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Purpose/objective: People with disabilities often achieve lower educational attainments and face worse employment outcomes compared to the general population, a disparity partially due to the insufficient development of self-advocacy skills in academic and professional environments where targeted interventions are limited. This study designed and evaluated a 6-week self-advocacy program (SAP) enhanced with solution-focused brief therapy techniques for college students with disabilities (SWDs).
Research method/design: A program evaluation on process and outcomes was conducted using a pilot randomized controlled trial with college SWD (n = 28). Process evaluations included feasibility, fidelity, and acceptability, whereas the preliminary impact was determined by comparing the outcome assessments of SAP and the control groups.
Results: Process findings indicated that the SAP was conducted as planned, with facilitators effectively employing solution-focused techniques. The program gained traction among SWD and proved feasible for implementation in college settings. SWD reported satisfaction with their participation and shared SAP's strengths as well as areas for improvement. Results indicated that SAP significantly increased SWDs' confidence in disclosing their disabilities and requesting accommodations in the workplace compared to their peers in the waitlist control group. However, no group differences were observed in self-advocacy and self-determination.
Conclusions/implications: The findings suggest that SAP offers benefits in various aspects of self-advocacy for college SWD, informing future implementations of SAP or similar initiatives targeting this group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
目的/目标：与普通人相比，残障人士的受教育程度往往较低，就业情况也较差，造成这种差异的部分原因是他们在学术和职业环境中的自我倡导技能发展不足，而有针对性的干预措施又十分有限。本研究设计并评估了一项为期 6 周的自我倡导计划（SAP），该计划采用了针对残疾大学生（SWDs）的简短疗法（Solution-focused Brief Therapy）技术：研究方法/设计：通过对大学生残障人士（n = 28）进行试点随机对照试验，对项目的过程和结果进行评估。过程评估包括可行性、忠实性和可接受性，而初步影响则通过比较 SAP 组和对照组的结果评估来确定：过程评估结果表明，SAP 计划按计划进行，主持人有效地运用了以解决问题为中心的技巧。该计划得到了社会弱势群体的认可，并证明了在大学环境中实施该计划的可行性。社工们对自己的参与表示满意，并分享了 SAP 的优点和需要改进的地方。结果表明，与候补对照组的同龄人相比，SAP 明显提高了社会弱势群体在工作场所披露其残疾情况和要求提供便利的信心。然而，在自我主张和自我决定方面，没有观察到任何群体差异：研究结果表明，SAP 在自我倡导的各个方面为大学生社残提供了益处，为今后实施 SAP 或针对该群体的类似计划提供了参考。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved）。
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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