The author discusses the parents' role in the career decision-making process for disabled youth. He identifies crisis periods in the rearing of a disabled child and discusses general family influences on the learner's values about education and occupational aspirations. Recommendations for teacher-parent collaboration in this area are presented.…

This publication discusses person-centered planning as a tool for transition. It discusses young people with disabilities and the support systems they need to recognize their individual strengths, interests, fears, and dreams and allows them to take charge of their future. It focuses on how parents, teachers, family members, and friends in the…

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.…