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Tianxi Xu; Chenmingxin Zou; Xiaofang Li; Ping Dong – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
Enhancing transportation skills is crucial in promoting quality of life for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). To learn about transportation skill development and improve the transportation experiences of youth with IDD in China, we conducted in-depth interviews with special education teachers and parents of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Transportation, Daily Living Skills
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Fields, C. J.; Demchak, MaryAnn – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
School-based microenterprises and vocational training opportunities represent an effective approach to developing transferable vocational skills in students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The authors describe the implementation of an online, school-based microenterprise at a rural high school that emphasizes functional digital…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Skill Development, Job Skills
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Pouliot, Danielle M.; Müller, Eve; Frasché, Nancy F.; Kern, Ann S.; Resti, Israelle H. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
Speech and language impairments can pose significant challenges to the successful workplace inclusion of young adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) and/or autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Breakdowns are most likely to occur when support staff, workplace supervisors, or co-workers are unsure how to support effective communication.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Adults
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Bumble, Jennifer L.; Carter, Erik W.; Bethune, Lauren K.; Day, Tammy; McMillan, Elise D. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
Amid rapid growth in the higher education movement, access to inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disability (ID) remains limited. This study used "community conversations" to explore how stakeholders in three communities envisioned the inclusion of students with ID on their local college campus and the supports…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Higher Education, Stakeholders
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Bouck, Emily C.; Chamberlain, Courtney – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
Understanding the relationship between services and outcomes is important for students with disabilities. While research exists regarding relationships between services and supports provided in school and adult life outcomes for students with disabilities, less attention is paid to the supports and services provided after students exit high…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Longitudinal Studies, Special Education, Transitional Programs