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Family Service Use and Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
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Michael Levere; Todd Honeycutt; Gina Livermore; Arif Mamun; Karen Katz – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
Families of youth with disabilities often access services to promote youth's transitions to adulthood. Such services can be oriented toward the youth or family. Using descriptive statistics and regression modeling of survey and administrative data, we explored patterns of service use and the association between outcomes for 9,013 U.S. youth with…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Youth, Disabilities, Family Involvement
The Impact of Pre-Employment Transition and Individualized Vocational Rehabilitation Services on Employment Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
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Joshua P. Taylor; Holly N. Whittenburg; Lauren Avellone; Yazmin Castruita Rios; Sara Park; Marcus Poppen; Tim Tansey – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
Despite increased attention by policymakers to improve postsecondary employment outcomes, rates of entry into the competitive workforce for transition-age youth with disabilities continue to lag behind those of their peers without disabilities. The passing of the U.S. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 provided increased…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Individualized Programs, Disabilities, Youth Employment
Mapping the Landscape of Postsecondary Transition Experimental Research: A 10-Year Review of CDTEI
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Wendy R. Mitchell; Courtney A. Tennell; Corey Peltier; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
This systematic literature review provides a comprehensive evaluation of the experimental intervention research being published from 2010 to 2020 within "Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals" (CDTEI). We critically evaluated studies found through a hand-search of CDTEI and identified patterns and trends across…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Research Design, Intervention, Educational Research
The Development and Utilization of a Diversity Advisory Board in an Intervention to Support Social Skill Development for Autistic Transition-Aged Youth
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Ed-Dee G. Williams; Matthew J. Smith; Jamie Mitchell; Ty B. Tucker; Connie Sung; Kari Sherwood; Sarah Dababnah; Sandy Magaña; Temple Lovelace; Shanna K. Kattari; Dale Olsen; Jeff Elkins; Laura Humm; Chris Steacy; Edwina Riddle; Caleb Liggett – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Recent discourse has identified significant issues surrounding the lack of diversity in autism-related research. However, recent efforts have called for the regular use of diversity advisory boards (DAB) in autism-related research to improve the inclusivity of underrepresented and marginalized groups included in the growing autism scholarship.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Diversity, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Collaborative Action Research with Diverse Stakeholders: Building the Disability Champions Mentoring Network
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Tammy Ellis-Robinson; Elizabeth Slusarz; Maria Haji-Georgi; Julienne Slichko; Audrey Mohammed; Kayla Terry; Ketrina Hazell – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2025
Historically based systemic oppressions have exacerbated disparities in post-school outcomes among youth with disabilities transitioning to adulthood. Using a community action research (CAR) approach, the Disability Champions Mentoring Network was founded in the United States by a community of diverse stakeholders to address inequities in…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Mentors, Disabilities, Post High School Guidance
Coordinating Transition Services and Postsecondary Access: Guidance on Requirements under the IDEA and the Rehabilitation Act
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2025
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is committed to ensuring that students and youth with disabilities are held to high expectations and have the resources and supports needed to expand their learning opportunities and prepare them for success in postsecondary education and competitive integrated employment (CIE). In the 2019-2020…
Descriptors: Coordination, Transitional Programs, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education