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Clark, Hewitt B., Ed.; Unruh, Deanne K., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
This comprehensive professional handbook will help transition specialists, general and special educators, school psychologists, and administrators support youth and young adults in setting goals and achieving positive outcomes across employment, education, and community settings. Through up-to-date research and in-depth analyses of five successful…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Transitional Programs
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White, Stephen; Bond, Michael R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
Services of two school districts to exceptional students in transition are reviewed. The Great Falls (Montana) model involves a five-year individualized education program, maximum integration, and three phases of paid employment. The Natrona County (Wyoming) program is based on such crucial services as vocational evaluation, community living…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Riches, Vivienne; And Others – 1993
This report summarizes results obtained for the first cohort of students (n=98) with disabilities involved in the pilot Transition Project begun in 1989 in New South Wales (Australia). Students were in either special schools (56 percent), special classes in regular high schools (40 percent), or integrated regular settings (3.5 percent). Of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Gordon, Elizabeth; Goldbach, Robert L. – 1990
The report documents the follow-up of mentally retarded school completers in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) area, begun with parents/guardians of students who completed their special education programs in 1985-86 (N=73) and also in 1986-87 (N=60) and preliminary follow-up of a 1990 cohort (N=102). Findings for the first two groups are reported in…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Georgia Univ., Athens. Roosevelt Warm Springs Inst. for Rehabilitation. – 1997
This guide lists organizations, centers, and sources of information relating to adolescents in transition and adults with learning disabilities and attention disorders. Addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and a short description of each organization, center, or other information sources are provided to help readers identify…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1997
This guide evaluates more than 130 training curricula that were published or completed in or after 1987 and are targeted to training direct service staff or trainers of direct service staff working with people with developmental disabilities. The reviews are organized alphabetically by publisher. Topics and issues that were used to categorize the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems