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Test, David W. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
Given that the society has not been able to redistribute financial support away from day and sheltered programs, it needs to cut off the supply of consumers. To make this happen, Rusch and Braddock offered two recommendations in their study: (1) All students must leave high school either competitively employed or admitted to a postsecondary…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs, Reader Response
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
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Lagomarcino, Thomas; Rusch, Frank R. – American Rehabilitation, 1987
The role of supported employment in the transition of disabled students from school to work is examined. Needed are functional vocational training curricula, student placement in jobs, school collaboration with adult service agencies, development of a community transition team, staff development, collaborative planning, parental involvement,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Programs
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Siegel, Shepherd; Sleeter, Christine E. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1991
This article argues that the trend toward supported employment and transition services still rests on a dependency model of disability. It proposes a model of education for the empowerment of full citizenship in which persons with disabilities are seen as one of many groups disadvantaged by current social prejudice and exclusion. (DB)
Descriptors: Dependency (Personality), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Education Work Relationship
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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
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. – 1992
This report on transition services for students with disabilities in Nebraska schools begins with an outline of the development of transition programming as part of special education services, noting federal legislation in this area and the importance of intra-agency and inter-agency cooperative agreements. The role of career education in the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
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Wehman, Paul – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2002
Recommendations on transition for youth with disabilities are presented, including partnerships between school personnel and staff from the state-federal vocational rehabilitation; one-stop career centers; federal financial support of competitive employment; professional development for postsecondary faculty; and financial incentives for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Kim, Anne – 2001
Evidence from the past 4 years confirms that private sector jobs are the best and first resort for welfare recipients seeking to enter the workforce and that the private sector can well absorb the entry of these new workers. The model of wage-based transitional employment may be a more effective means of helping hard-to-employ welfare recipients…
Descriptors: Career Development, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 1996
Twenty-seven categorical and topical reports by nationally preeminent scholars comprise this report, intended to provide background information for Congress in reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). An introductory synthesis addresses principles of the IDEA, evidence of the Law's effectiveness and the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs