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Special Education Transition Predictors for Post-School Success: Findings from the Field
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Sprunger, Nikki S.; Harvey, Michael W.; Quick, Marilynn M. – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Legislation has mandated that secondary schools provide services for students with disabilities that prepare them for independent living, employment, and/or post-secondary education (IDEA, 2004). This study examined the perceptions of special education directors, assistant directors/program coordinators, and secondary special education teachers…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
The Role of Principals in Work-Study Programs for the Handicapped.
Smith, Tom E. C.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
Findings revealed that a relationship existed between the principals' knowledge of and support for work-study programs, and their role performances with regard to such programs. These variables were also found to be directly related to the effectiveness of the work-study programs. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Knowledge Level, Principals
The Work Study--Work Experience Program in the Public Schools of British Columbia: Some Implications for Special Education.
James, Terrance N. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1979
The article discusses the results and implications of a 1978 study of work study/work experience programs for regular and handicapped secondary students in British Columbia, Canada. (Author/DSL)
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming
A Collaborative Followup Study on Transition Service Utilization and Post-School Outcomes.
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Baer, Robert M.; Flexer, Robert W.; Beck, Suzanne; Amstutz, Nancy; Hoffman, Lynn; Brothers, Judy; Stelzer, Donna; Zechman, Christine – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2003
A follow-up study involving 140 special education graduates found vocational education, work-study participation, attending a rural school, and having a learning disability were the best predictors of full-time employment after graduation. Participation in regular academics and attending a suburban school were the best predictors of postsecondary…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment
Schools and Communities: A Potent Partnership for Development of a Transition System.
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Bang, Myong-Ye; Lamb, Peg; Tomlinson, Jeanne – 1996
This study, undertaken at a Michigan high school, examined the development of collaborative relationships among school personnel, community members, and agency staff for the effective transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. It attempted to identify the essential components and common barriers to such relationships and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities