Secondary Special Education and Transition from School to Work: A National Priority.

Rusch, Frank R.; Phelps, L. Allen

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Publication Date: 1987

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Secondary Special Education and Transition from School to Work: A National Priority.

Rusch, Frank R.; Phelps, L. Allen

Exceptional Children, v53 n6 p487-92 Apr 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 Institute are presented. (Author)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Problems, Government Role, Public Policy, Secondary Education, Transitional Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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