Collaboration Between Rehabilitation Counselors and Secondary Educational Institutions to Optimize Successful Outcomes for High School Students with Disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Kline ◽  
Charity Anne Kurz
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Service Training

This article highlights the need for a collaborative approach to transition services for youth with disabilities. Evidence of the positive impact of collaboration is presented, followed by indications that transition professionals are failing to engage in these activities. The lack of collaboration practiced by transition professionals can be partially attributed to the myriad of skills sets, pre-service training activities and employment settings in which these professionals enter into. The purpose of this article is to present an outcome-based model of collaboration between rehabilitation counselors and secondary educational institutions to aid in the transition of youth with disabilities to achieve their post-secondary goals (e.g., secondary education, secondary training, paid employment, independent living).

scholarly journals Examining Post-School Outcomes of Indonesian Secondary Students with Disabilities: A Policy Document Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 387-403
Author(s):  
Toni Ariwijaya
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
School Outcomes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Policy Document

There are no national laws in Indonesia which requires educational authorities to provide Invidualised Transition Plans (ITPs) towards high school students with disabilities. It leads issues as to low education attainments the students from this population have as well as small numbers of the students entering universities and job markets. In lieu of legislations, it is argued that Indonesia has signed international agreement and policies which are actually meant to provide ITPs to secondary students with disabilities to improve their post school outcomes – education, employment and independent living – for this vulnerable group. Hence, document analysis methods were employed in this research to analyse the international, national and local policies that the country has been signed through analyzing the statements aligned with evidence-based transition skills and predictors. The method employed by O’Neill et al. (2016) was replicated to condense the list of practices in the NTACT website into broader categories to address youths academic, employment, and independent living needs. As for the international policy, 19 transition-aligned statements were found, accounting for community involvement, interagency collaboration and inclusion in general education. Meanwhile for the national policy documents, only 15 statements were aligned. Implication for policymakers and educational jurisdictions are also discussed.

scholarly journals One Song, Many Voices: Dementia and The Power of Music

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 775-775
Author(s):  
Debra Sheets ◽  
Stuart MacDonald ◽  
Andre Smith
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
School Students ◽  
Choral Singing ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Care Partners

Abstract Choral singing is a novel approach to reduce dementia stigma and social isolation while offering participants a sense of purpose, joy and social connection. The pervasiveness of stigma surrounding dementia remains one of the biggest barriers to living life with dignity following a diagnosis (Alzheimer Society of Canada, 2018). This paper examines how a social inclusion model of dementia care involving an intergenerational choir for people living with dementia, their care partners and high school students can reduce stigma and foster social connections. Multiple methodologies are used to investigate the effects of choir participation on cognition, stress levels, social connections, stigma, and quality of life. Results demonstrate the positive impact of choir participation and indicate that this socially inclusive intervention offers an effective, non-pharmacological alternative for older adults living with dementia in the community. Discussion focuses on the importance of instituting meaningful and engaging dementia-friendly activities at the community level.

scholarly journals The Academic Portfolio System (APS) Usage Intention of Senior High School Students in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8394
Author(s):  
Tsen-Yao Chang ◽  
Yu-Chieh Chiu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Model Verification ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
School Students

Taiwan began to implement a new high school syllabus nationwide, in 2019. The Ministry of Education has also established a high school student Academic Portfolio System (APS) to collect the learning process of high school students for future university admissions references. However, during this period, high school students and their parents had many opinions on the implementation of the new system. There were even groups of students protesting. The main purpose of this research is to explore the factors that affect the system usage intentions of high school students. Based on the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and the technology acceptance model (TAM), this research established a research model. The research variables include system interface design, usefulness, ease of use, attitude, subjective norms, and usage intentions. A total of 712 questionnaires were collected from high school students in northern Taiwan. Data analysis is carried out in three stages: descriptive analysis, measurement model verification, and structural equation modeling. The results of the study found that system interface design has a significant impact on the perceived ease of use. Factors such as ease of use, usefulness, attitude, and subjective norms also have a significant positive impact on usage intention; ease of use and usefulness positively affect attitudes toward using. Finally, according to the results, some practical implications were proposed for implementation references from the perspectives of education authority, high schools, teachers, and students.

College Preparatory Program for Visually Impaired Students: An Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Virgene Martin ◽  
Roger Martin ◽  
Lawrence Hapeman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
College Preparation ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

The effectiveness of a nine-week college preparation summer program for visually impaired high school students is evaluated. Feedback from the students and their rehabilitation counselors indicates that the program increased the readiness of the students in the areas of communication, studying, personal-social and mobility.

scholarly journals School-Based and PRECEDE-PROCEED-Model Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in the High School Students: Case Study of Iran

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baratali Rezapour ◽  
Firoozeh Mostafavi ◽  
Hamid Reza Khalkhali
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
School Based ◽  
Sedentary Life Style

<p><strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> Students attend sedentary life style and less like vigorous physical activity. This study investigated the effects of School-based intervention<strong> </strong>on increasing physical activity for decreasing obesity among high-school obese and overweight boys, based on the components of PRECEDE PROCEED Model, to participate in median - vigorous physical activity among the first Period of high school boys in the city of Urmia, Iran</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> This study was an experimental intervention that conducted at 4 high schools that were divided into 2 groups of intervention (40) and the control (40) male students, schools in junior high schools in Urmia.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Three and six months after the intervention, significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups of schools, in the amount of students’ participation in vigorous physical activity (p&lt;0.01).</p><p><strong>CONCLUSIONS:</strong> According to the results, the school-based intervention and components of PRECEDE PROCEED Model had a positive impact on the improvement of physical activity and decrease in physical inactivity among the students.</p>

scholarly journals 日本語教育および日本文化教育における俳句とかるた の活用： 台湾における高校生俳句かるた大会の報告 Haiku and Karuta in Japanese Language and Culture Education: Focusing on the All Taiwan High School Haiku-Karuta Competition

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Ichiro Taida
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Cultural Form ◽  
Culture Education ◽  
And Diffusion

The first high school student Haiku-Karuta competition was held at I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in May 2017. Haiku, which is a traditional Japanese cultural form, is widely known abroad, and karuta is often used in Japanese language educational institutions. Our competition event is a fusion of these two kinds of Japanese cultural traditions, i.e. haiku and karuta, and 61 high school students participated in the game. The competition contributes to the reception and diffusion of haiku and karuta in Taiwan. Also, the educational merits of the competition involve students having to concentrate on listening to and reading Japanese traditional poems. The fusion is immensely useful in learning Japanese language and culture. In this paper, we will describe the competition in detail. 2017年5月、台湾高雄の義守大学で第1回高校生俳句かるた大会が開かれた。日本の伝統文化である俳句は海外でも広く知られており、またかるたも日本語教育のなかでしばしば使われている。俳句とかるたという2 種類の日本文化を融合させた本大会に7校の高校生、61名が参加した。当該大会の教育的意義は主に以下の3つである。1. 俳句を集中して聞き、該当する札を見つけるという訓練を通じて得られる日本語能力の向上、2. 日本文化の理解の促進、3. チームワークの重要性に対する認識。また本大会の開催を通じてこれらの日本の伝統文化の受容と普及へとつながることが期待できる。本論では、この大会について詳細に報告する。この報告が俳句とかるたを用いた教育の参考例となり、台湾に限らず各国での日本語・日本文化教育がより一層充実したものになればと考えている。

scholarly journals Do students need more information to leave the beaten paths? The impact of a counseling intervention on high school students’ choice of major

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim G. Piepenburg ◽  
Lukas Fervers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Counseling Intervention ◽  
Choice Of Major ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDespite an almost endless list of possible study programs and occupational opportunities, high school students frequently focus on pursuing a small number of well-known study programs. Students also often follow gender-typical paths and restrict their attention to study programs in which the majority of students consists of same-gendered people. This choice pattern has far-reaching consequences, including persistent gender segregation and an undersupply of graduates in emerging sectors of the industry. Building on rational choice and social psychological theory, we argue that this pattern partly occurs due to information deficits that may be altered by counseling interventions. To assess this claim empirically, we evaluated the impact of a counseling intervention on the intended choice of major among high school students in Germany by means of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). We estimate the effect by instrumental variable estimation to account for two-sided non-compliance. Our results show that the intervention has increased the likelihood that participants will consider less well-known or gender-atypical study programs, particularly for high school students with lower starting levels of information. Supplementary analyses confirm that a positive impact on information seems to be one of the relevant causal mechanisms. These results suggest that counseling services have the potential to guide high school students to less gender-typical and well-known majors, possibly reducing gender segregation and smoothing labor market transitions after graduation.

scholarly journals Increasing Cultural Awareness Through a Cultural Awareness Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Baltes ◽  
David Hernandez ◽  
Christina Collins
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Students Attitudes

Racial tension motivates strife and violence in the metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, area. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a collaborative partnership, the Cultural Awareness Consortium (CAC), in making a positive impact on the attitudes of a group of diverse high school students regarding multicultural relations. The two theoretical frameworks guiding this study were Allport’s intergroup contact theory and intercultural competence theory originating from International Education and International Studies. The research questions concerned whether attending the CAC for 4 months, the treatment, changed students’ attitudes on multicultural relations, and whether a student’s gender or ethnicity was a predictor of changes in these attitudes. A single group, pre-experimental design with data collection from two administrations of the Student Multicultural Relations Survey was used in the study. Fifty-four students completed the survey, which yielded four multicultural relations scales (dependent variables), eight single-item attitudinal variables on multicultural issues, and two demographic variables (independent variables), and inferential analysis included <em>t </em>tests and multiple regression. According to study results, students’ attitudes on multicultural relations had changed significantly, and students talked to and mixed with students from different cultural backgrounds more after the treatment. Educational institutions providing experiences like the CAC can make a positive impact on students’ attitudes on multicultural relations. This can lead to positive social change as students increase their acceptance of others and take those attitudes and values with them into the workforce after they graduate, serving as role models of acceptance for their peers.

Inducing Long-Term, Positive Behavior Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 219-226
Author(s):  
Derek Tranchina ◽  
Charles Terenfenko ◽  
Tracy Mulvaney
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
School Students ◽  
Change Initiatives

The focus of this chapter is to highlight two different transformational change initiatives in public schools that rely on student leadership to be effective. Both programs will explore effective ways to empower students as leaders, to make better social decisions, and to improve their attachment to school and community. One program involves a student-led technology club in a middle school. The goal of the club is to assist with the school's technology usage while also making a positive impact on participating students' achievement and attachment to school. The other program involves educating high school students on the risks of heroin and opioid addiction. Both programs seek to leverage student empowerment to induce long-term, positive behavior change in the students directly involved as well as those around them.

Teaching High School Students With Disabilities to Advocate for Academic Accommodations

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-156
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Lopez ◽  
Nicole M. Uphold ◽  
Karen H. Douglas ◽  
Shaqwana Freeman-Green
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Functional Relation ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Accommodations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Advocacy

One factor that may contribute to the success of students with disabilities in postsecondary educational settings may be their ability to advocate for academic accommodations. By incorporating self-determination practices into the curriculum and transition process during high school, students with disabilities may acquire the self-advocacy skills for postsecondary settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a modified Self-Advocacy and Conflict Resolution (mSACR) training program on the ability of five high school students with high-incidence disabilities to request academic accommodations in a high school general education course. A multiple-probe-across-participants design was employed to evaluate the effects of the intervention on 14 targeted behaviors. Results indicated a functional relation between the mSACR and the ability of students to request accommodations. Findings from this study are discussed along with limitations, suggestions for future research, and implications for educational practice.

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