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The Postsecondary Transition Experience for Young Adults with Traumatic Brain Injuries

Kramer, Michaela M.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3165-6419
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438621743

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2015, Specialist in Education (Ed.S.), University of Dayton, School Psychology.
Students who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may experience a number of cognitive, academic, behavioral, social, emotional, and physical consequences. These consequences often present challenges for students transitioning from high school to a postsecondary setting. The present study involved interviews of three young adults who had sustained a TBI and their parents to gain a deeper understanding of the postsecondary transition experiences of young adults who have persistent problems related to a TBI. This study also examined the participants’ perceptions of challenges, as well as factors that facilitated a successful transition. The young adults, all of whom were enrolled as college students at the time of the study, reported significant challenges with attention and focus, fatigue, short-term memory, and social situations. Parents reported their young adult children having significant challenges with fatigue and social situations; they also reported more prior injuries (repeated injuries) than the young adult participants. Suggestions are made for school-based practice to promote strategies and services that might support this population of students as they transition to a postsecondary setting.
Susan Davies, Ed.D. (Committee Chair)
Elana Bernstein, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Molly Schaller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
104 p.
Counseling Education; Counseling Psychology; Education; Educational Psychology; Higher Education; Psychology; School Counseling
Postsecondary; college; transition; young adults; traumatic brain injury; TBI

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  • Kramer, M. M. (2015). The Postsecondary Transition Experience for Young Adults with Traumatic Brain Injuries [Electronic thesis or dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438621743

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kramer, Michaela. The Postsecondary Transition Experience for Young Adults with Traumatic Brain Injuries. 2015. University of Dayton, Electronic thesis or dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438621743.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kramer, Michaela. "The Postsecondary Transition Experience for Young Adults with Traumatic Brain Injuries." Electronic thesis or dissertation, University of Dayton, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1438621743

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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