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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"self-advocate"”.
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Self-Actualization Wellness: A Developmental Approach to Predicting and Reducing College Student Stress Related to Person and Environment Variables
… student stress. Utilizing a theoretical model of Self-Actualization Wellness and the Person-Environment Fit Theory, the purpose of this study was to explore potential predictors that may impact college students’ wellness. More specifically, the extent to which a higher level of development in each …
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Finding your place in this world: a quantitative study exploring the geo-literacy skills and content knowledge taught to students with disabilities educated in segregated special education classrooms.
… for students with disabilities to be able to self-advocate in the future. The results of this study identified that there were statistically significant relationships found across all of the standards highlighting the difference of where a student was educated and their access to the same …
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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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Leadership and Communication as Opportunities for Growth: Refining Discipline with Cross Cultural Relationships beyond the Classroom
… scholars of color with the opportunity to self-advocate. I utilize a culturally relevant pedagogy in my framework component to stress the need for reciprocal relationships based on dignity and mutual respect. I provide effective alternative strategies, framed by culturally relevant pedagogy …
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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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Beyond Participation: The therapeutic ‘self-photograph’ and participatory photography in peer-led mental health design and evaluation
… communities. I define this practice as ‘self-photography’ and ‘shared self-photography’ which reflects the way in which people therapeutically engage with one another and self-advocate in this context. I believe this practice is not yet evidenced in research to date. I argue that shared …
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“Is that okay with you?”: Examining a simulated discussion about accommodations between university students identified as having a disability and a standardized faculty member
… However, little is known about how students advocate in the moment when communicating with faculty members about accommodations. In this study, I designed a clinical simulation to examine how 15 university students identified as having a disability engaged in and reflected upon a meeting with …
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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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Autonomy, decision-making, and restrictive practices in daily life: evaluations by people with intellectual disabilities, families, and carers
… over autonomy of PwID. PwID may be unlikely to self-advocate, as to speak out would threaten how they are perceived by staff, and subsequently how they views themselves. Data from the present study emphasised the need for extended individual discussions between support staff and PwID to elicit …
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Appropriating decentralization: how urban poverty project triggers advocacy
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Its Effect on Students
… memory theories, and emotion theories including self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle, and Lezak's stage model. Educators, including teachers, school counselors, and administrators, need to provide educational support to children with brain injuries and their …
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The Dilemma of Disclosure for College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
… this study explored student comfort levels and self-advocacy skills in requesting classroom accommodations among students with ADD at a large public four-year university in the southwestern United States. Four specific research questions guided this investigation: (1) What has been the student's …
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The Flipped Model Classroom Experience for 8th Grade Students Enrolled in Algebra 1: A Case Study
… have shown good study habits, how to be a self-advocate, and how to support their peers. Implications of the study include providing other teachers with ways to incorporate a flipped model classroom and how that can increase student active engagement and help students take ownership for …
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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 role of the advocate for the detained patient: a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective of advocacy in psychosis
… psychosis. In light of the Lacanian theory, the advocate, through effective listening and noting of the patient’s speech, can hold a stabilising function for the psychotic, notwithstanding the effects of the foreclosure of the Name-of-the-Father that keep the psychotic disconnected from the Other …
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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 …