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Direct linkAndrew Joyce; Perri Campbell; Jenny Crosbie; Erin Wilson – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Social enterprises have the potential to address some of the current barriers that people with an intellectual disability experience in transitioning to open employment opportunities. However, it is unknown in detail how social enterprises are able to facilitate this transition, which limits ability to scale-up these organisational…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Organizational Communication, Institutional Characteristics, Business
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
Jennifer K. Migliore; Jessica Ellott; Kimberly J. Osmani; Lydia Dempsey – State Education Standard, 2025
Despite federal laws mandating services to support their postsecondary transitions, students with disabilities overall pursue less continued education and vocational training and get fewer jobs than their peers without disabilities. To enhance outcomes for students with disabilities after they exit high school, this article describes how state…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Career Development, Faculty Development
Jessica Bouchard; Jennifer S. Wong – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
Adolescents face many difficulties when transitioning to high school, particularly when it comes to their social circles and maintaining friendships. As these challenges can have long-term consequences, providing support to youth during this period is essential. The YWCA Youth Education Programs (YEP) in Vancouver, BC offer group-based,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, Gender Issues, After School Programs
Prisca Tuyishime; Amy Dworsky; Brian Chor – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2025
In response to growing evidence that young people aging out of foster care face significant challenges during their transition to adulthood and fare more poorly than their peers across a wide range of life domains, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 gave states the option to extend eligibility for federally…
Descriptors: Foster Care, At Risk Persons, Federal Aid, Eligibility
