A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Students' with Disabilities Transition to Community College

Autor:	Jean P. Lehmann, Dorothy F. Garrison-Wade
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Resource (project management) Conceptual framework Transition (fiction) Population Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Self-advocacy Community college education Psychology Support services Education
Zdroj:	Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 33:415-443
ISSN:	1521-0413 1066-8926
DOI:	10.1080/10668920802640079
Popis:	Students with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in the nation's community college population for multiple reasons. These include low expectations, poor high school preparation and transition planning, lack of communication or support services, and ineffective or poor support from school services personnel and faculty. This paper presents a literature synthesis. Its purpose is to inform an initial framework for building towards a conceptual framework for understanding the transition to community college by students with disabilities. The framework was developed from an earlier mixed methods study involving 100 college students with disabilities and 10 disability resource counselors in eight universities and colleges, six of which were community colleges. The framework was examined by comparing six reviews from the What Works in Transition: Systematic Review Project (meta-analyses of previous studies) and five meta-syntheses (rigorous evaluations). Based on these analyses, elements of the fram...
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