The Promise of Postsecondary Education for Students With Intellectual Disability
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2018AbstractIt is important to consider learners with intellectual disability when seeking to serve all students equitably; so this chapter identifies the ways in which these considerations are becoming increasingly impactful.
Grigal, Meg, Papay, Clare
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Psychopathology and educational attainment of intellectually disabled students
2022This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
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General practitioners’ educational needs in intellectual disability health
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004AbstractBackground The community general practitioner (GP) has a central role in the provision of primary health care to people with intellectual disability (ID) as an indirect result of deinstitutionalization in Australia. This population, however, continues to experience poor health care compared to the general population.
Jenny Morrison+2 more
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Education of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in
AbstractIn the Republic of Slovenia, the concept of inclusion was formally codified with the adoption of the Placement of Children with Special Needs Act (2000, 2007), which calls for inclusive education of students with special needs in settings as close to their homes as possible.
Majda Schmidt, Ivan Brown
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Inclusive Higher Education for College Students with Intellectual Disability
2020Advocacy and public policy have made higher education more accessible for youth with intellectual disability than ever before. This chapter illustrates an exemplary model of inclusive higher education (IHE), successfully being implemented at Vanderbilt University, USA, through the Next Steps at Vanderbilt program. This program provides college students
Elise D. McMillan+10 more
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Belonging to higher education: inclusive education for students with intellectual disabilities
European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016AbstractThe college experience in Iceland has traditionally been reserved for those who have passed the matriculation examination and meet the admission requirements of higher educational institutions. Since 2007, the University of Iceland has offered a Vocational Diploma Programme for people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive settings.
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The Logic of Deferral: Educational Aims and Intellectual Disability
Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2017The educational aims described by educational philosophers rarely embrace the full range of differences in intellectual ability, adaptive behavior, or communication that children exhibit. Because envisioned educational aims have significant consequences for how educational practices, pedagogy, and curricula are conceptualized, the failure to ...
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The Association between Education and Mortality for Adults with Intellectual Disability
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2017Although the relationship between education and mortality is well documented in the general population, it has not been examined for adults with intellectual disability. Informed by fundamental cause theory, I explore the association between education and mortality in a sample of 4,241 adults with intellectual disability from the 1986–2009 National ...
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Beyond Sex and Cooking: Health Education for Individuals With Intellectual Disability
Mental Retardation, 2001Issues of health education programming for people with intellectual disability are discussed. As environments in which such individuals live become more inclusive, and they are encouraged to make their own choices, the issue of whether current health education is sufficient to enable them to make healthy life choices is considered.
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Education and intellectual disability in South Africa
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