Retiring senior military officers (SMO) are a specific group of adult learners in role transition. SMOs have the shared experience of high-level leadership roles, senior managerial experiences, and military rank. They experience some similar transition challenges as other military affiliated learners, such as military-civilian culture; however, in…

The veteran military-to-civilian transition (MCT) process continues to be complex and unwielding. Higher education has an opportunity to ease this transition, but, unfortunately many institutions still miss the mark. One mechanism higher education institutes can incorporate to help with the transition is the use of prior learning assessments or…

Given the information in the prior chapters, this chapter looks at the field of transition and recommends what the chapters suggest. Achieving successful rates of transition to postschool settings among students with special needs is a complex undertaking that requires clear planning, collaboration, a vision for both the students and the systems…

This chapter describes several essential skills necessary for success in postsecondary education (PSE) for young adults with disabilities and provides a variety of models of support available to students with disabilities as they transition into PSE.

This chapter examines legislative actions throughout the past century that have influenced education and employment for individuals with disabilities while discussing ways that these actions reflect the broader social, political and economic goals of the American education system, and implications for individuals with disabilities who participate…

This chapter describes the importance of self-determination for transitions and supports for adults with disabilities. Self-determination is defined and its application to the disability context examined, followed by an overview of a multicomponent model to engage adults with disabilities to self-regulate problem solving to set and attain life and…

This chapter examines the changes in supports and services from secondary to postsecondary for students with disabilities. It recommends ways organizations, practitioners, and students must coordinate and collaborate to affect the environment and increase student success in postsecondary education.