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Utah State University

2012

Special Education and Teaching

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Parent-To-Parent Interactive Transition Information Session: Sharing Information On Transition Services From High School To Post-Secondary Experiences, Timothy J. Pead May 2012

Parent-To-Parent Interactive Transition Information Session: Sharing Information On Transition Services From High School To Post-Secondary Experiences, Timothy J. Pead

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Parents of high school aged children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities sometimes experience fear and anxiety associated with transition of children to post-­‐secondary programs. Most information is disseminated to these parents from local education agency staff, including: special education teachers, transition specialists and administrators. This project examined the effects of a parent-­‐to-­‐parent interactive session on knowledge and perspectives of parents in transition. Parents of youth (ages 14-­‐20) who are diagnosed as having moderate to severe intellectual disabilities who live in the school boundaries of the high school within which the researcher teaches were part of this study. A group …


Parent Evaluation Of A Parent Training Program Of Positive Behavior Interventions, Jeana Washburn May 2012

Parent Evaluation Of A Parent Training Program Of Positive Behavior Interventions, Jeana Washburn

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Parent training programs have been shown to be helpful to parents in regards to implementing behavior intervention strategies with their children. Parent satisfaction with a parent-training program is an important variable in that, if parents like a program, it is more likely to be successful. The purpose of this project was to provide a brief parent training program using Dr. Glenn I. Latham’s website, Parenting Prescriptions, and examine parent evaluations of the program. The participants were four mothers of preschool age children. Each child had an educational classification of speech and language impairment. The project evaluated the parent training program …