Download or read book Attitudes Toward Accommodations and Academic Well being of College Students with Disabilities written by Alex Elizabeth Troccoli and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attitudes of Third year College Students Toward Individuals with Disabilities written by Joseph G. Esposito and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in attitudes towards people with disabilities of third-year college students enrolled in health care majors and non-health care majors. BACKGROUND: A person's perception of a person with a disability may directly affect the quality of care that a person with a disability may receive. Language affects how people are perceived. Using person-first language can perpetuate positive attitudes towards individuals with disabilities. SUBJECTS: One hundred and eighty-nine third-year Springfield College students enrolled in a major served as subjects. Demographics such as age, sex, major, religion, and exposure to people with disabilities were obtained. METHODS: Surveys were distributed to third- year students. The survey contained pictures of 7 people with physical disabilities and a response sheet. Responses to each picture were limited to 2 sentences or less. A demographic questionnaire was also administered. ANALYSIS: A demographic profile of the subjects was obtained through descriptive statistics. The average age of the sample population was 20.45 years and consisted of 50.8% males and 49.2% females. Health care majors were accountable for 27.5% ofthe sample population while non-health care majors accounted for 72.5%. Level of exposure to people with disabilities of the sample population was 30.7% once or twice a week, 27% a few times a year, 24.3% three or more times a week, 13.2% twice a month, and 4.8% rarely, if ever. Answers to the survey were reviewed by two of the researchers using the Use of First Person Language Scale (UPFLS). A Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine any differences between health care majors and non-health care majors in respect to attitudes towards people with disabilities. A second Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine differences in UPFLS between genders. A Spearman-Rho test was used to evaluate correlation between exposure to people with disabilities and use of person-first language. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in UPFLS between students in health care and non-health care majors (Z score -1.855). Therefore, the authors fail to reject the null hypothesis, which stated that there is no difference in attitudes toward people with disabilities between students in health care and non-health care majors. A significant difference was found in UPFLS between females and males (Z score -2.225). No correlation was found between exposure to people with disabilities and UPFLS (r = 0.15). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: No significant difference in attitudes toward people with disabilities was found between third-year college students of health care and non-health care majors. Students at Springfield College in health care majors were found to have similar attitudes toward people with disabilities as students in non-health care majors. Female subjects had significantly more positive attitudes toward people with disabilities than males. Prior research studying contributing factors to attitudes toward people with disabilities have varying results in choice of major and gender. Research has also shown that the use of disabling language by health care workers can lead to decreased rehabilitation outcomes. Departments of health care majors at colleges and universities may prepare more sensitive, positive, and effective health care workers through the integration of education and exposure to person first language.
Download or read book The Attitudes of College Students Without Disabilities Toward College Students with Disabilities with Respect to the Academic Accommodation Process written by Adam H. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Educational Modules on Attitudes Towards Disabilities written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The researchers in this study were interested in the effect of educational modules on student's ratings of appropriateness and fairness of 10 different accommodations offered at the college level. Researchers were also interested in investigating if these modules would affect individual's scores on the Social Distance Scale to evaluate levels of stigma towards mental health. Researchers surveyed 150 college students at a large South Eastern University and found that individuals rated accommodations as higher than neutral in fairness and appropriateness overall, but did not find a difference in students who read the modules and students who did not. Researchers also did not find a significant difference in individual Social Distance Scores when comparing groups who read the educational modules and those who did not. Analysis did reveal differences between specific accommodations that participants rated as more appropriate and fair, and found differences in which Social Distance questions participants were "willing" to engage in with individuals with mental health concerns.
Download or read book Beyond Access written by Kathleen Monagle and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of students with disabilities attending college has skyrocketed since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. However, the success of college students with disabilities has not kept pace with the increased access to college for such students. Despite the positive impact of accommodation usage on students' academic success, many students with disabilities are not availing themselves of this opportunity. The need to understand why college students with disabilities are not requesting the accommodations to which they are entitled is a question of critical importance. Institutions need more information about the factors that influence a student's decision to use accommodations in college. This quantitative correlational study used an electronic survey to examine factors that may influence students' decision to use accommodations. Data was analyzed through the use of chi square analysis and logistic regression. Four variables were found to have a significant influence on students' decision to use accommodations: (1) year in school; (2) major; (3) disability category; and (4) attitude toward requesting accommodations, as measured by the ATRA scale (Barnard-Brak, et al., 2009). Students who were more likely to use accommodations: were in their second year of school; were in non-STEM majors; reported multiple disabilities; and (not surprisingly), possessed a more positive attitude toward the use of accommodations. The information learned may be used to inform policies and procedures to support the success of college students with disabilities.
Download or read book Allies for Inclusion Disability and Equity in Higher Education written by Karen A. Myers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an overview of students with disabilities in postsecondary institutions and the importance of allies in their lives. It is a call to action for faculty, staff, and administrators in all facets of higher education, and emphasizes the shared responsibility toward students with disabilities and toward creating meaningful change. This monograph begins with a look into the future of disability education. How will students create their own identities? Will there be a need for disability accommodations or will a universally designed world eliminate that current necessity? It also looks at the past, with discussions of disability legislation such as the ADA of 1990, the impact of Supreme Court decisions, descriptions of college students with disabilities, and the paradigm shift from the medical “deficit” model of disability to one that focuses on the individual’s lived experience as a social construct. Drawing on theoretical frameworks in multiple disciplines, disability identity development is explained, ally development is defined, and disability services are explored. The monograph ends with a discussion of where disability education is now and how faculty, staff, and administrators will continue to be allies of inclusion for students in the years to come. This is the 5th issue of the 39th volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.
Download or read book Disability Awareness written by Aubrey G. Culp and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this dissertation, two studies were conducted. Study one examined if self-efficacy differed based on knowledge, attitudes, sex, major, education level, and experience with disability among college students enrolled in health education courses. Study two examined the effect of self-efficacy, sex, major, education level, and experience with disability on disability-related behaviors and intentions among college students. Study One Abstract Background: People with disabilities (PWD) are at risk for poor health due, in part, to limited access to health-related services including access to relative health promotion and education information and programming. Research indicates that inadequate knowledge, poor attitudes, and low self-efficacy among health professionals limits their ability to effectively work with this population. Purpose: This study assessed knowledge and attitudes about disabilities and identified factors that impact self-efficacy toward PWD among college students. Methods: Data from a prior pilot survey study was utilized. The pilot assessed disability-related knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, self-efficacy, and intentions among 146 college students enrolled in health education courses. Results: Multivariate analyses revealed that self-efficacy was influenced by attitudes but not by knowledge, sex, education level, major, or experience with disability. More specifically, students who had more positive attitudes toward PWD reported feeling significantly more confident in performing disability-related activities than students who had negative attitudes toward PWD. Discussion: Study findings and the recommendations provided should be considered when creating curricula and professional development opportunities to improve disability awareness and competence among health educators. Study Two AbstractBackground: Research indicates that poor attitudes, negative behaviors, and undesirable intentions among health professionals hinders them from providing appropriate and accessible health promotion and education resources to people with disabilities (PWD). Purpose: This study examined college students' disability-related behaviors and intentions based on self-efficacy, sex, education level, major, and experience with disability. Methods: This study utilized data from a previous pilot study of 146 students that completed a disability awareness survey assessing knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, self-efficacy, and intentions toward PWD were examined. Results: Analyses revealed significant differences in behaviors and intentions toward PWD based on self-efficacy, sex, and experience with disability. Specifically, students displaying more positive behaviors and positive intentions reported high self-efficacy, experience with PWD (family member, friend, lived, and/or worked), and were female. Discussion: These findings serve as a starting point for understanding factors influencing health educators' disability-related behaviors and intentions and should be considered in efforts to increase disability awareness and skills in the profession. Educational and skill building strategies focusing on these factors were discussed.
Download or read book Accommodations Or Just Good Teaching written by Bonnie M. Hodge and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-10-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-five teaching practitioners in higher education collaborated to provide this resource about the accommodation process for students with disabilities in the college classroom. It provides the educator with concrete teaching strategies for addressing the individual needs of students and a model illustrating the components necessary for student success. Additionally, to provide pertinent information about disabilities to others in higher education, the subchapters are grouped into eight areas that disabilities can impact in the learning process: attention, concentration, and memory difficulties; chronic health problems; hearing impairments and deafness; integrative processing difficulties; mobility impairments or motor control difficulties; social behavior disorders or difficulties with consistent performance; speech and language difficulties; and visual impairments or blindness. Since the accommodation process is reinforced by federal law, the book also contains highlights of the law and how it relates directly to faculty responsibility. As a result of this, expectations of faculty are increased and teaching practices involving accommodation efforts result in more access to education by more students.
Download or read book Accommodation Strategies for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities written by Stephen James Bigaj and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of Attitudes Toward Academic Accommodations for Undergraduate Learning Disabled Students at a Private Comprehensive University written by Terrence M. Curran and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attitudes of First year College Students Toward Individuals with Disabilities written by Jamie M. Bafaro and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of first-year college students toward people with disabilities and to compare the attitudes of students in majors with direct patient care to those students who were not. SUBJECTS: Participants included 187 students between the ages of 18 and 20 who were entering their first year of college at Springfield College in Springfield, MA. Subjects were excluded from the study if they were less than 18 years of age or if they failed to fully complete the survey packet. METHODS: Subjects were provided with 7 pictures of individuals with physical disabilities. They provided a written response to what they saw in no more than 2 sentences for each. A demographic questionnaire was also completed that included age, sex, race, and level of exposure to disabilities. The response sheet was scored independently by two of the researchers and a total score, ranging between 0 and 7, was given using the Use of Person-First Language Scale (UPFLS). ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics obtained a demographic profile of the subjects. Males made up 54.5% of the sample population; 45.5% were females. Race/Ethnicity consisted of3.2% African American, 1.6% Asian, 92.5% Caucasian, .5% Hispanic, and 2.1% 'other'. Health Science Majors made up 19.8% of the population and 80.2% were Non Health Science Majors. Of those sampled 51.8% reported being exposed to disability through media, 86.1 % reported having been exposed through a few interactions with people with a disability, 29.9% reported having a mend or a relative with a disability, I person lived with someone with a disability, and I person had a disability. A Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare usage of person first language between indicated majors. A two way ANOVA was performed to identify an interaction affect between sexes within major. Secondary analysis on data was done using a Mann-Whitney U test to evaluate the difference in use of person first language between males and females. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the use of person first language between Health Science and Non Health Science Majors (Z Score -0.989). The Authors fail to reject the null hypothesis, which stated there would be no difference in the usage of PFL between health science majors and non health science majors. A significant difference was seen in the UPFLS score between males and females (Z Score -3.507). Males had an average score (0- 7) of 2.52, females scored an average of 3.76. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: While no difference was found between health science and non health science majors, the total use of PFL was found to be generally poor. Also, female health science majors demonstrated the highest mean UPFLS score (3.91) and male health science majors had the lowest mean UPFLS Score (2.43). With this in mind, prior research has shown that education and exposure are the two key elements to improving attitudes and the use of PFL. Research has also shown that when health care workers use disabling language they can impair an individual's rehabilitation potential. By incorporating education and exposure into their curricula, higher learning institutions may produce more prepared, sensitive, and most importantly, effective health care providers.
Download or read book Attitudes and Accommodation Practices of University Health Professions Faculty Toward Students with Learning Disabilities written by Joanne Jackson Foss and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book College Student Attitudes Towards Accommodations and Accessibility of Students with Disabilities written by Allison D. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Students with Disabilities in Higher Education written by Mannigay Shaila Rao and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes and Willingness to Accommodate College Students with Disabilities written by Tameka Veronique Gardner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing Peer s Attitudes Towards Accommodations for Disabled Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research on attitudes towards accommodations given to university students with disabilities has examined three groups: Faculty, disabled students, and their non-disabled peers. In general, faculty members have positive attitudes about implementing accommodations as long as they do not drastically change the curriculum. Both disabled and non-disabled students had similar positive attitudes for external disabilities such as visual impairment, cerebral palsy, and brain injury but less positive attitudes towards non-physical disabilities like depression. The purpose of this study was to see if an online educational intervention could change attitudes towards accommodations of disabilities. Participants (N = 122) were divided into four groups: one read a brief educational module on depression, one read a module on Traumatic Brain Injury, one read both the depression and TBI modules, and one read a control. They were then asked to rate the helpfulness of 10 accommodations for students with disabilities on a scale of 1 to 7, 1 being extremely unhelpful and 7 being extremely helpful. They were then asked to rate the fairness of those accommodations on the same scale. There were three disabilities rated: TBI, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and depression. Results showed that there was a significant, positive main effect for fairness among those who read about depression. (F[1,121] = 4.10, p = 0.045, eta-squared = .03). This result shows that even with a modest intervention, attitudes towards accommodations can be changed. All other hypotheses failed to reach significance; however, some possible reasons for this could be the small sample size, the short length of the intervention, and high endorsements of accommodations for students with TBI.
Download or read book University of Iowa Faculty and Students with Disabilities Attitudes Toward Classroom Accommodations written by Lori Ann Culbertson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
