Children left behind: An examination of the effects of a school counselor coordinated career development program and student and contextual factors on the post-secondary educational plans of students with learning disabilities

Lamm, Cindy Robins

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Children left behind: An examination of the effects of a school counselor coordinated career development program and student and contextual factors on the post-secondary educational plans of students with learning disabilities

Lamm, Cindy Robins

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The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the relationship between diploma status, disability status, family configuration, socio-economic status, IQ function, race, participation in a career development program coordinated by the school counselor, and post-secondary educational plans among students with learning disabilities. A further purpose of this study was to assess the educational experiences of students with learning disabilities relative to their post-secondary educational outcomes. to explore these questions, this study used a constructionist theoretical framework as a implemented in Social Cognitive Career Theory. The participants for this study included high school graduates from the years 2001 through 2007 from a rural high school in the southeastern United States. The majority of participants included students who were economically disadvantaged, African-Americans, and first-generation college students. Results indicated that a career development program coordinated by the school counselor made a significant difference in post-secondary educational plans of students with learning disabilities included in the study. Qualitative results based on student interviews revealed perceived barriers, strategies for coping with a stigmatized identity, preferred teacher attributes, and the importance of a supportive and positive educational infrastructure for building self-efficacy and increasing the likelihood of post-secondary educational planning of students with learning disabilities.

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2008-01-01

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Education

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https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.25774/w4-mf8k-z631

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https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/5013

Children left behind: An examination of the effects of a school counselor coordinated career development program and student and contextual factors on the post-secondary educational plans of students with learning disabilities

Lamm, Cindy Robins

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