Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College Students
This study examined how faculty who teach in specialized undergraduate programs for autistic college students approach self-advocacy teaching. Test et al.’s (2005) conceptual framework of self-advocacy was used as a lens to investigate this topic. Through ten semi-structured interviews, seven theme...
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This study examined how faculty who teach in specialized undergraduate programs for autistic college students approach self-advocacy teaching. Test et al.’s (2005) conceptual framework of self-advocacy was used as a lens to investigate this topic. Through ten semi-structured interviews, seven themes emerged to address two research questions: (a) improve students’ learning skills; (b) support students’ career development; (c) improve students’ executive functioning skills; (d) improve students’ transition skills, (e) use flexible classrooms to support students; (f) support students’ skills development; and (g) develop students’ self-awareness skills. The discussions highlight the challenges, approaches, and conceptual implementations of the findings, within the broader literature, on faculty approaches to students' development of self-advocacy skills.
Keywords: Faculty, autistic college student development, self-advocacy, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specialized academic programs, and higher education.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d6e4a03c04542ae8fd6f56eb548eafc2025-08-20T03:52:38ZengUniversity of WindsorJournal of Teaching and Learning1911-82792025-05-0119210.22329/jtl.v19i2.8691Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College StudentsAbdul-Hakeem Imoro0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5962-953XThe John Hopkins University This study examined how faculty who teach in specialized undergraduate programs for autistic college students approach self-advocacy teaching. Test et al.’s (2005) conceptual framework of self-advocacy was used as a lens to investigate this topic. Through ten semi-structured interviews, seven themes emerged to address two research questions: (a) improve students’ learning skills; (b) support students’ career development; (c) improve students’ executive functioning skills; (d) improve students’ transition skills, (e) use flexible classrooms to support students; (f) support students’ skills development; and (g) develop students’ self-awareness skills. The discussions highlight the challenges, approaches, and conceptual implementations of the findings, within the broader literature, on faculty approaches to students' development of self-advocacy skills. Keywords: Faculty, autistic college student development, self-advocacy, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specialized academic programs, and higher education. https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/8691Self-Advocacy SkillsAutistic College StudentsUndergraduate |
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| title | Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College Students |
| title_full | Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College Students |
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| title_short | Approaches to Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills in Specialized Undergraduate Programs For Autistic College Students |
| title_sort | approaches to teaching self advocacy skills in specialized undergraduate programs for autistic college students |
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