase embedded design with youth participating in Scouts BSA (N = 3,943), ages 9-20 (M = 14.0, SD = 1.9). Participating Scouts were mostly White (91%) and male (98%). In Phase 1, we conducted a two-step cluster analysis on Scouts' survey responses to three purpose dimensions (personal meaning,…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Children, Adolescents, Late Adolescents
Thomas Howard Morris – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
Self-directed learning is a core theoretical construct of adult learning. Importantly, self-directed learning represents a fundamental meta-competence for living and working in our increasingly complex and unpredictable world. Nonetheless, the construct of self-directed learning has become obfuscated. In order to redress this concern, this…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Adult Education, Student Characteristics
Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury; Ben Edwards; Andrew Norton – Oxford Review of Education, 2024
In theory, misalignment of education and career aspirations in high school is a crucial determinant of post-school education and career mismatch. However, existing scholarship investigates the social influence and rational choice determinants of misalignment and mismatch separately. This study examines how misalignment at 15 years of age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Career Choice, Career Education
Ramona Coleman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This exploratory study, in which the participants portrayed a critical role, aimed to discover the perceptions of professional development in changing educator practice at the secondary level with middle school teachers in an urban school district. The data collection process included semi-structured interviews with nine secondary teachers via…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools
Download full textVincent H. Smith; Benjamin Goren – American Enterprise Institute, 2024
Prices for, and the affordability of childcare has received increased attention since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, concerns have been raised about potential differences in childcare costs and access between rural and urban communities. To address these issues, we combine cross-sectional data from a 2018 survey of childcare…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Child Care, Costs, Infants
Cassandra Thoars; David Moltow – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2024
This book presents insights into how affective educational experiences may be associated with youth criminal behaviour and the pathway to recidivism. It explores the perspectives and lived school experiences of five young adult male prison inmates, including while they were incarcerated as youths. Through these case studies, the book explores the…
Descriptors: Youth, Crime, Educational Experience, Recidivism
Rita O'Sullivan – Online Submission, 2024
The purpose of this paper is to chronicle the efforts of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC), an outdoor experiential education service program, to establish itself as an evidence based program, highlight the constraints encountered around accomplishing this, and then suggest some alternative routes to those currently available. RMYC is typical of…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Youth Programs, Evidence Based Practice, Adolescents
Brendan H. O'Connor; Seline Szkupinski Quiroga – Grantee Submission, 2024
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a US Department of Education funded initiative to support students from migrant/seasonal farmworker backgrounds--i.e., students whose families travel seasonally to work in agriculture--during their first year as undergraduates. This article shares authors' experience of using insights from…
Descriptors: Migrant Programs, Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Adult Education, Minority Group Students
Talkington, William J.; Donai, Jeremy; Kadner, Alexandra S.; Layne, Molly L.; Forino, Andrew; Wen, Sijin; Gao, Si; Gray, Margeaux M.; Ashraf, Alexandria J.; Valencia, Gabriela N.; Smith, Brandon D.; Khoo, Stephanie K.; Gray, Stephen J.; Lass, Norman; Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie A.; Engdahl, Susannah; Graham, David; Frum, Chris A.; Lewis, James W. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: From an anthropological perspective of hominin communication, the human auditory system likely evolved to enable special sensitivity to sounds produced by the vocal tracts of human conspecifics whether attended or passively heard. While numerous electrophysiological studies have used stereotypical human-produced verbal (speech voice and…
Descriptors: Imitation, Acoustics, Auditory Discrimination, Reaction Time
Fisher, Marisa H.; Josol, Cynde Katherine; Shivers, Carolyn M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Individuals with Williams Syndrome (WS) are hypersocial, overfriendly, and experience social skills deficits that may adversely impact their social outcomes. This study examined the relation between social skills, friendship quality, and feelings of loneliness for adults with WS as reported by 114 parent-adult with WS dyads. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Adults, Genetic Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Friendship
