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Living The Dream: Building Self-Determination To Improve Postsecondary Outcomes, Pete Gladstone
Living The Dream: Building Self-Determination To Improve Postsecondary Outcomes, Pete Gladstone
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Despite recent federal legislation outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization of 2004 that mandates effective postsecondary transition planning for all students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), students with intellectual disability (ID) continue to experience inequitable postsecondary outcomes, particularly in the areas of postsecondary education (PSE), employment, and independent living (Lipscomb et al., 2017). It has been established that one effective method for improving those outcomes is to develop students’ self-determination abilities, and there is near unanimous agreement within the education community that doing so should be a primary objective during the transition process (Izzo & Lamb, …
“Being Yourself”: Self-Determination At A Summer Sports Camp For Youth With Visual Impairments, Maria Lepore-Stevens
“Being Yourself”: Self-Determination At A Summer Sports Camp For Youth With Visual Impairments, Maria Lepore-Stevens
West Chester University Doctoral Projects
This mixed methods study examined self-determination at a summer sports camp for youth with visual impairments. Athletes responded to questionnaires regarding their perceptions of their own self-determination across home, school, and camp settings; goals they set; and their experiences throughout the week of camp. Coaches answered similar questions concerning opportunities for athletes to practice and learn self-determination skills at camp. Five athletes also participated in interviews about their understanding of self-determination in the camp setting. A repeated measures ANOVA on the composite scores of AIR Self-Determination Scale (Wolman et al., 1994) across home, school, and camp settings revealed athletes were …