Exploring Parents' Views on Supporting Their College Student With an Intellectual Disability to Develop Agency

College opportunities now exist for young adults with intellectual disability. Because of this, it is common for these individuals' parents to express a desire for increased student agency (Miller et al., 2018). Yet, little is known about how parents feel about how to best support agency develo...

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Published inThe School community journal Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 159 - 182
Main Authors Hill, Rebecca B Smith, Plotner, Anthony, Stinnett, Chelsea VanHorn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln Academic Development Institute 01.04.2024
Subjects
Children & youth
College students
Community colleges
Employment
Families & family life
Higher education
Intellectual disabilities
Learning
Parent Child Relationship
Parent participation
Parents & parenting
People with disabilities
Student Experience
Students with disabilities
Young adults
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Summary:College opportunities now exist for young adults with intellectual disability. Because of this, it is common for these individuals' parents to express a desire for increased student agency (Miller et al., 2018). Yet, little is known about how parents feel about how to best support agency development for their young adult child. In the current study, authors surveyed 64 parents with a student attending an inclusive postsecondary education program to examine their perceived level of confidence related to supporting their student in developing agency. Further, we looked at parents' responses to their perception of the most important skills related to supporting agency development. Findings showed that parents felt least confident in supporting students' financial independence and felt supporting navigation of intimate relationships to be least important. Implications for practice and directions for future research are presented.
ISSN:1059-308X