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Kennedy-Lizotte, Rie; Sass, Adam; Zlockie, Jeanine – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
To meet current federal regulations and provide the opportunity for individuals to receive services in the least restrictive environments, states are focusing on providing day habilitation services in inclusive community environments, rather than traditional congregate facility-based programs. The two main services of day habilitation focus on…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Community Programs, Rehabilitation, Disabilities
Muller, Eve; Whaley, Kathy; Rous, Beth – Project Forum, 2009
In March 2008, the National Early Childhood Transition Initiative released a document developed collaboratively over several months titled "Designing and Implementing Effective Early Childhood Transition Processes". The document was created as a resource for improving state and local performance on the State Performance Plans (SPP) and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Young Children, Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; Weiss, Keith E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Local interagency transition councils have been deemed the appropriate vehicle for planning and implementing transition services for students with disabilities. A recent evaluation of Florida's system disclosed that students and businesses are underrepresented on transition councils. Districts developing transition programs without interagency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Program Evaluation
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; Webb, Kristine W.; Garvan, Cynthia Wilson; Washington, Tabitha – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2002
A study investigated relationships between transition program characteristics and positive post-school outcomes by examining the transition services database compiled over seven years from all 67 Florida school districts and the Florida Educational and Training Placement Information Program. No positive relationship emerged between transition…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Institutional Characteristics
Greenwood, Carmy – 2001
This guide for parents of children with disabilities in Florida is intended to answer common questions about the exceptional student education program. The first chapter provides an overview of exceptional student education including laws about the education of children with disabilities, parents' records, planning a child's education, continuing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper discusses the role of transition in school reform and methodology for developing a Florida database on transition-related programs. It describes procedures for ensuring the validity and reliability of database information sources. Findings from the data collection process, concerning common program terminology and school district size…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Database Design, Databases, Disabilities
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Kohler, Paula D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
This study assessed the effects of a Brevard County (Florida) high school-based vocational training and community-based on-the-job training program called Brevard's Exceptional Students in Transition (BEST). Results indicated positive improvements in vocational skills and behaviors of participants in the BEST program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Noll, Ann A. – 1994
This document was produced for the dual purpose of documenting the methods used between 1990 and 1992 to train interagency teams on interagency collaboration in planning for the school-to-work or school-to-postsecondary education transition of disabled students in Florida and presenting step-by-step guidelines for developing and maintaining…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Beech, Marty; McKay, Jan; Pankaskie, Sara – 1999
This guide for parents of students with disabilities in Florida provides information about the types of diplomas available through the Florida public school system and is intended to help parents and students make diploma choices in middle school and beyond as part of yearly transition individualized education program (IEP) meetings. Part 1…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services. – 2001
These two technical assistance papers are designed to provide further clarification to Florida school districts regarding the evaluation procedures and determination of eligibility for children with disabilities in transition from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C, Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program to the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services. – 1999
This document presents the full revised course descriptions for Florida exceptional student education in grades 9-12. Courses incorporate the Florida standards for a special diploma. Requirements include a list of related benchmarks from the state standards for each level of functioning: independent, supported, and participatory. Introductory…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Course Descriptions