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Topics: Research & Data
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Topics: Research & DataEmployment is one of many possible outcome measures, but one that is typically used as an indicator for the ability to live independently, attain financial stability, and maintain a quality of life that is aligned with one’s goals.
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Topics: Other Access Topics
Summer programs can offer a variety of enrichment activities that encourage students to grow and thrive through meaningful participation.
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Topics: Mental Health & Well-Being, Research & Data
Mental health professionals and researchers have worked to address the lack of evidence-based, culturally relevant, and accessible approaches to mental health services for deaf individuals.
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Topics: Transition
Transition is the process all students go through as they move from a high school setting to what lies beyond. Transition programs assist students and their parents as they plan for life after high school in a proactive and coordinated way. An effective transition program provides students with the tools and the confidence to assume responsibility for their educational and employment decisions as they move into adulthood.
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Topics: Legal/Policy, Testing
The 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing significantly elevated the importance of fairness in testing.
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Topics: Testing
Assessment accommodations are changes in testing materials or procedures that lessen barriers to access but do not change the test construct, or what the test is intended to measure. Deaf individuals are diverse with varying needs.
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Topics: Research & Data
The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) conducted a root cause analysis of current data and existing literature to identify four underlying root causes that affect postsecondary outcomes for deaf people:
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Topics: Research & DataThis report is based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) data collected from 2012-2016 and provides both national and state statistics, including District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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Topics: Research & Data
Strengthening community networks and connections increases social capital, the advantage gained through relationships and social networks. Social capital can help individuals navigate complex school and workplace situations.
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Topics: Research & Data
The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes conducted a review of the literature on practices that address root causes of challenges to deaf individuals' postsecondary attainment and identified five key impact areas. Evidence-based summaries of each of the five key impact areas are included in the document.
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Topics: Mental Health & Well-Being, Research & Data
Late-deafened individuals experience a variety of challenges navigating the postsecondary environment due to a variety of internal and external factors. This document summarizes the research related to postsecondary outcomes for late-deafened individuals.
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Topics: Research & Data
This study used criteria from the What Works Clearinghouse to assess the quality of single-case design studies in research with deaf populations.
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Topics: Deaf 101, Research & Data
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the most current data on employment trends and trajectories for deaf individuals in the United States, serving as a resource for community members, advocates, educators, researchers, and policymakers.
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Topics: Deaf 101, Research & Data
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the most current data on educational attainment trends and trajectories for deaf individuals in the United States, serving as a resource for community members, educators, researchers, and policymakers.
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Topics: Transition
Having high expectations for deaf individuals' postsecondary success means believing in their capability to succeed and not believing their opportunities are limited due to being deaf. These high expectations are important as deaf youth navigate the transition from high school to postsecondary education or training.
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