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ERIC Number: EJ529424
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
Packing the Parachute: Parents' Experiences as Their Children Prepare to Leave High School.
Whitney-Thomas, Jean; Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl
Exceptional Children, v63 n1 p75-87 Fall 1996
A study compared the experience of parents of children with disabilities (n=93) and parents of children without disabilities (n=111) as their children prepared to leave high school. Parents of children with disabilities were more likely to be pessimistic and feel greater discomfort about the children's transition from school. (CR)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, High School Graduates, Maturity (Individuals), Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent School Relationship, Secondary Education, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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