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Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Predictors of Transition Outcomes
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Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred W., III; Flexer, Robert W.; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Meindl, Richard S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
This study examined the outcomes of 409 students with mental retardation or multiple disabilities from 177 school districts in a Great Lakes state. These students with intellectual disabilities were interviewed at exit and 1 year following graduation. The authors developed and tested three regression models--two to predict full-time employment and…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables, Transitional Programs
Evidence-Based Secondary Transition Predictors for Improving Postschool Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
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Test, David W.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Mustian, April L.; Fowler, Catherine H.; Kortering, Larry; Kohler, Paula – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the secondary transition correlational literature to identify in-school predictors of improved postschool outcomes in the areas of education, employment, and/or independent living for students with disabilities. Based on results of this review, 16 evidence-based, in-school predictors…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Evidence
Paid Internships and Employment Success for Youth in Transition.
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Luecking, Richard G.; Fabian, Ellen S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2000
This article presents information on the characteristics and post-school outcomes of youth (N=3,024) who participated in the Bridges School to Work internship program at seven sites from 1993 to 1997. Neither gender, race, nor primary disability made a significant difference in employment status at 6 months post-internship. Work behaviors during…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Followup Studies
Comparison of Postsecondary Transitional Outcomes between Students with and without Disabilities by Secondary Vocational Education Participation: Findings from the National Education Longitudinal Study.
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Harvey, Michael W. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2002
A study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988-1994 to compare postsecondary outcomes among 7,007 students with and without disabilities who participated in secondary vocational education. Students with disabilities who participated in vocational education earned more wages than peers with disabilities who did not…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Employment Patterns
A Collaborative Followup Study on Transition Service Utilization and Post-School Outcomes.
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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
Transition Practice and Policy Compliance in Ohio: A Survey of Secondary Special Educators.
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Baer, Robert; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1996
A survey of 277 special education supervisors and administrators found compliance with an average of 9 of 14 transition policy areas of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with the most compliance found in the paperwork aspects of transition practice. The best predictor of compliance was found to be hours of transition training. (CR)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship