Meeting the Speech and Language Needs of Minority Children in Rural Settings

Although data on the subject are incomplete, available national data suggest that somewhat more than one million children with disabilities live in rural areas. These children face the special challenges of preparing for community life in environments where service systems are inadequate if not totally absent, funding for educational and other programs is typically meager, and persons with knowledge of disability-related services and issues—including the independent living philosophy and its application in the community—may be unavailable. It is important, therefore, that special education teachers become familiar with the independent living philosophy and its application for people with both physical and cognitive disabilities.

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Prosumer Behavior Related to Running a Household in Rural Areas of the Masovian Voivodeship in Poland

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14237986 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (23) ◽

pp. 7986

Author(s):

Paulina Trębska ◽

Agnieszka Biernat-Jarka ◽

Marcin Wysokiński ◽

Arkadiusz Gromada ◽

Magdalena Golonko

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Principal Component ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Sources ◽

Related Services ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Professional Self ◽

The Subject ◽

At Home

The subject of research is a phenomenon of prosumption, i.e., the intertwining of consumption and production processes, until the differences between them are blurred. When consumers produce goods and services for their use, they become prosumers. The article aimed to assess consumer behavior in terms of various forms of prosumer activity on the market of household-related services. The types of prosumer activity of rural households and their size were determined during the analyses. The article uses primary sources from a survey conducted among residents of rural areas of the Masovian Voivodeship in Poland in 2017. Statistical, descriptive, and comparative methods were used. The research shows that consumers are very active in the field of prosumption, rationally running their households. The study used principal component analysis (PCA) and selected descriptive statistics. The research results showed that the services performed can be grouped into three categories, i.e., the index of basic living self-sufficiency of households, the index of renovation and repair self-sufficiency, and the index of professional self-sufficiency of farms. Consumers usually prepare meals at home and clean, iron, and wash clothes, thus reducing the costs of running a household. It is also popular to carry out repairs oneself or to carry out repairs of equipment at home.

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The Benefits and Challenges of Special Education Positions in Rural Settings: Listening to the Teachers

The Rural Educator ◽

10.35608/ruraled.v34i2.400 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ann B. Berry ◽

Maggie Gravelle

Keyword(s):

Special Education ◽

Special Education Teachers ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Teacher Satisfaction ◽

Team Approach ◽

Rural Districts ◽

Instructional Role ◽

Rural Settings ◽

Role Responsibilities ◽

Role Confusion

Special education teachers, through a national survey conducted in 55 rural districts, provided information on the positive and negative aspects of teaching in rural schools. The 203 special educators were asked what they liked best about their position and what they found challenging. Some of the themes identified in the analysis centered on positive features of working in rural areas. Characteristics of the rural community fostered family-like relationships with others in their school and in-depth relationships with parents and students. Half of the teachers also reported they shared the responsibility or took a team approach to delivering special education services, a factor related to teacher satisfaction. The majority of teachers were satisfied with the instructional aspects of their position but dissatisfied with non-instructional role responsibilities. Challenges of the position also included role confusion and a lack of resources. Related implications for rural administrators interested in the satisfaction of special education teachers are provided.

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Connectivity of older people in rural areas

The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 1 ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447314721.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Catherine Hagan Hennessy ◽

Robin Means

Keyword(s):

Civic Engagement ◽

Older People ◽

Social Participation ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Landscape Connectivity ◽

Community Life ◽

Community Capital ◽

Rural Settings ◽

Research Findings ◽

Rural Places

This chapter discusses the Grey and Pleasant Land project on rural ageing which focused on older people’s connections to and participation in community life in diverse rural settings in southwest England and Wales. The interdisiplinary approach used to investigate the types, extent and experiences of older people’s ‘connectivity’ in these rural places is described, including the combination of empirical and arts-based methods. Seven principal types of connectivities identified are elaborated using examples from the research findings: civic engagement; social participation; intergenerational relations; connections to the landscape; connectivity and group identity; virtual connectivity; and imaginative connectivity. The implications of these connectivities of older people as sources of rural community capital with the potential to sustain ageing populations in these areas are discussed.

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Special Education Teachers’ Perception on Teaching Independent Living Skills for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology for Education ◽

10.21742/ijcsite.2018.3.1.05 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Keyword(s):

Special Education ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Special Education Teachers ◽

Independent Living ◽

Independent Living Skills ◽

Students With Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Living Skills

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Community Living, Intellectual Disability and Extensive Support Needs: A Rights-Based Approach to Assessment and Intervention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18063175 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 3175

Author(s):

Laura Esteban ◽

Patricia Navas ◽

Miguel Ángel Verdugo ◽

Víctor B. Arias

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Independent Living ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Community Living ◽

Support Needs ◽

Related Services ◽

The Right To Privacy ◽

The Right

People with intellectual disability (ID) and extensive support needs experience poorer quality of life than their peers whose disability is not as severe. Many of them live in residential settings that limit community participation and prevent them from exercising control over their lives. This work analyzes the extent to which professional practices are aimed at promoting the right to community living for people with ID and extensive support needs, as well as the rights that are particularly linked to it, such as the right to habilitation and rehabilitation and the right to privacy. A specific questionnaire was designed and administered to 729 adults with intellectual disability (M = 37.05; DT = 12.79) living in different settings (family home, residential facilities and group homes). Measurement and structural models were estimated using exploratory structural equation modeling. Results obtained reveal that people with extensive support needs receive less support in terms of guaranteeing their right to independent living and privacy, especially when they live in disability-related services. This study highlights the need to implement and monitor, using valid and reliable indicators, mesosystem strategies that guarantee the right to live and participate in the community, especially for individuals with ID and extensive support needs.

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Tackling Rural Health, Energy, … and Technological Issues All at Once: A Call for a Global Interdisciplinary Platform for Strengthening Rural Setting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Challenges ◽

10.3390/challe12020016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Farshad Amiraslani

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Rural Health ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Rural Setting ◽

Global Challenges ◽

Rural Settings ◽

Research Studies

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has revealed flaws in rural settings where most people live without the necessary tools, income, and knowledge to tackle such unprecedented global challenges. Here, I argue that despite the research studies conducted on rural areas, these have not solved rising rural issues, notably poverty and illiteracy. I propound a global institute to be formed by governments that provides a platform for empowering rural communities through better training, skills, and competencies. Such global endeavour will ensure the remaining rural communities withstand future pandemics if they occur.

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How Far Scientific is Snakebite Prevention and First Aid Treatment in School Textbook?

Bangladesh Journal of Medicine ◽

10.3329/bjm.v31i1.44753 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 39-40

Author(s):

Faiha Fairouz ◽

Rumana Rashid ◽

Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Keyword(s):

Health Problem ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Elementary Science ◽

First Aid ◽

Primary Treatment ◽

National Guidelines ◽

Long Time ◽

Class Viii ◽

The Subject ◽

School Books

Background: Snakebite is an old health problem in rural areas. In Bangladesh, the snakebite issue is included in school syllabus, in curriculum since long time, so that people can take/get immediate first aid treatment and can prevent snakebite. The success of snakebite treatment depends more on providing first aid treatment immediately after snakebite by learning and by sending the patients quickly to hospital. Snakebite is a preventable health problem indeed. If it can be prevented the rate of snakebite will also decrease. In the recently published snake bite management Guideline by WHO it has been targeted to reduce 50% of mortality & disability due to snakebite by 2030.1 Methods: a. The snakebite topic or issue has been thoroughly reviewed in the secondary and higher secondary school books. b. National Guidelines on snakebite in providing/ giving first aid treatment has been reviewed.2 c. The correlation between the topic to learn the subject and the national guidelines have been reviewed and given taken into account. d. The similarity or correlation between the national guidelines and the topic in the prevention of snakebite in the book have been observed & reviewed. It was a descriptive/narrative research study. Results: In the book of class IV in Primary and Secondary level students, ‘Elementary Science, (‘Prathomiik Bigghan’) page no. 86 and in book of class VIII Home Science (‘Gharjhastha Biggan’) page no. 16 the Snakebite issue/topic is mentioned.2,3 There are 22 information on the first aid/primary treatment of Snakebite among which 5 (five) are nonscientific rather harmful. (Table & Picture) Bangladesh J Medicine Jan 2020; 31(1) : 39-40

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Village senior centres and the living arrangements of older people in rural China: considerations of health, land, migration and intergenerational support

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x16000714 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (10) ◽

pp. 2044-2073 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

HUIJUN LIU ◽

KAREN N. EGGLESTON ◽

YAN MIN

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Living Arrangements ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Independent Living ◽

Rural China ◽

Living Arrangement ◽

Population Ageing ◽

Intergenerational Support ◽

North East

ABSTRACTChina is experiencing rapid urbanisation and population ageing, alongside sometimes contentious rural land consolidation. These on-going social, economic, political and demographic changes are especially problematic for older people in rural areas. In these regions, social and institutional support arrangements are less developed than in urban areas; older people have few options for re-settlement but are resistant to or incapable of adjusting to high-rise apartment living. In 2012–13, we gathered rich qualitative and quantitative data on over 600 older residents in 12 villages under the jurisdiction of City L in north-east coastal China to analyse residents’ living arrangement choices during the village renovation process. We compared villages with and without senior centres to shed light on the correlates of co-residence and independent living. Senior centres play a role in balancing the burden on rural Chinese families resulting from population ageing, smaller families, widespread migration for work, and the rapid urbanisation that is restructuring land rights and social support arrangements.

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An Evaluation of the Differences between Big City and Small Town Special Education Services for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities in Kentucky

Rural Special Education Quarterly ◽

10.1177/875687050902800402 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 3-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Robert Pennington ◽

Channon Horn ◽

Amy Berrong

Keyword(s):

Special Education ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Special Education Teachers ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Educational Programming ◽

Rural America ◽

Rural Districts ◽

Rural Settings ◽

Big City ◽

Low Incidence

Researchers have suggested that educational programming for students with low incidence disabilities in rural settings may be limited. In the current study, researchers surveyed special education teachers across Kentucky and collected demographic data on two exemplar districts. Results indicated that differences existed between urban and rural districts on several variables but that some rural communities in Kentucky were able to overcome barriers to the provision of educational programming for students with low incidence disabilities prevalent in other parts of rural America.

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