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- Title: Promoting Transition Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities: The Value of Mentoring (Report)
- Author : Creative Education
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 247 KB
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Introduction Modern society is so complex that youth often need the "expert help" of knowledgeable adults to develop healthy identities and successfully transition to adulthood (Hebert, 2001). The need for such adult support is particularly evident for youth with disabilities, who face greater difficulties in negotiating the transition process than their peers without disabilities. In addition to the various challenges associated with specific disabilities, nearly all youth with disabilities must also contend with social experiences of stigmatization and discrimination that may restrict their participation in normative school and community activities and thereby negatively impact their development of healthy identities (Gliedman & Roth, 1980).