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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"secondary transition"”.
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Teacher Preparation and Confidence Regarding Post-Secondary Transition Plans
<p>Post-secondary transition plans are a mandatory component of the individual education program (IEP) for all students aged 16 and over, that are eligible for special education services. This regulation has been in effect since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) …
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Evaluating post-secondary transition resources for individuals with intellectual disabilities
This work examines the post-secondary transition process for people with intellectual disabilities, a critical period marked by a shift from federally guaranteed educational supports under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fragmented, eligibility-based systems. Despite existing …
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Occupational Therapists' Intervention Approaches in Secondary Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
… currently not predominate service providers in secondary transition services for students with disabilities. This study focused on transition-related intervention approaches used by occupational therapists in the Arizona Peoria Unified School District. Data was collected through qualitative …
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Special Education Administrators' Role and Impact in Providing Secondary Transition Services to Students
… education administrators in coordination of secondary transition services for students with disabilities in Virginia. A survey was designed and administered that examined their perceptions of the effect of (a) work load, size of the school district, wealth, setting, and staff support on level …
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Post-secondary transition and follow-up services in public education for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities
… of the present study was to (a) examine the post-secondary transition services that are being utilized by students of differing disability categories, (b) determine if students with emotional and behavioral disabilities receive the same services as their other disabled peers, and (c) investigate …
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The transition experiences of students with disabilities who participated in a community college secondary transition program: a narrative inquiry
… who have successfully negotiated the transitions from high school, to community college, to employment. The method for this study is narrative. Four young adults with disabilities tell the stories of their lives and their transition experiences. The narrator, who has for many years …
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Expectation vs. Perspective: A personal experience of completing transition from high school to community
<p>A challenging transition occurs when students with intellectual disabilities leave high school, yet there is little data in the literature covering this period of secondary transition. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the perspectives of a young adult with an intellectual …
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The use of adaptive behavior information by school psychologists in the psychological evaluation of secondary age students
… obtained and used by school psychologists with secondary age students was the focus of this investigation. School psychologists are often considered to be important sources of information regarding the initial identification and programming of students placed in special education classes. …
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Because I Am Human: Centering Black Women with Dis/abilities in Transition Planning from High School to College
There is a dearth of literature about post-secondary transition experiences of Black women with dis/abilities (BWD). In this qualitative study, I explore transition experiences of five post-secondary BWD from high school to college in order to privilege her chronicles and narratives as knowledge. …
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How can Bourdieu’s ‘Habitus’ inform the development of a parental engagement intervention for secondary school parents?
… on low-income parental engagement at primary and secondary school using the concept of Bourdieu’s habitus. Bourdieu’s framework brings together several related concepts including cultural capital, the field and habitus. After scrutinising the uses and application of Bourdieu’s ideas, the concept …
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Assistant Principals' Self-Reported Levels of Preparedness to Support Special Education Teachers and Programming
… and programming with the exception of post-secondary transition planning for students with disabilities. Results also indicated that assistant principals with an endorsement in special education agreed at a higher rate that they are prepared to support special education teachers and …
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Preparing students with disabilities to transition from secondary school to postschool settings in Ghana : perceptions of teachers and administrators
Secondary transition programming in special education constitutes the preparation, planning, and support provided students with disabilities (SWDs) in secondary/high school to prepare them to move to postsecondary education, employment, and independent living settings after completing school. In …
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When Good Intentions Aren't Good Enough: Dismantling Colonial Praxis in Educational Leadership
… hinder Indigenous students' graduation and post-secondary transition rates. Indigenous students in K-12 education are adversely impacted by the influence of settler colonialism on leadership praxis, as evidenced by the achievement gap discourse, deficit thinking, and unconscious bias. These …
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Pupils With SEMH Needs' Experiences Of a Successful Transition To Secondary School. A Grounded Theory Study.
The transition from primary to secondary school is recognised as a pivotal point in children’s educational journey’s (West, Sweetling & Young, 2010). Children show an initial decline in their general well-being and educational attainment rates following this transition. However, the vast majority …
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Structural and chemical characterization of complex nanomaterials at atomic resolution
… in nanostructure between other third row fcc transition metals (3M – Ir, Pt, and Au) and their second row counterparts (2M – Rh, Pd, and Ag). With the use of Cs-STEM and atomic pair distribution function (PDF) measurements it was determined that the Au, Pt and Ir nanocrystals were more …
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A Phenomenological Study Examining the Experiences and Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Young Adults with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
… to moderate intellectual disabilities (MMID) transition to post-secondary educational environments and the real-world experience more barriers than their typical peers (Banks, 2014). However, limited research includes the voices of students with MMID and their parents/guardians as they …
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An Experimental Approach to the Development and Validation of Group Interaction Modelling
… are important in dictating the observed glass transition temperature. A Taylor impact-like test was performed to measure the high-rate mechanical impedance. A novel method of measuring energy loss in a split Hopkinson pressure bar configuration was developed and used to construct a loss tangent …
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Literacy At Transition : An Exploration Of The Continuities And Discontinuities In Literacy Practices Across Secondary Transfer And Their Implications For Literacy Development
<b>Literacy at Transition</b>, an interpretative study adopting the sociocultural perspective of literacy as a situated social practice, offers an “experiential” (Murdoch, 1986) examination of commonalities and differences in cross-phase literacy practices. Designed as a small ethnographic case …
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Perspectives on attitudes, engagement, expectations and aspirations pre- and post-secondary school
… Scottish Education (2006) is that of primary/secondary transition. Current programmes that can address this issue are A Curriculum for Excellence 3-18 (SEED, 2004) which allows schools curriculum flexibility and the Integrated Community Schools policy (HMIE, 2004) which offers a multi-agency …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Workplace Experiences to Inform Transition Services for Neurodivergent Youth
… of Labor Statistics [BLS], 2023). Although secondary schools are responsible for engaging in transition planning for students with disabilities (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2004), research indicates these plans are often lacking in efficacy (Greene, 2015) and in their …
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