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Start with Self-Determination: Advancing Postsecondary Outcomes of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Tara E. Regan – William & Mary Educational Review, 2018
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have the poorest post-high school, or postsecondary, outcomes in comparison to their peers with and without disabilities. They experience low levels of engagement or even lack of engagement in employment, education, independent living, and community activities. As a result, these outcomes place a heavier…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Outcomes of Education
Special Education Transition Predictors for Post-School Success: Findings from the Field
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Sprunger, Nikki S.; Harvey, Michael W.; Quick, Marilynn M. – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Legislation has mandated that secondary schools provide services for students with disabilities that prepare them for independent living, employment, and/or post-secondary education (IDEA, 2004). This study examined the perceptions of special education directors, assistant directors/program coordinators, and secondary special education teachers…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
Best Practices in Transition to Adult Life for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
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Papay, Clare K.; Bambara, Linda M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
A number of best practices are recommended by researchers and professionals in the field of transition to improve postschool outcomes for youth with intellectual disabilities. This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to examine whether best practices are predictive of postschool outcomes. The combination of five…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Transitional Programs, Best Practices, Youth
An Exploratory Survey of Transition Teaching Practices: Results from a National Sample
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Pham, Yen K. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013
This study used multilevel modeling to examine the extent to which secondary special educators promoted nonacademic behaviors that were positively linked to postschool outcomes for students with disabilities, including self-advocacy, goal setting and attainment, disability awareness, employment, and utilization of supports. Respondents were 248…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Disabilities
Predictors of Supported Employment for Transitioning Youth with Developmental Disabilities
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Simonsen, Monica Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires school systems to plan systematically for the transition from school to post-secondary education and/or employment and include measurable post-school goals in students' IEPs. Schools are required to coordinate activities, such as work experiences, to assist students in meeting their…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employment Level, Developmental Disabilities, Predictor Variables
Transition Practice and Policy Compliance in Ohio: A Survey of Secondary Special Educators.
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Baer, Robert; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1996
A survey of 277 special education supervisors and administrators found compliance with an average of 9 of 14 transition policy areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with the most compliance found in the paperwork aspects of transition practice. The best predictor of compliance was found to be hours of transition training. (CR)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship