Self-Determination: A Case Study of the Needs, Preferences, Goals, and Feelings of Secondary Students with Significant Disabilities in their Transition to Adulthood

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3049

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Paper

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2016

End Date

January 2016

Abstract

This applied dissertation was designed to give a voice to students with severe disabilities so that their needs, preferences, goals, and feelings could be expressed. There are fewer opportunities to practice self-determination for students with more serious disabilities and studies about these students rarely include the perspectives of the students, themselves. This qualitative case study explored how these students view transition to adulthood. This presentation will discuss the methodological issues that were encountered and provide a reflection of the many challenges related to interviewing students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

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The co-presenters are the doctoral student and her dissertation chair.

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Self-Determination: A Case Study of the Needs, Preferences, Goals, and Feelings of Secondary Students with Significant Disabilities in their Transition to Adulthood

3049

This applied dissertation was designed to give a voice to students with severe disabilities so that their needs, preferences, goals, and feelings could be expressed. There are fewer opportunities to practice self-determination for students with more serious disabilities and studies about these students rarely include the perspectives of the students, themselves. This qualitative case study explored how these students view transition to adulthood. This presentation will discuss the methodological issues that were encountered and provide a reflection of the many challenges related to interviewing students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.