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Nathalie Huegler; Jeri L. Damman; Gillian Ruch; Susannah Bowyer – Health Education Journal, 2025
Background: The transition to adulthood may involve experiences of risk and harm -- including, for some young people, abuse, violence or exploitation in peer and community contexts. In the UK, such extra-familial risks and harms have prompted safeguarding responses in policy and practice. However, safeguarding conceptualisations are significantly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, At Risk Persons, Violence
Children's Bureau, Office of the Administration for Children & Families, 2024
The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) snapshots offer a glimpse of National and State trends for young people who are receiving Independent Living Services through state child welfare programs. This Outcomes Data Snapshot shows statistical trends about who those young people are, their experiences and outcomes for those both in care and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Daily Living Skills, Independent Living, Statistical Data
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Annemarie L. Horn; Laura C. Chezan; Jonna L. Bobzien; Marcia L. Rock; Aeshah Alturki; Olga Karadimou – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are inequitably unemployed due to challenges associated with the social and communication demands of the traditional job interview process. Using a single-case multiple-baseline design replicated across participants, we evaluated the effects of eCoaching with online bug-in-ear (BIE) technology…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Special Education, Transitional Programs, Education Work Relationship
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
Ashley Laura Wheeler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ex-post facto study, "Differential Effects of Workplace Readiness Training and Job Placement Services Provided by Vocational Rehabilitation vs. School Transition Programs: A Retrospective Study of Young Hispanic Adults" investigates differential effects of workplace readiness training and job placement services provided by…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Job Placement, Career and Technical Education
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Kelly A. Clark; Moira Konrad; David W. Test – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Previous research has identified "UPGRADE Your Performance" as a method for teaching employment soft skills to students with disabilities. "UPGRADE Your Performance" instruction is a multicomponent intervention including self-evaluation, self-graphing, goal setting, and technology-aided instruction. This pilot study…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Soft Skills, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities