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Rusch, Frank R.; Wolfe, Pamela – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2008
Despite efforts over the past several decades to improve the delivery of transition services for youth with disabilities, outcomes continue to be unacceptably dismal for most youth, including high rates of unemployment, residential independence, and financial dependence, concurrent with low rates of enrollment in college or other postsecondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High Schools, Employment, Transitional Programs
Arnold, Mit – 1984
The paper examines the role of parents in the transition of developmentally disabled or otherwise handicapped persons into adult services. Because parents play an important role on the interdisciplinary team, parent training is important. This training can come in the form of university credit courses, workshops and mini-courses, self-help groups,…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Wright, Barbara; King, Martha P. – 1991
This Task Force report offers recommendations to state legislatures in the following policy areas: early intervention, family support, transition services, community living, supported employment, and funding for persons with developmental disabilities. Stressed is a consumer orientation which focuses on individual and family strengths and needs.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship
Levy, Joel M. – 1985
The presentation examines the challenge of advocacy for developmentally disabled people and their family members, and stresses the importance of a grass-roots basis for advocacy; it also describes the author's experiences as executive director of the Young Adult Institute, which operates community-based programs for mentally retarded and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrator Role, Advocacy, Attitude Change
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Smith, Tom E. C.; Puccini, Iris Kerbis – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1995
This position statement of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities addresses the importance of equal opportunities for adolescents and young adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities and the need to support the independent functioning of these individuals. Specific…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Equal Education
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Johnson, David R. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
The emergence of supported employment programs in the United States has substantially raised expectations concerning the viability of employment in promoting the integration, productivity, and independence of persons with severe disabilities. Frank R. Rusch and David Braddock, in their article "Adult Day Programs Versus Supported Employment…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Young Adults, Postsecondary Education, Mental Retardation
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Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. Jeannie; And Others – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1994
This article identifies similarities in structures and practices between early intervention with infants and young children with disabilities and secondary/transition programs for adolescents and young adults with developmental delays or disabilities. These include horizontally administered, community-referenced, and consumer-driven services;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Davis, Cheryl; Bullis, Michael – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
This article summarizes 43 empirical studies of school-to-community transition of hearing-impaired persons with developmental disabilities; discusses data collection and interpretation issues; and recommends future research, development, and evaluation. The studies deal with such areas as career/vocational preparation, independent living skills,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Data Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. National Center for Youth with Disabilities. – 1993
This report presents the findings of a study which examined the service delivery system for adolescents with chronic illness, through a survey of 248 directors of public agencies and programs of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with a 73 percent response rate. The seven programs surveyed within each state were Maternal and Child Health…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Chronic Illness, Delivery Systems