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Plotner, Anthony J.; Marshall, Kathleen J.; Smith-Hill, Rebecca B. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Highly qualified and well-prepared transition professionals are arguably the most important piece to improve postsecondary outcomes for youth with diverse needs. A dearth of dynamic field placements for preservice teachers to connect coursework to practice has been identified as a gap in teacher training. This need could be potentially filled by…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Inclusion, Postsecondary Education
Aimee Boyle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
At the researcher's local level, comprehensive transition planning on the part of secondary special education teachers has historically been lacking. There have been several cases that went to litigation over transition planning issues. The district received a citation from the Connecticut State Department of Education for the school year…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Transitional Programs, Individualized Transition Plans, Action Research
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
There is a process within the special education program that directly links a child's educational program with their plans for the future. It is called a Transition Plan and is part of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Transition services are a coordinated set of activities for a child with a disability designed to be used within a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Special Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Goodman, Diana; Caldwell, Angela; Bodnar, Dianne; Stover, Alyson – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Despite legal mandates and evidence of predictors of success in transition, there continue to be poor outcomes for students with disabilities as compared to students without disabilities. This article describes the first steps of a quality improvement project, including a needs assessment and description of the current constraints of transition…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Students with Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Needs Assessment
Bell, Michael A. – Online Submission, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore reasons why adolescent youth from foster care and in special education, including those who are newly emancipated from the foster care system, have difficulty transitioning into independent living. The study was guided by one research question: What difficulties do students who receive special education…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Adolescents, Special Education, Adjustment (to Environment)
Lynn E. Shoemaker – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite existing legislation and provision of post-secondary transition plans to bridge the gap between secondary school and the workplace for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), workplace sites in rural central Ohio have continued to have a hiring rate of individuals with ID that is lower than the national average. The focal point of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Rural Areas, Secondary Education, Employment
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Beckers, Gerlinde; Klein-Ezell, Colleen – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2021
Lions Connected (LC) is an inclusive postsecondary program approved by the U.S. Department of Education; thus meeting rigorous program standards and accountability. Equally important is that it gives eligible students from rural areas the opportunity to receive federal financial aid to attend college. The purpose of developing LC was to meet the…
Descriptors: Models, Program Effectiveness, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education
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Brendle, Janna; Tucker, Kathryn J.; Lock, Robin H. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2018
Transition planning requires quality vocational and transition assessment tailored to the student's needs, strengths, preferences and interests. Limited research is currently available that addresses assessment types and use of results that rural practitioners utilize to aid in transition planning for students with intellectual disabilities (ID).…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Vocational Education, Special Education Teachers, Transitional Programs
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Dykes, Frank; Thomas, Suzanne – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Effective transition planning requires school personnel to ascertain the preferences and interests of the student and to focus on services including instruction, related services, employment, and postschool living arrangements necessary to support postschool outcomes. While great strides have been made in meeting the needs of students with…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Student Needs
Alexander, Katie C.; Clemens, Erin M.; Gilbert, Marilyn; McBreen, Joseph; Whittenburg, Holly; Farmer, Mandy – Organization for Autism Research, 2019
When a military family has a child with autism, they face all the emotions and challenges that accompany this diagnosis, compounded by the realities of military service: war, extended family separation, frequent moves, varying access to specialized healthcare, and other stressors that complicate and often work against effective treatment for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Military Personnel
MartinRogers, Nicole; Kinoglu, Sera; Bell, Sheila – Wilder Research, 2019
In 2007, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) law was passed in Minnesota mandating newborn hearing screening. Recognizing that a number of state-level agencies and statewide advocacy and direct services organizations share responsibility for serving deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children and youth, the Minnesota Commission…
Descriptors: Deafness, Deaf Blind, Hearing Impairments, Planning Commissions
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Strnadová, Iva; Cumming, Therese M. – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This article examines the current state of the transition process for students with developmental disabilities in New South Wales, Australia. Teachers from 75 schools were surveyed about current practices for students with developmental disabilities transitioning from primary to secondary school and from secondary school to post-school life.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
PACER Center, 2017
This toolkit was created to make transition planning easier and offers easy-to-understand information about the purpose of transition planning, the goal and importance of age-appropriate assessments, and the required rules that are used by schools. It also includes information on the community partners that can provide youth with supports as…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Planning, Disabilities, Guidelines
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Peper, Christine; McMaster, Kristen – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2012
Teachers' knowledge of transition services and programming in their schools is crucial for their students with disabilities to successfully transition from school to adult life. The purpose of this study was to examine high school special education teachers' knowledge of transition programming offered at their schools. Twenty-five special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Suburban Schools
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Schoffstall, Sarah; Cawthon, Stephanie; Dickson, Duncan; Bond, Mark; Ocuto, Oscar; Ge, Jinjin – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
Involvement in extracurricular activities provides youth with opportunities to develop important personal skills, abilities, and preferences, and to build meaningful social support networks. Historically, students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) have had limited access to opportunities for both academic and occupational development,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, Postsecondary Education
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