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Thatcher, Leslie; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2021
To prepare high school graduates with visual impairments for college, staff members at Perkins School for the Blind developed a nine month residential program, College Success@Perkins. This article describes components of the program design and provides data on eight students who successfully completed the program in the first cohort. It concludes…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Readiness, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Center for Public Education, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Vocational Education, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation
Westling, David L.; Kelley, Kelly R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Data from previous studies are presented that demonstrate that community living for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has improved in recent years, but that living in one's own home by these individuals is still a very rare outcome. Literature is presented that explains how living arrangements for adults with IDD have…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Independent Living, Intervention, Civil Rights Legislation
McDaniel, Marla; Courtney, Mark E.; Pergamit, Michael R.; Lowenstein, Christopher – Urban Institute, 2014
Youth transitioning out of foster care and into adulthood need multiple supports to navigate the challenges they face. Over the past three decades, federal child welfare policy has significantly increased the availability of those supports. In 1999, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program was created, increasing the amount of funds potentially…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Independent Living, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
Redmond, Phil; Mabry, Rhett; Ball, Heather; Wilson, Dawn; Brandes, Beth; Metz, Allison; Malm, Karin – Child Trends, 2012
This is the first brief in a series, "Building a Post-Care Service System in Child Welfare: Lessons Learned from the Frontlines of Implementation Science in Catawba County." This brief sets the stage for a three-part series on the Catawba County Child Wellbeing Project by describing the Project's origins and historical context. Topics…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Child Welfare, Program Effectiveness, Counties
Coyle, Deirdre; Pinkerton, John – Child Care in Practice, 2012
For too many years the phrase "after care, an after thought" summed up the lack of attention given to preparing young people in care for adult life and to the development of leaving-care and aftercare services. That stance has changed in the United Kingdom, however, and indeed has shifted positively and dramatically over the last decade.…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Foster Care
What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
This review-specific protocol guides the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention reports in the Children and Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder topic area. The review-specific protocol is used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures and Standards Handbook" (version 3.0). This review focuses…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Afterschool Alliance, 2014
The Afterschool Alliance, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is proud to present the second in their latest series of four issue briefs examining critical issues facing middle school youth and the vital role afterschool programs play in addressing these issues. This series explores afterschool and: the Common Core State Standards, students…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
Allen, Peg; Ciancio, Jean; Rutkowski, Susie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2008
For students with disabilities, the opportunity to work in a supportive environment is one that can bring them, and their employers, great rewards. This article describes a program that started more than a decade ago at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, which is giving students just that kind of opportunity through innovative…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Independent Living, Hospitals, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Millar, Jeremy – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
The transition from a care setting to face the often grim realities of living more independently is arguably the most significant challenge that faces those who have been in public care and the workers offering them support. In the Scottish context, the past ten years have witnessed a growing awareness and engagement with this challenge, informed…
Descriptors: Youth, Young Adults, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries
US Department of Education, 2007
The "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," as amended (the act), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life. This report is intended to provide a description of accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Vocational Rehabilitation

Johnson, C. L., Jr.; Johnson, J. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
A group counseling approach was used to enhance the self-concept of 10 congenitally visually impaired adolescents. Group sessions focused on such topics as self-perception, assertiveness, friendship, familial relationships, and independent living skills. Evaluation found significant improvement in self-concept, attitudes toward blindness, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Daily Living Skills, Family Relationship

White, K. D.; Saravanabhavan, R. C. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
This paper describes a summer program teaching independent living skills to 20 adults with visual impairments. Results suggest the program had a lasting and profound impact on clients' previously low knowledge of job hunting, decision making, stress management, and self-care skills. Interaction with other adults with visual impairments and…
Descriptors: Adults, Coping, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making
Bruno, Paula – 1993
Project CARES (Career Awareness Resources for Exceptional Students) served a total of 137 high school students with limited English proficiency and disabilities. The Title VII (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) funded program functioned in two Bronx (New York City) schools. The program provided instruction in English as a second language, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Computer Literacy, Disabilities
US Department of Education, 2005
This informational booklet contains background materials regarding the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) initiative to redesign its monitoring system. The booklet is intended to expand the knowledge and understanding of those individuals selected to participate in the RSA-sponsored monitoring conference that was held August 24 and 25,…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
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