Exploring Possibilities: Effective Educational Approaches to Improve Outcomes for Marginalized Youth From Birth to Adulthood

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Education is a transformative process, a pathway starting at birth and continuing through the lifespan. For many youth the pathway is not always clear or continuous. In particular, improving outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse youth, students with disabilities, and other youth at the margins will require a paradigm shift and greater accountability at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to truly facilitate change to improve outcomes, policymakers and educators must be willing to examine the legal and historical contexts that have impacted these students’ opportunity and access to experience in-school and post-school success. Through iterative discussion this panel will explore empirical evidence to build a comprehensive, connected, and fluid birth to adult transition continuum for marginalized youth.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Studies of diversity and variation within social contexts of education

Chair

• Antonio Latrell Ellis, Howard University

Papers

• Improving Outcomes for Marginalized Youth: Social-Emotional Learning in Elementary School and Beyond - Renee L Garraway, Bowie State University

• Linking Evidence-Based Practices from Birth to Adulthood - Improving Transitions, Collaboration, and Outcomes for All - Sondra Stegenga, University of Oregon

• Endless Potential: Preparing English Learners for Postsecondary Options - Kia McDaniel, Bowie State University

• Exploring Practices That Support Postsecondary Transition Services for Middle School English Learners with Disabilities - Carlette Chenelle Bethea, Howard University

• Fostering Self-Determination in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth - Consuela Robinson, Prince George's County Public Schools

Discussant

• Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland - College Park