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Richter, Sharon McCormack; Mazzotti, Valerie L. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) requires local education agencies to provide students with disabilities exiting high school with a Summary of Performance document, which includes academic and functional performance information and recommendations for helping the student reach postsecondary goals. However, the federal mandate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Practices
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Carter, Erik W.; Trainor, Audrey A.; Ditchman, Nicole; Owens, Laura – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
Despite the potential contributions of adolescent employment to postschool success, many youth who experience emotional and behavioral difficulties (EBD) do not access these opportunities. This intervention study examined the effects of a package of strategies designed to increase access to summer work experiences. Fifty-seven youth with EBD from…
Descriptors: Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Employment Opportunities
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Stodden, Robert A.; Leake, David W. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
The core of the education system must be transformed to make it supportive of exceptional students in transition. Attempts to improve the system by adding on programs rather than instituting core changes have not been effective. A "teaming" process that promotes school-community and interagency collaboration and infuses transition into the core of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities
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Lehmann, Jean; Cobb, Brian; Tochterman, Suzanne – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2001
Discussion of the relationship between the school-to-career transition research findings and current school reform argues that secondary special educators should align their advocacy and research efforts within a "whole school reform" context as opposed to a "students with disabilities" context. Analysis examines program administration, curriculum…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Benz, Michael R.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1995
This article describes service outcomes for people with disabilities, achieved by local Oregon communities during the past five years as they have implemented a community capacity building model called the Community Transition Team Model. Principles of successful programs included active participation of diverse stakeholders, change viewed as a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Disabilities
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Johnson, David R.; Guy, Barbara – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Identifies lessons learned from the State Systems Change Initiative on Transition for Youth with Disabilities, such as: (1) the need for such initiatives to recognize political, economic, and social factors; (2) the need for systems change to be a dynamic and continuous improvement process; and (3) the value of using federal legislative mandates…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
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Halpern, Andrew S.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
The Community Transition Team Model guides the process of systematic program change in secondary special education and transition programs in Oregon. The model uses a management-by-objectives paradigm for implementing its principles, which include local control, a developmental perspective on change, a focus on program capacity, and networking…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Disabilities
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Guy, Barbara; Schriner, Kay – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Describes results of a multi-year effort by the National Transition Network to evaluate the State Systems Change Initiative. Among findings were that states were successful in increasing stakeholder awareness of transition issues, increasing the participation of students with disabilities and their parents, and enhancing collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Johnson, David R.; Halloran, William H. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Describes the policy context and current status of the State Systems Change Initiative on Transition for Youth with Disabilities. This federal initiative has helped states to improve school-to-work transition services under one-time five-year grants undertaken as cooperative efforts between state education and vocational rehabilitation (or other)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
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Cobb, Brian; Johnson, David R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Considers how the State Systems Change granting process has emerged as way to promote systemic educational reform. It identifies similarities and differences among three major systems change initiatives in special education (i.e., transition), vocational education (i.e., school-to-work), and general education (i.e., Goals 2000). (DB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change