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The Goal Setting Challenge App: Impact on Transition Goal Attainment Outcomes of Students with Disabilities
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Karrie A. Shogren; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Tyler A. Hicks; Sheida K. Raley; Daria Gerasimova; Jesse R. Pace; Stephen M. Kwiatek; Darcy Fredrick; Jared H. Stewart-Ginsburg; Richard Chapman; Danielle Wysenski – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
Promoting self-determination is essential to effective transition services and supports. The Goal Setting Challenge App (GSC App) was developed to deliver self-determination instruction via technology, building on the evidence-based Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI). This article presents data on goal attainment outcomes for…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Software
Steps for Implementing a State-Level Professional Development Plan for Secondary Transition
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Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Rowe, Dawn A.; Simonsen, Monica; Boaz, Bonnie; VanAvery, Cynthia – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2018
To scale up and sustain the use of evidence-based practices, it is imperative that state education agencies systematically implement professional development that represents best practice. By delivering quality professional development to local districts, it is more likely that transition personnel will implement transition programs and practices…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Transitional Programs, Individualized Transition Plans, Evidence Based Practice
Transition-Focused Professional Development: An Annotated Bibliography of Essential Elements and Features of Professional Development
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Holzberg, Debra G.; Clark, Kelly A.; Morningstar, Mary E. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2018
Transition professional development (PD) has been identified as a way to improve transition services; however, there is a dearth of literature on transition-focused PD. To learn more about the essential features of effective PD, 73 published articles were evaluated in the area of PD in both secondary transition and special education. Articles were…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Transitional Programs, Secondary Education, Special Education
Status of Credentialing Structures Related to Secondary Transition: A State-Level Policy Analysis
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Simonsen, Monica L.; Novak, Jeanne A.; Mazzotti, Valerie L. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2018
To understand the current status of transition-related credentialing systems in driving personnel preparation, it is necessary to identify which state education and rehabilitation services agencies are currently providing certification and licensure in the area of secondary transition. The purpose of this study was to examine the current state of…
Descriptors: State Policy, Policy Analysis, Credentials, Secondary Education
The Impact of Professional Development on the Quality of the Transition Components of IEPs
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Flannery, K. Brigid; Lombardi, Allison; Kato, Mimi McGrath – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transition needs and services are to be discussed as part of the Individual Education Program (IEP) planning process, and decisions based on students' future goals are to be documented in the IEP. These transition requirements were included in IDEA in order to plan with the student,…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Transitional Programs, Faculty Development, Secondary School Teachers