Discusses transition of students with learning disabilities from high school to work or postsecondary education. Includes information about students with learning disabilities who are not bound for the professions. Includes a glossary of terms. (JOW)

The author discusses five predictable stages of development in transition counseling. They include comfort (reassurances about self-worth and identity); reflection (exploration and understanding); clarification (with respect to career and self); direction (exploring possible life/career directions); and perspective shift (putting the transition in…

California community colleges (n=78) ranked concerns in six life transition areas: job/career, financial, age related, health related, family, and personal. Interviews with San Francisco area businesses identified transition issues of concern to employees and ways community colleges could help. Four themes emerged: flexibility in career-related…