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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"self-advocacy"”.
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Introducing Self-Advocacy Skills to Transition Age Youth
… that there is a need and a desire for a self-advocacy training from the staff and the clients. After reviewing the literature and analyzing data from the needs assessment tools the project intern developed a self-advocacy training.</p> <p>The project purpose was to design training that …
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Self-advocacy and families: co-researching with people with learning difficulties
… how adults with learning difficulties experience self-advocacy in their families. I take a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviewing. My work explores participatory research with people with learning difficulties, involving a small group of people with learning difficulties as …
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The Relationship of Social-Emotional Learning and Self-Advocacy for Students with Disabilities
… connections with their students to increase self-confidence, student participation, and intrinsic strengths.</p>
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The Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Advocacy in College Students with Disabilities
… the connection between social support and self-advocacy in college students with disabilities. The College Students with Disabilities Campus Climate Survey (Lombardi, Gerdes, & Murray, 2011) was used to gather data from undergraduate students at a midsize western private university. Social …
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Effects of self advocacy training in leisure on adults with severe physical disabilities
… study was to determine the extent to which a self-advocacy training intervention in leisure would alter the pre-and-post-scores of tests on knowledge of rights and responsibilities, attitudes toward leisure, and behavior in leisure on adults with severe physical disabilities participating in …
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Self-Advocacy Experiences of College Students with Learning Disabilities and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>Self-advocacy is identified as a factor important to the success of college students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, educators do not yet know enough about the experience of self-advocacy in the post-secondary learning environment …
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Self-Advocacy; The Importance of Building Interpersonal-Communication and Help-Seeking Skills in Elementary School Children
… in the development of a student’s ability to self-advocate. The purpose of this study is to identify techniques in which teachers may support interpersonal communication and self-advocacy skills among school-aged children. The literature reveals the importance of self-advocacy and help-seeking …
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Effects of a Self-Advocacy Intervention on Latino Male College Students' Ability to Request Academic Accommodations
… need to have the strategies and skills known as self-advocacy, so that they can request and obtain these accommodations. Unfortunately, many of these students, particularly Latino students, have not been given the opportunity to acquire advocacy skills prior to entering the postsecondary …
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Strategies for people with intellectual disability to engage in social policy-related self-advocacy in South Africa
… for people with intellectual disability to self-advocate for inclusion of their priorities in social policy processes in South Africa. Method: Self-advocacy strategies were identified through a scoping literature review, a review of self-advocacy toolkits and semistructured interviews with …
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Strategies for people with intellectual disability to engage in social policy-related self-advocacy in South Africa
… for people with intellectual disability to self-advocate for inclusion of their priorities in social policy processes in South Africa. Method: Self-advocacy strategies were identified through a scoping literature review, a review of self-advocacy toolkits and semistructured interviews with …
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The perspectives of speech-language pathologists on the development of self-advocacy in high school learners with autism
… pathologists (SLPs) view the development of self-advocacy in learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The research literature on self-advocacy among the community of individuals with disabilities contained a small collection of studies; little to none of that research regarded learners …
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Understanding our students : how aspects of students' pre-collegiate lives correlate with self advocacy, confidence, and risk taking
… potentially traumatic events correlate with the self confidence, self-advocacy, and student risk-taking for MIT students, a survey of mechanical engineering undergraduates was conducted. Results suggest that ACEs are prevalent among the mechanical engineering undergraduate student body with 45% …
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Development of a conceptual framework to inform self-advocacy for social and health-related policy priorities of adults with intellectual disability
… development of a conceptual framework to support self-advocacy by people with intellectual disability for the inclusion of their priorities in social and health-related policy in South Africa. The study was informed by empowerment theory, with the integration of the concept of Ubuntu. Method: The …
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"You Missed the Exam!" A Discourse with College Students with Learning Disabilities on their Experiences with Self-Determination, Self-Advocacy, and Stigma in Secondary and Postsecondary Education
… In particular, this study focused on the self-determination of college students with learning disabilities, how they understand the concept of self-advocacy, and how they utilize self-advocacy skills in educational settings. Eleven college students with learning disabilities participated …
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Self-Determination and Career Planning Model for Students with Disabilities: An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practices.
<p>This study investigated the capacity of a self-advocacy curriculum implemented in Tennessee suggested components that make up the conceptual framework of self-determination curriculum, (2) school-wide intervention had occurred, (3) self-determination goals were included in individualized …
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Academic Support Experiences and Perceptions of Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: A Public and Private University Comparision
… the relationships between student perceptions, self-advocacy awareness and confidence levels, and available disability accommodations at two institutions of higher learning, one public and one private. One hundred and thirteen undergraduate students with disabilities completed an online survey. …
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A Phenomenological Study Examining the Experiences and Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Young Adults with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
… educational settings, support and resources, self-determination, student advocacy, and post-secondary experiences of students with MMIDs. Two frameworks served as the foundation for this study, exploring how students with MMID develop self-advocacy and self-determination: Kohler and Field’s …
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Natural Learning Environments and the Social-Emotional Development of Students with Sensory Processing Challenges
… which research shows is important for the self-discovery, self-advocacy, and self-efficacy of all humans. Considering the artificial nature of the traditional classroom, this study attempted to inquire into how natural settings can serve as the Least Restrictive Environment for students …
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Motivations and Drivers of Unionization Among General Surgery Residents
… Third, unions provided a mechanism for self-advocacy in a system with a lack of single responsible agent for change advocacy. With authority and liability belonging to an interwoven system of institutions, accrediting bodies, and healthcare organizations, “without a union, you have very …
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