Career and College Readiness for Grades 6 and 7: Promoting Self-Awareness

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Readiness ◽  
Self Awareness

“Learning to Be Myself”: Paths 2 the Future Career Development Curriculum for Young Women With Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Lindstrom ◽  
Kara A. Hirano ◽  
Angela Ingram ◽  
David S. DeGarmo ◽  
Cindy Post
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Women With Disabilities ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Career Options

Young women with disabilities often experience limited career options and opportunities. This study provides an overview and preliminary results from the “Paths 2 the Future” (P2F) curriculum designed to meet the unique career development needs of young women with disabilities. P2F includes 75 lessons covering topics of self-awareness, disability knowledge, gender identity, and career and college readiness. Survey data were collected from young women with learning, health, intellectual, and emotional disabilities who participated in the curriculum in four high schools ( N = 49). Paired sample t tests documented significant improvements from pretest to posttest scores for disability and gender awareness, vocational skills self-efficacy, self-realization, and an overall career development construct. Focus groups were conducted to gather feedback on participant experiences. Young women in the focus groups noted the unique benefits of a “girls only” class and described increases in self-awareness and personal empowerment.

Practioner Reflection That Enhances Interprofessional Collaborative Practices for Serving Children Who Are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina M. Blaiser ◽  
Mary Ellen Nevins
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Interprofessional Teams ◽  
Client Care

Interprofessional collaboration is essential to maximize outcomes of young children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH). Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, educators, developmental therapists, and parents need to work together to ensure the child's hearing technology is fit appropriately to maximize performance in the various communication settings the child encounters. However, although interprofessional collaboration is a key concept in communication sciences and disorders, there is often a disconnect between what is regarded as best professional practice and the self-work needed to put true collaboration into practice. This paper offers practical tools, processes, and suggestions for service providers related to the self-awareness that is often required (yet seldom acknowledged) to create interprofessional teams with the dispositions and behaviors that enhance patient/client care.

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