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D'Alonzo, Bruno; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1988
The article describes Project M.E.A.L.(Model for Employment and Adult Living) in Phoenix, Arizona, designed to move unemployed young learning disabled adults recently out of school to employment and community living. Training and support services link clients with available community training or education programs and sustained employment in…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Employment Potential
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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
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Anderson-Inman, Lynne; Knox-Quinn, Carolyn; Szymanski, Mark – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
Describes the use of computer-supported studying as an approach to helping students with disabilities develop and apply skills needed for successful transition from secondary to postsecondary education. Vignettes of three students with learning disabilities illustrate the success of computer-supported studying. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education
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Thompson, James R.; Fulk, Barbara M.; Piercy, Sheryl Wernsing – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2000
Information recorded on Transition Planning Guides was compared with the perceptions of 22 students with learning disabilities and their parents regarding postsecondary goals and anticipated support needs. Findings indicate little relationship between the postsecondary outcomes and support needs recorded and those expressed by students and parents…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Transition Plans, Interviews
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Wehmeyer, Michael; Lawrence, Margaret – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1995
A field test was conducted of a student-directed transition planning program designed to enable 53 high school students with mild mental retardation and learning disabilities to participate more meaningfully in their transition planning process. Following training, significant changes in students' scores on self-efficacy and outcome expectancy…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Goal Orientation, Learning Disabilities
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Ramasamy, Rangasamy; Duffy, Mary Lou; Camp, Jimmy L., Jr. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2000
In an effort to examine the transition status of Apache Native American school leavers, a 38-item survey collected information from 48 former students with and without learning disabilities. Results indicated the students with learning disabilities had higher rates of unemployment and substance abuse and were less likely to live independently or…
Descriptors: American Indians, Apache, Dropout Research, Education Work Relationship
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Benz, Michael R.; Halpern, Andrew S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper describes the vocational programs and transition planning services needed and received by 553 students with and without disabilities during their last year of high school in Oregon and Nevada. Results are discussed in terms of regular and specialized vocational instruction, school-sponsored work experience, vocational skills…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Emotional Disturbances