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A Pilot Study Connecting Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties to Summer Work Experiences
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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
Substantiated Best Practices in Transition: Fifteen Plus Years Later
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Landmark, Leena Jo; Ju, Song; Zhang, Dalun – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
Since the transition movement in the 1980s, numerous transition practices have been developed. Kohler (1993) provided a comprehensive review and analysis of transition best practices and divided them into substantiated and implied practices based on the existence of empirical evidence. Since that review was published, the field of transition has…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Job Training, Education Work Relationship, Daily Living Skills
On-the-Job Training: A Curricular Approach to Employment.
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Kohler, Paula D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
This study assessed the effects of a Brevard County (Florida) high school-based vocational training and community-based on-the-job training program called Brevard's Exceptional Students in Transition (BEST). Results indicated positive improvements in vocational skills and behaviors of participants in the BEST program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Preparing Teachers for the Transition of Students with Disabilities through Community-Based Instruction.
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Kamens, Michele Wilson; Dolyniuk, Chrystina A.; DiNardo, Paulette – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2003
Twenty-six university students participated as job-sampling mentors for an on-campus transition project for 17 high school students (ages 16- 20) with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities. The university students gained new expectations for individuals with disabilities, become more aware of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Mental Retardation
Post School Results for Youth with Disabilities: Key Indicators and Policy Implications.
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Colley, Debra A.; Jamison, Doris – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1998
This follow-up study interviewed 720 former special-education students nine months after exiting New York schools for employment, postsecondary education, and community living outcomes. Results indicate special-education program components contributing to success included work experiences, occupational education, transition planning, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
School-Aged Transition Services: Options for Adolescents with Mild Handicaps.
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Cobb, Brian; Hasazi, Susan Brody – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1987
Secondary special education programs should include employment or postsecondary education placement outcomes in the curricula for mainstreamed mildly handicapped students. Program elements that support these goals are: individualized transition plans; paid work experience; job-seeking skills curriculum; flexible staffing patterns; active…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, High Schools