ERIC Number: EJ920952
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 13
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Cutting-Edge: Integrating Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities into a 4-Year Liberal Arts College
Hafner, Dedra; Moffatt, Courtney; Kisa, Nutullah
Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, v34 n1 p18-30 May 2011
Cutting-Edge provides inclusion in college for students with intellectual disabilities (SWID). Cutting-Edge students attended college by taking undergraduate courses, resided in student housing, and engaged in student-life events as well as pursued community service, internships and employment. Undergraduate students were the best means to teach Cutting-Edge students about appropriate social activities and interactions. Undergraduate students were paired with Cutting-Edge students as peer mentors to teach Cutting-Edge students how to fit into the social network on campus. While attending the college, 79% of Cutting-Edge students lived away from their parents. Undergraduate students were surveyed about how comfortable they feel about being around SWID, and 96% indicated they either felt comfortable (59%) or very comfortable (37%). (Contains 7 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, College Housing, Social Networks, Liberal Arts, Access to Education, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Dormitories, Peer Relationship, Interaction, Friendship, Private Colleges, Program Development, Self Determination, Administrator Role, Teacher Role, Employment Level, Program Evaluation
SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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