FREE ESSAY ON CULTURE AND CLASS IN THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD OF YOUTH WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS

CULTURE AND CLASS IN THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD OF YOUTH WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Carrie Saetermoe, PI
Requirements for Credit Participation
In order to clarify the expectations of researchers on this project and to make it easier
for you to know your grade status, we have established specific criteria for graded
participation in our project. Thank you very much for your cooperation with this policy.
For each unit of Psychology 498 or 499 that you take, you must engage in 45 hours of
project participation. In order to get credit for your hours, you must complete a time
sheet every other Friday of the semester. If you are more than 2 weeks late, you will not
receive credit for your hours. I apologize if this seems harsh. I have had great
difficulty in assigning fair grades to those of you who do not let me know about all of
the good work that you're doing! THANKS! Notices will be posted in the lab about due
dates and time sheets will be made available outside of the lab.
Culture and Class in the Transition to Adulthood of Youth with Medical Conditions
At the end of the semester, students are required to turn in a summary activity sheet.
This will let us know what you've been doing and permit me to assign fair grades.
Students can participate in several activities. Really rough estimates of the time each
activity takes are noted. 
Rules for participation:
1. Any activity related to the project counts - home visits, transcriptions,
double-checking, meetings, preparation for conferences and papers, reading, data entry,
etc. You may count up to one hour for travel to a home visit, but no more than one hour.
2. Students must go on at least one home visit each semester unless arrangements have
been made directly with Carrie before the middle of the semester (7th week). Home visits
are estimated to take approximately 8-10 hours.
3. Students must transcribe at least one audiotape and one double-checking must be
completed each semester. Transcription of Spanish tapes is estimated to take
approximately 14 hours, English tapes, 7-9 hours. Double-checking should take
approximately 1-2 hours.
There are many other activities in the lab. Please see Desiree for further information or
e-mail her at desiree.m.despues@csun.edu. We are always in need of good workers!
A statement from Carrie:
1. To learn the factors that predict successful transition to adulthood of youth with
disabilities. Most of us are lucky to be able-bodied people. We are attempting to study
the causes of the inequities that people with disabilities face in high school
graduation, college participation, social participation, and psychological adjustment.
Your contributions helps people with disabilities!
2. To provide students with a research opportunity. This opportunity provides you with
knowledge about disabilities and methodology, research-related skills, a letter of
recommendation, conference and published papers, and acclimates students to the research
process. These skills are invaluable in getting into graduate school as well as in
work-related settings.
I realize that we are all very busy. Therefore, it is important that expectations from
both sides are clear. If I can do anything for you at all, or you'd like to be involved
in the project in another way, please speak with me directly (e-mail is usually the best
bet for your first contact). I want to mentor you, but you have to let me know what you
need. Please consider me approachable (there are no stupid questions) regarding all
aspects of your academic and professional progress including course choice, internships,
and others.
Culture and Class in the Transition to Adulthood of Youth with Medical Conditions
Carrie Saetermoe, PI
ACTIVITY LOG
Thanks for your cooperation with this process! Please use more than one form if needed.
This form is due on the last day of classes of each semester. I recommend that you keep
your form with you at all times OR keep it in the lab. We can make a spot where people
keep their updated logs.
Name __________________________________________________________
Semester _______________________________________________________
# units taken ____________________________________________________
Home visits - list dates and specific information regarding the hours related to home
visits (including preparation, up to 1 hour of travel, home visit, and post-visit
activity).
1. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Specifically state hours and activities 
2. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Specifically state hours and activities 
3. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Specifically state hours and activities 
4. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Specifically state hours and activities 
5. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Specifically state hours and activities 
Transcriptions
1. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
2. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
3. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Double-checking
1. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
2. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
3. Date: ___________ Family # ________ # hours spent __________
Other activities
For other activities, provide a summary of each category with dates and times. If you
need to make up a new category, that's fine, just be clear about what you did! For each
category, write the dates, times, and, if appropriate, what you did. 
Categories of other -- Data entry, data preparation, data analysis, qualitative coding,
reading, meeting, library work, training new researchers, helping other researchers (say
what kind of help), making telephone calls, participant recruitment, writing paper,
presenting research at conference.