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Charles B. Walters; Rebecca Smith-Hill; Anthony J. Plotner; Alie Springgate – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The problems associated with undue and overbroad guardianship for people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) have received increasing attention in recent years. In simple terms, guardianship threatens one's ability to exercise self-determination and make important decisions that reflect their own unique values, preferences, and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shaw, Leslie A.; Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank A.; Khamsi, Sheida – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Given the increasing enrollment of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in postsecondary education and the potential impact of self-determination on postsecondary outcomes, this study analyzed data on the self-determination status of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities completing their first year of a…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Postsecondary Education, Predictor Variables, Intellectual Disability
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Southward, Julie D.; Kyzar, Kathleen – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
The purpose of this literature review was to examine transition related activities that are associated with securing competitive employment upon graduation from high school for transitioning youth with I/DD. Studies included in this review met the following required criteria: (a) participants were transition-aged individuals with I/DD and (b)…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Adolescents
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Hall, Julie; Morgan, Robert L.; Salzberg, Charles L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
We investigated the effects of preference and degree of match on job performance of four 19 to 20-year-old young adults with developmental disabilities placed in community-based job conditions. We identified high-preference, high-matched and low-preference, low-matched job tasks using a video web-based assessment program. The job matching…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Skills, Job Performance, Young Adults
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Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred, III; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Flexer, Robert W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine disproportionality in transition services for students with disabilities. The authors predicted that students' transition services and secondary programs would be driven not only by their postschool goals, but also by their gender, ethnicity, disability, and school setting. To test this hypothesis, the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, Special Education
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Papay, Clare K.; Bambara, Linda M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Transition programs based on college campuses for students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD) ages 18-21 provide an opportunity for age-appropriate inclusion when peers without disabilities graduate from high school at age 18. The purpose of the present study was to examine the general characteristics of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Opportunities
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Moon, Sherril; Simonsen, Monica L.; Neubert, Debra A. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this exploratory study was to survey community rehabilitation providers (CRPs) to determine their perceptions of the skills, experiences, and information that transitioning youth with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families need to access supported employment (SE) services. Supervisors of SE from 12 CRPs across one state…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employment Services, Developmental Disabilities, Transitional Programs