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Alliance: The Newsletter of the National Transition Alliance, 1996
This theme issue provides four articles that address family involvement in the transition of youth with disabilities from school to work. The first article, "Family Involvement" by Marge Goldberg and Shauna McDonald, offers evidence of the importance of family involvement at this stage of the individual's life, reports on families' experiences,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
McManus, Marilyn C., Ed. – Focal Point, 1987
This issue focuses on assisting adolescents with serious emotional handicaps to make transitions from youth serving systems into society. A framework for developing transition-oriented programs is prevented that incorporates into the specific service goals of the current environment the skills required to function in the projected environment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
Rader, Rick, Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 2002
Twelve monthly issues of this magazine for parents and others concerned with children with disabilities are contained in this document. Individual issues typically include a number of articles based on the issues theme, a special report, research reflections, and regular columns covering news items, practical answers to child rearing problems,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
Horne, Richard, Ed. – NICHCY Transition Summary, 1990
This newsletter issue describes the importance of vocational assessment in the educational process of students with disabilities. Vocational assessment is defined, its purposes are explained, and the ways in which vocational assessment can benefit teenagers with special needs are discussed. Types of informal and formal assessments are explored, as…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Career Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Parent Brief, 1996
This brief paper considers planning for the transition of students with disabilities from the school setting to adult life. First, "transition services" are defined according to requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The relationship of transition services to the student's Individualized Education Program is…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Everson, Jane, Ed.; Enos, JoAnn, Ed. – HKNC-TAC News, 1995
Some of the opportunities and challenges associated with postsecondary education for young adults who are deaf-blind are considered. Suggestions are offered for transition planning teams to consider, including analysis of students' most and least favorite classes, vocational goals, housing goals, and methods of paying for postsecondary education.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Planning, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Transition Summary, 1991
This issue presents nine articles which address identifying, pursuing, and obtaining postsecondary training and employment by youth with disabilities. It discusses how families and professionals can help young people develop important self-determination and self-advocacy skills. It also introduces adult service systems to aid in obtaining…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Agencies, Disabilities
Phelps, L. Allen; And Others – News Digest, 1987
This guide assists in planning and monitoring the vocational education programs of students with mild disabilities. The pamphlet emphasizes the importance of vocational education for disabled students and reviews the three stages of career development: career awareness/orientation, career exploration, and career preparation. A section on adapting…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, Curriculum
Smith, H. Carlton; And Others – Special Parent/Special Child, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on the specific concerns of many parents as their special child "ages out" of protected special education environments and moves into the adult world. It highlights the practical aspects of the transition years as well as the emotional components involved in "letting go." The newsletter's articles…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Attachment Behavior
McEvoy, Mary, Ed.; Vandercook, Terri, Ed. – IMPACT, 1991
These two theme issues of "Impact" discuss inclusive education for children with disabilities at the preschool to first grade level and at the kindergarten to grade 12 level respectively. The articles present different ways that families and professionals include children with and without disabilities in educational and child care settings, with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights, Cooperative Programs, Day Care