NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)2
Education Level
Secondary Education1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 20 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sankardas, Sulata Ajit; Rajanahally, Jayashree – Support for Learning, 2015
The research reported here was conducted to investigate the perception that people with disabilities find it a challenge to seek employment (Hernandez et?al., 2007). It is suggested that this situation could be due to a lack of specific employment-based training. Hence young adults with special educational needs (SEN) may require job-specific…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Young Adults, Skill Development, Transitional Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ratzon, N.; Schejter, T.; Alon, E.; Schreuer, N. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Youth and Adolescents with Special Needs (YASN) face many challenges during transition into employment. Although most of their physical challenges are secondary, yet they call for attention since most of them are hired for blue collar jobs. Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) should be adapted to prepare them addressing the physical job-demands,…
Descriptors: Vocational Evaluation, Physical Activities, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ingraham, C. L.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1994
This article presents suggestions and proven effective strategies for determining eligibility, conducting diagnostic workups, and providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with deaf-blindness. It emphasizes that the optimal rehabilitation process begins before the clients transfer from educational programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Deaf Blind, Eligibility
Ramasamy, Rangasamy; Taylor, Ronald L. – Diagnostique, 1996
This article provides a brief introduction to transition assessment for students with disabilities and then lists 43 references (published from 1988 through 1996) pertaining to transition assessment or vocational assessment. (CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Greenan, James P.; Sitlington, Patricia L. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1987
The authors review several existing models of vocational assessment for the special needs learner. They argue the need to include generalizable skills assessment information in the vocational assessment process and provide suggestions for incorporating this information in the vocational assessment process for the special needs learner. (CH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Generalization, Individual Needs, Postsecondary Education
Browning, Philip; Brechin, Connie – Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Bulletin, 1993
This paper provides a definition of assessment that is tailored to the unique considerations of the concept and practice of the transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. Assessment in transition is considered to be the on-going process of obtaining and properly using both person and environment-based assessment…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Definitions, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rojewski, Jay W. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2002
This paper addresses the theoretical and practical concerns of transition-related career assessment for adolescents with mild disabilities. It defines assessment terms and then discusses the applicability of prominent career theories. Primary career assessment areas that support the preparation of adolescents with mild disabilities are identified.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Pierino, Thomas M. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Describes a transitional program for students who are deaf that begins in upper elementary grades and continues until they graduate from high school. Various vocational evaluation instruments used are identified by type, and examples of individualized education program goals and objectives related to transition are provided. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Deafness, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sarkees-Wircenski, Michelle; Wircenski, Jerry L. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
A Career Portfolio approach which documents the competencies of a student with disabilities is explained. The portfolio can be used as the basis for informal vocational assessment, for development of annual and short-term objectives, for vocational counseling, and as a tool to take to job interviews. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Elksnin, Linda; Elksnin, Nick – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
Teacher-parent collaborative consultation can be useful in planning appropriate vocational programs for adolescents with disabilities. Such consultation can involve informing parents of vocational opportunities, planning vocational assessment and collecting vocational information, developing vocational components of individualized education plans,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Consultation Programs, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
White, Stephen; Bond, Michael R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
Services of two school districts to exceptional students in transition are reviewed. The Great Falls (Montana) model involves a five-year individualized education program, maximum integration, and three phases of paid employment. The Natrona County (Wyoming) program is based on such crucial services as vocational evaluation, community living…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Edgar, Eugene – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Preparing disabled students for transition to productive adult lives involves careful planning between sending and receiving agencies. The article describes state and school district transition programs, emphasizing interagency planning teams (Oregon), cross-agency coordination and ninth grade vocational assessments (Minnesota), and field-testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lund, Kathryn A.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Job performance of disabled students can be monitored through: (1) student job reports (which emphasize self-analysis of on-the-job performance) and (2) job support groups (which focus on problem solving for employment situations). Both activities help students perceive the connection between work experience and school and help teachers intervene…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Performance, On the Job Training
Roessler, Richard T.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1990
This paper studied contextual barriers inhibiting implementation of the Life-Centered Career Education/Employability Enhancement Strategies curriculum, which contains career education assessment and instructional materials for high school students with mild disabilities. Barriers included competing administrative commitments, scarcity of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lombard, Richard C.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
A survey of 100 Wisconsin secondary schools found that students with disabilities did not use a full range of vocational programs, that only 37 percent of students had participated in vocational assessment activities, and that half had vocational goals included in their Individualized Education Programs. Results are discussed in terms of access…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2