<p> The purpose of this qualitative case study was to determine how to make out-of-school programs more inclusive of youth with intellectual disabilities (ID) by analyzing inclusive out-of-school programs affiliated with Kids Included Together (KIT). KIT is an organization that provides training and resources for meaningfully including children with and without disabilities into community-based, out-of-school programs. The study examined the perspective of current and former youth with and without ID, their parents, KIT-affiliated staff members, and KIT&rsquo;s staff members via interviews. Observations of youth participating in recreational activities were completed. The sample consisted of 27 participants. Participants yielded 9 salient themes with multiple categories that emerged from the data. Each theme served as elements of inclusion toward meaningful inclusion of individuals with ID in out-of-school programs. Participants addressed key elements of inclusion required to create social change in out-of-school programs, educational settings, and community programs. The study also highlighted the barriers associated with inclusion and discussed specific strategies to address these challenges based on findings of this research. The knowledge gained from the study may have relevance for community-based programs that are interested in fostering a supportive and inclusive organizational culture. This study may raise awareness and training on how to support individuals with ID and it may provide opportunities to build resources and additional inclusive programs. The study provides practitioner recommendations on how youth with and without disabilities, their parents, staff members of out-of-school programs, school teachers, staff and administrators can implement inclusive practices in the community, out-of-school programs and educational settings. </p><p>

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<p> Disability is often perceived as a rare phenomenon that only affects a small number of people (Dewsbury, Clarke, Randall, Rouncefield, &amp; Sommerville, 2004), despite the fact that 12% of the U.S. public schools student population receives special education services (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016) that remove them from the general education setting. This state of affairs contradicts the mandates of IDEA (Ginsburg &amp; Rapp, 2013) and perpetuates the idea that it is acceptable to ostracize those who are born different (Waldschmidt, 2015). This qualitative study reported the findings from 16 interviews with secondary educators from Southern California regarding the inclusion of students who are disabled in the general education setting. An analysis of these interviews showed that the participants&rsquo; views of disability adhered to either the medical or social model of disability, and influenced what they perceived as barriers to, or facilitators of, inclusion. The findings also showed that the participants felt three major components were necessary for the successful implementation of inclusion: (positive) teacher perspectives, a campus culture that fosters inclusion, and administrative leadership. Implications for this study include: (a) the use of a disability studies framework throughout administration and teacher training programs; and (b) the hiring of employees who reflect the student population, such as people with disabilities.</p><p>

Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilka faktorer i psykiatrisk rehabiliteringsteori som var de viktigaste stödjande och hindrande faktorerna för att deltagare i arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering skulle kunna slutföra gymnasial/eftergymnasial utbildning och få ett arbete på dagens arbetsmarknad. Deltagarna i denna studie kom från fyra verksamheter inom Supported Education (SEd) i Sverige. Faktorerna för både stödjande och hindrande faktorer ville jag få fram i prioritetsordning, eftersom jag från tidigare forskning upplevde det svårt att veta vad som först ska prioriteras i arbetet med rehabilitering genom utbildning och arbete/anställning. Detta för att skapa en djupare förståelse för vad som är viktigt för personer med psykiska funktionshinder/ohälsa för att påbörja och slutföra utbildning, men också för att se om tjänsten SEd har potential att användas inom socialt arbete i form av arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering och återhämtningsinriktat stöd för psykisk ohälsa och psykiska funktionshinder. För att besvara detta använde jag en enkät med tio kvantitativa slutna frågor och sju kvalitativa öppna frågor.      SEd är ett stödprogram inom arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering för att välja, påbörja och slutföra utbildning på gymnasial och eftergymnasial nivå främst för personer med psykiska funktionshinder/psykisk ohälsa. Diskussioner pågår om att andra målgrupper utan psykiska funktionshinder/psykisk ohälsa ska kunna få detta stöd för att slutföra utbildningar.      Från resultatet av studien fick jag fram ett antal teman för vad som stödjer och hindrar slutförandet av utbildning. Resultatet visade att deltagarna generellt är nöjda med stödet de får från SEd. Mest framträdde personalens genuina engagemang, förmåga till empati och ett respektfullt bemötande som de avgörande faktorerna för att deltagarna skulle påbörja och slutföra utbildning. Andra faktorer som stödde deltagarna var att de fick stöd att slutföra studieuppgifter, att stödet inte var tidsbegränsat, att deltagarna hade regelbundna enskilda stödsamtal med personal, att de upplevde gemenskap och tillhörighet i SEd och att studie- och yrkesvägledning genomfördes som ledde till en individuell handlingsplan som följdes upp kontinuerligt.        Hindrande faktorer för deltagarna med SEd var att lokalerna var för små och studiecoacherna var för få. Generella hinder för deltagarna att slutföra utbildning var psykisk ohälsa (till exempel ångest, fobi, depression), svårigheter med studieekonomin, svårigheter med socialt samspel, svårigheter med koncentration, brist på studieteknik och svårigheter att slutföra uppgifter, ADHD, ADD, dyslexi, missbruk, svårigheter med att orka med ett högt studietempo och brist på stöd med att slutföra uppgifter. Detta resultat analyserade jag med hjälp av psykiatrisk rehabiliteringsteori. Jag förde sedan en diskussion där jag lyfte fram de utmaningar och möjligheter som vi kan se i framtiden för SEd. / The purpose of this study was to examine which factors in the psychiatric rehabilitation theory that were the most important supporting and hindering factors for getting participants in Vocational Rehabilitation to complete secondary/postsecondary education and get a job in todays labour market. The participants in this study came from four Supported Education (SEd-) projects in Sweden. I wanted to get forth the factors in order of priority since I found it difficult to find which factors to prioritize first in the work of rehabilitation through education and employment. I did this to get a deeper understanding of what is most important for persons with psychiatric disabilities/mental illness to be able to complete secondary/postsecondary education, but I also did it to investigate if the service of SEd has the potential of being used in social work in the shape of vocational rehabilitation and recoveryoriented support for mental illness and psychiatric disabilities. To be able to answer those questions I used a questionnaire with ten quantitative closed questions and seven qualitative open questions..      Supported Education (SEd) is a supportprogram aimed at supporting persons mainly with psychiatric disabilities/mental illness to choose, start and complete education on secondary and postsecondary level. There are ongoing discussions about whether other target groups without psychiatric disabilites/ mental illness could get this support to complete education.       From the results of the study I found a number of themes for what supported or hindered the participants in completing their education. The results showed that the participants generally were very satisfied with the support they got from the staff in SEd. Most of all it was the staffs genuine engagement, empathy and a respectful treatment that stood forth as the crucial factors that affected the participants to complete their education. Other factors that also supported the participants to complete their education is that they got support with completing their study tasks, there were no time limit for the support, the recurrent individual counseling sessions with staff, the experience of fellowship and belonging and educational and vocational guidance that supported the participants in forming an individual action plan which was followed up continuosly.       Hindering factors with SEd for the participants were that the localities were too small and that the study coaches were too few. Hindering factors in completing education in general was mental illness (e.g. anxiety, phobia and depression), difficulties with economy, difficulties in socialising with people, difficulties with concentration, lack of a technique for studying and difficulties with completing tasks, ADHD,ADD, dyslexia, addiction, problems to adjust to a high tempo in the education and lack of support with completing tasks. I analyzed these results by using the psychiatric rehabilitation theory. I then discussed the challenges and possibilities that we can see in the future with the SEd-method.

This study investigated postsecondary disability service providers' (DSP) perceived usefulness of an example of a well-developed SOP. This example SOP was included in a 22 question survey, administered electronically to DSPs who are members of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD). The participants (n=298) were asked to rate the usefulness of the test scores, rationale for accommodation, history of use or success of accommodation, report writer's recommendations, and student input included in the example SOP for making accommodation decisions. ANOVAs were used to determine if the perceived usefulness of the parts of the Model SOP varied as a function of the DSPs' highest degree, disciplines or fields of study, training for the interpretation of disability documentation, and/or years of experience in postsecondary disability services. DSPs with less than five years of experience (M=1.85, SD = .87) found the report writer's recommendations more useful than DSPs with greater than 10 years of experience (M=2.24, SD = 1.02). DSPs with 5-10 years of experience did not differ significantly from either of the other groups. Additionally, statistical significance was approached (p = .085) suggesting that DSPs with doctorate degrees compared to DSPs with a master's degree or a bachelor's degree may find the history of use or success less useful for accommodation decisions. Overall, the average usefulness ratings for all DSP groupings for the identified parts of the SOP were in the extremely useful or very useful range. / School of Education; / School Psychology / PhD; / Dissertation;

What is queer? What is queer? What is queer theory? Where can it go from here? This thesis sets out to explore the origins and influences of queer theory before investigating the present and the future spaces (ie, bodies and settlements) it can potentially move into. Three distinct experiments of fieldwork and ethnographic filmmaking test the truths and potentialities of queer theory when relating to queer bodies and settlements. That is to say that each chapter balances a film and its supporting text by embracing the value and urgency of practice led research. The first chapter questions queer history and details the importance of emerging trans politics in the post-gender, leftist, avant-garde, queer activist and militant space of Bologna. Queer bodies, case one: transgender and transsexual perspectives. Settlements, case one: Bologna and Lido di Classe (Italy). The second chapter considers the interface between disability theory and queer theory with particular attention paid to the practical theory of ‘curative education’. Defined by Rudolf Steiner in 1922 and further developed by Karl König with the foundation of the Camphill movement in 1944, curative education privileges the social model over the medical model in the field of disability so that disability is in fact ability. Queer bodies, case two: learning differences and disabilities perspectives. Settlements, case two: Berlin (Germany), Chatou and La Rochelle (France), Barry and Glasallt Fawr (Wales, United Kingdom). The third chapter uses queer perspectives to promote the relevance of quantum physics to the human body, thus involving contemporary dance, physical theatre and the arts more generally to address and redress the chiasm between science and technology on the one hand, and arts, humanities and socio-cultural sciences on the other. Queer bodies, case three: the inescapably queer reality of the physical world. Settlements, case three: multiple locations in Tuscany (Italy), and Thamesmead, London (England, United Kingdom). This thesis brings notions of queer and otherness deceptively close to notions of the self. Otherness and queerness become mirrors in which our own queerness comes into view.

<p>The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the latest human rights treaty at the UN level. The process leading to the adoption called attention to the plight of persons with disabilities, and redefined approaches to issues of disability. Fundamentally, the CRPD embodies a paradigm shift in thinking about disability. It embraces the social model of disability, in terms of which disability is a function of the interaction between a person with impairment and his or her environment as opposed to an inherent limitation of functioning. The social model is, in turn, anchored in a human rights approach to disability. No doubt, the adoption of the CRPD triggered immense optimism for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. One of the rights recognised under the CRPD is the right to education. Article 24(1) of the CRPD recognises the right of persons with disabilities to education and sets out the aims of such education. Article 24(2) sets out a number of principles to guide the implementation of the right. These include: non-exclusion from the general education system including non-exclusion of children with disabilities from free and compulsory primary education / access to inclusive quality and free primary education on an equal basis with other children in the communities in which children with disabilities live / reasonable accommodation of a student&rsquo / s needs / provision of support necessary to facilitate effective education / and provision of individualised support measures in environments that maximise academic and social development of the students with disabilities. It is generally accepted that the right to education is one of the most essential rights, particularly in light of its empowerment function that helps to facilitate the exercise of other rights. The primary level of education has particularly attained global recognition and priority in resource allocation and implementation. Primary education contributes significantly to the maximum development of the full human potential of children. There are therefore differentiated obligations for the right to primary education in international human rights. Nevertheless, there are still significant barriers to access to primary education, particularly in the African region. While children with disabilities have been excluded from education for a long time the world over, their exclusion in the African context is particularly endemic. The core purpose of this thesis is to determine how article 24(2) of the CRPD affects or is likely to affect primary education of children with disabilities, particularly in the context of developing countries. The focus of the enquiry is mainly the law and policy in this regard. The subject spans three main spheres of rights: children&rsquo / s rights, socioeconomic rights (particularly the right to education), and finally disability rights. Children&rsquo / s rights, especially since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), are generally accepted. The right to education also has a long standing history, and whereas debate regarding the appropriate approaches to its implementation still abides, there is apparent normative and jurisprudential consensus on some aspects thereof, particularly at the primary education level. It is essential to determine the relational framework of these spheres with the disability rights established under the CRPD. The thesis finds that the CRPD does in fact redefine the parameters of the right to education as previously understood in international human rights instruments. Particularly, the expanded aims of education under article 24 call for education systems that recognise non-academic learning, such as the development of the talents or creativity of the learner. This provision is particularly significant to the child with disabilities. Also, while not establishing an entirely new right, the principles under article 24(2) establish actionable sub-entitlements that enhance the justiciability right to education for children with disabilities. However, it is apparent from the comparative studies that it is the implementation of these provisions that presents the greatest challenge for the realisation of primary education for children with disabilities. This suggests that whereas norm creation as under the CRPD may have the value of triggering and sustaining discourse on appropriate responses in the context of the education of children with disabilities, it is the translation of these norms into practical action points that is the determining factor for realization of the right.</p>

<p>The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the latest human rights treaty at the UN level. The process leading to the adoption called attention to the plight of persons with disabilities, and redefined approaches to issues of disability. Fundamentally, the CRPD embodies a paradigm shift in thinking about disability. It embraces the social model of disability, in terms of which disability is a function of the interaction between a person with impairment and his or her environment as opposed to an inherent limitation of functioning. The social model is, in turn, anchored in a human rights approach to disability. No doubt, the adoption of the CRPD triggered immense optimism for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. One of the rights recognised under the CRPD is the right to education. Article 24(1) of the CRPD recognises the right of persons with disabilities to education and sets out the aims of such education. Article 24(2) sets out a number of principles to guide the implementation of the right. These include: non-exclusion from the general education system including non-exclusion of children with disabilities from free and compulsory primary education / access to inclusive quality and free primary education on an equal basis with other children in the communities in which children with disabilities live / reasonable accommodation of a student&rsquo / s needs / provision of support necessary to facilitate effective education / and provision of individualised support measures in environments that maximise academic and social development of the students with disabilities. It is generally accepted that the right to education is one of the most essential rights, particularly in light of its empowerment function that helps to facilitate the exercise of other rights. The primary level of education has particularly attained global recognition and priority in resource allocation and implementation. Primary education contributes significantly to the maximum development of the full human potential of children. There are therefore differentiated obligations for the right to primary education in international human rights. Nevertheless, there are still significant barriers to access to primary education, particularly in the African region. While children with disabilities have been excluded from education for a long time the world over, their exclusion in the African context is particularly endemic. The core purpose of this thesis is to determine how article 24(2) of the CRPD affects or is likely to affect primary education of children with disabilities, particularly in the context of developing countries. The focus of the enquiry is mainly the law and policy in this regard. The subject spans three main spheres of rights: children&rsquo / s rights, socioeconomic rights (particularly the right to education), and finally disability rights. Children&rsquo / s rights, especially since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), are generally accepted. The right to education also has a long standing history, and whereas debate regarding the appropriate approaches to its implementation still abides, there is apparent normative and jurisprudential consensus on some aspects thereof, particularly at the primary education level. It is essential to determine the relational framework of these spheres with the disability rights established under the CRPD. The thesis finds that the CRPD does in fact redefine the parameters of the right to education as previously understood in international human rights instruments. Particularly, the expanded aims of education under article 24 call for education systems that recognise non-academic learning, such as the development of the talents or creativity of the learner. This provision is particularly significant to the child with disabilities. Also, while not establishing an entirely new right, the principles under article 24(2) establish actionable sub-entitlements that enhance the justiciability right to education for children with disabilities. However, it is apparent from the comparative studies that it is the implementation of these provisions that presents the greatest challenge for the realisation of primary education for children with disabilities. This suggests that whereas norm creation as under the CRPD may have the value of triggering and sustaining discourse on appropriate responses in the context of the education of children with disabilities, it is the translation of these norms into practical action points that is the determining factor for realization of the right.</p>

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Thesis is focused on possibilities of secondary education of students with mental disabilities and their subsequent employment possibilities in the labor market. The theoretical part of the thesis is discussing basic concepts related to the issue of mental retardation and aspects of education and employment of persons with mental disabilities. The last chapter of the thesis provides an analysis of the current possibilities of secondary education of students with mental disabilities and possibilities of work placement in the Zlín region.