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A Phenomenological Study to Examine the Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities who have Successfully Transitioned from High School to College or Career Through their Perceptions of the Impact of Self-determination

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A Phenomenological Study to Examine the Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities who have Successfully Transitioned from High School to College or Career Through their Perceptions of the Impact of Self-determination

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- The Problem Statement - Easy to identify!!!
- The Purpose Statement -
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to examine the lived experiences of students with disabilities who have successfully transitioned from high school to college or career through their perceptions of the impact of self-determination.
- Research Questions -
1.     What are the lived experiences of graduates with disabilities who have successfully transitioned into college or career?

2.     How do graduates with disabilities describe the essence of their lived experiences while preparing to transition from high school?

3.     How do graduates with disabilities describe the ways self-determination education supported their sustained success after high school?

4.     In what ways does self-determination education support and develop the drive to succeed after high school?

5.     How do graduates with disabilities describe the essence of their lived experiences while sharing their disability with college advisors and employers?

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- My Conceptual Framework - Self-determination Theories, Transition Models, Self-determination within the law
- Developing my streams - Choosing to combine the theories into one stream
- More to be done - Develop the third stream and connect to the literature review and revise the summary.

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- Research Design - A qualitative study will be the chosen method used in this research because the goal of the research is to capture the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the study participants in order to try and determine the cause for successful transition outcomes.
- Methodology - This study will be conducted through the lenses of phenomenology.  Phenomenology is the study of lived experience.  The methodology of phenomenology will be the focus, specifically transcendental phenomenology.
- Research Questions Revised -
1.     How do high school graduates with identified high incidence learning disabilities describe the essence of their lived experiences while they prepared to transition from secondary school?

2.     How do high school graduates with identified high incidence learning disabilities describe the opportunities to learn about and develop skills in the areas of self-determination while in secondary school?

3.     How do high school graduates with identified high incidence learning disabilities describe the impact of self-determination education on their experiences and successes beyond secondary school?

4.     How do high school graduates with identified high incidence learning disabilities describe the relationship between their education of self-determination and their eventual drive to succeed beyond secondary school?

5.     How do students with identified high incidence learning disabilities describe the relationship between their education in self-determination with their interest in and ability to self-advocate beyond secondary school?

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