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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Lee, Youngsun; Williams-Diehm, Kendra; Shogren, Karrie – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
Promoting student involvement in planning has become best practice in the field of transition. Research documents the positive impact of such efforts on greater student involvement. Research also suggests that promoting student involvement results in greater student self-determination, but a causal link has not been established. This study used a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Mental Retardation, Multiple Regression Analysis, High School Students
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Woods, Lee L.; Sylvester, Lorraine; Martin, James E. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of a new school to adult life transition planning lesson package titled "Student-Directed Transition Planning". The "Student-Directed Transition Planning" lessons teach transition terms and concepts to provide a means to increase self-determination skills and student participation in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Individualized Education Programs, Self Efficacy, Student Participation
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Powers, Laurie E.; Turner, Alison; Westwood, Dean; Matuszewski, Jeanne; Wilson, Roxanne; Phillips, Amy – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2001
A study investigated the efficacy of an intervention model to promote student involvement in transition planning. The intervention included coaching youth in student-directed planning skills to achieve transition goals, peer-based mentorship and parent support, and in-service education for staff. Participants demonstrated significant increases in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Role, Peer Teaching
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Williams, Jane M.; O'Leary, Ed – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2001
A study analyzed the extent to which states implemented the transition services required by federal law during the 1993-94 through 1996-97 monitoring cycles. Results found many are not inviting students to their Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and that 50 percent did not have statements of needed transition services (Individualized…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Lehmann, Jean P.; Bassett, Diane S.; Sands, Deanna J.; Spencer, Karen; Gliner, Jeffrey A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
A study investigated the process and outcomes associated with research-to-practice strategies in three schools during a three and a half-year project. The interrelated phases of the process were the establishment of an empirical foundation, the design and implementation of school-based interventions, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Intervention
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Aspel, Nellie; Bettis, Gail; Quinn, Pat; Test, David W.; Wood, Wendy M. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
Describes a multilevel interagency transition-planning process which includes three levels: a community-based team, school-level team, and individual-level team. Evaluation data are discussed that indicate consumer satisfaction with the Teaching All Students Skills for Employment and Life Transition planning process. Three case studies are used to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Martin, James E.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper points out that one way to infuse self-determination skill training into a comprehensive transition program is to teach students with disabilities to direct and manage their own Individualized Education Program. The transition policy of the Academic School District in Colorado Springs (Colorado) is presented as a model. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Individualized Education Programs, Models
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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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Severson, Susan J.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
An integrated model for preservice and inservice teacher training in transition for students with disabilities consists of three phases: (1) transition preconditions and planning; (2) transition phase; and (3) transition outcomes. Interagency collaboration and parental/student input are central to effective transition throughout the process. (DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
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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