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Leena Jo Landmark; Vickie J. Mitchell; Christina M. Gushanas; Townsley Tayebianpour – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Adult student transition programs (also known as 18+ programs, 18-21 programs, adult transition programs, and community transition programs) are educational programs that provide instruction in age-appropriate community environments to adult students who have met the state credit and assessment guidelines for graduation but who still require…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Transitional Programs, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
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Susan Larson Etscheidt; David Hernandez-Saca; Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
Despite extensive transition provisions in the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the post-school outcomes for students with disabilities continue to be disappointing. The IDEA designated those transition provisions as priority targets for federal and state compliance monitoring to assure that schools are attaining the goal…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education
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Leslie Ann Bross; Stephanie L. Craig – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework can be applied to a variety of instructional contexts and activities, and individualized education program (IEP) meetings are one such context. The primary principle of the framework is to provide teachers with guidelines for designing and implementing instruction that can be adapted to meet the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Principles, Meetings
Krystle Merry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation research is an exploratory multiple-case study of special education transition program structures in three virtual public charter schools in a southern state in the United States. Virtual public charter schools are extensions of public school systems or districts that are required to comply with state and federal-mandated special…
Descriptors: Special Education, Transitional Programs, Virtual Schools, Public Schools
Maeghan N. Hennessey; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm; James E. Martin – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2023
It is critical students with disabilities be adequately prepared with the foundational competencies necessary for entry-level employment. However, the field needs a research-based, structurally sound assessment to assist teachers in assessing such competencies and then writing appropriate transition goals. The purpose of this pilot study is to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Occupational Aspiration, Job Skills, Competence
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Maeghan N. Hennessey; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm; Tracy E. Sinclair; Christopher Sanford; Renee Cameto – Inclusion, 2023
Employment outcomes have long been emphasized as a primary transition outcome for individuals with extensive support needs. To develop appropriate annual individualized education plan (IEP) goals for transition, appropriate transition assessments must be administered to guide the process (Prince et al., 2014). As such, transition assessment is a…
Descriptors: Employment, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Ira M. Gansler – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Education for individuals with disabilities is complicated by a lack of access to educational services, partly due to the gaps created by different policies meant to provide equal access to services in high school and college. The purpose of this generic qualitative study is to explore the perceptions of college students with disabilities as they…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Student Attitudes, Transitional Programs
Human Development Institute, 2024
This manual was designed primarily for use by people with disabilities. The hope is that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read information about available resources, and to provide immediate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Health Services, Resources
Council for Exceptional Children, 2022
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) maintains that it should be the goal of all educators and policymakers to understand, support, and facilitate the transition of children and youth with disabilities to post-school life. This includes supporting children and youth to achieve their respective goals regarding postsecondary education and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Postsecondary Education
Lindstrom, Lauren E.; Beno, Carolynne – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
One of the key purposes of public education is to prepare young people to reach their full potential as independent adults and engaged citizens. This transition to adulthood may be especially challenging for youth with disabilities. Students enrolled in special education often need additional supports and coordinated planning to prepare for…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Program Effectiveness
M. Stoehr; M. Diehl; M. Morningstar; D. Rowe; B. K. Simmons; C. Fowler; D. Lattin; J. Vicchio; E. Wall – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative, 2024
The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative (NTACT:C) Collaborative Assessment Guide for Transition Planning (CAG) is intended to help students, family members, educators, vocational rehabilitation counselors, human services and health agency staff, and other partners develop a coordinated assessment approach for…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Fine, Cindy – Education Law Center, 2022
"Transition" is a broad term, referring to the period of time during which a student with disabilities prepares to complete high school and to the process of preparation, including long-range planning, activities, and services aimed at helping the student move successfully from school into the adult world. The legal requirement that…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Pauline Westcott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that a transition plan be in place for students with disabilities by the time they turn 16. This plan aims to facilitate the child's movement from high school "to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
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Wu, Yi-Chen; Thurlow, Martha; Johnson, David – Exceptionality, 2023
The increase in English learners (ELs) with disabilities has been reported by others, yet little is known about the transition planning meeting experiences of this population and their post-school expectations. This study explored transition planning experiences and post-school expectations of a nationally representative sample of ELs with…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies
Alana Sejdic – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The IDEA mandates transition planning in Individualized Education Programs (IEP) for disabled students, who are now enrolling in postsecondary education programs at higher rates than ever before. Despite this, disabled students experience significantly worse post-school outcomes than their non-disabled peers. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities
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