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Flannery, Ann – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2013
Ann Flannery is one of two transition specialists who serve youth and families statewide through the Post-Secondary Transition Program of the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. In this article she writes that too often her office was seeing graduates coming back to school after failing to find a path to success. They returned…
Descriptors: Deafness, Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Counseling, Transitional Programs
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Miller-Warren, Vickie – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2014
Outside agencies such as vocational rehabilitation agencies are designed to help provide services such as job coaching, mental health services, tuition assistance, and life-skills training for students with disabilities during and after high school so that they may obtain postsecondary success (Gil, 2007). This study examined the perceived…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselors, Disabilities
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Plotner, Anthony J.; Fleming, Allison R. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2014
Rehabilitation counselors are increasingly called on to provide services to transition-aged youth. However, preparation and training efforts are not sufficient to ensure that counselors have the required knowledge and skills to adequately serve these students and young adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate how secondary…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselor Training, Transitional Programs, Youth Programs
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Madaus, Joseph W.; Kowitt, Jennifer S.; Lalor, Adam R. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2012
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) contains several important provisions that make postsecondary education more accessible and affordable for young adults with disabilities. This is particularly true for students with intellectual disabilities, as the law created new comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs and provided…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Rehabilitation Counseling