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Secondary Special Education and Transition from School to Work: A National Priority.
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Rusch, Frank R.; Phelps, L. Allen – Exceptional Children, 1987
The economic, educational, and community adjustment difficulties of youth with handicaps are reviewed in the context of historical antecedents and of the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services' transition initiative. The conceptual and organizational frameworks for the University of Illinois' federally sponsored Transition…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Problems
Implementing Federal Transition Initiatives for Youths with Severe Handicaps: The Utah Community-Based Transition Project.
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Hardman, Michael; McDonnell, John – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article describes the Utah Community-Based Transition Project, a federally funded project on transition planning for severely disabled youth. The planning process is aimed at facilitating coordination and expansion of community services for each graduate. Barriers facing states as they attempt to implement effective transition planning models…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Assessing Transition Service for Handicapped Youth: A Cooperative Interagency Approach.
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Stodden, Robert A.; Boone, Rosalie – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article presents a cooperative interagency approach for assessing effectiveness of programs and services to facilitate the transition of handicapped students from school to adult community living. Features of the model include cooperative planning at the policy level, implementation level, and direct service level; and collaboration by state…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
The School and Community Partnership: Planning Transition for Students with Severe Handicaps.
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Peters, Joyce M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
The Teaching Research Transition Planning Project (Oregon) is implementing and evaluating the development of school/community teams to facilitate transition of handicapped students into the community. Preliminary evaluation results support the value of an outside stimulus to encourage collaboration, locally generated plans, and policy decision…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Transition: Old Wine in New Bottles.
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Halpern, Andrew S. – Exceptional Children, 1992
The 1980s movement for improved transition of handicapped youth from school to work is considered in light of similar previous movements: (1) the career education movement of the 1970s and (2) the work/study movement of the 1960s. The influence of broad social issues (such as educational reform) on outcomes for the transition movement is stressed.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Transition Policies, Practices, and Promises: Lessons from Three States.
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Furney, Katharine S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship