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What Do Transition Assessments Look Like for Students with a Significant Cognitive Disability? A Multistate Survey of Educational Stakeholders
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Malarie E. Deardorff; Joshua M. Pulos; Andrea L. Suk; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm; Amber E. McConnell – Inclusion, 2020
Despite challenges educators face when assessing needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities, providing a fair and accurate assessment of skills is crucial to a student's future success. Dismal outcomes for these students indicate the current transition planning process is weak and not appropriate. Research suggests meaningful…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs, Planning
Exploring the Impact of Community Service on Career Exploration, Self-Determination, and Social Skills for Transition-Age Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Jaimie Timmons; Agnieszka Zalewska; Allison Cohen Hall; Sheila Fesko – Inclusion, 2017
Bleak transition outcomes for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), coupled with the surge in incidence, has led to the need for focused and innovative transition strategies. While structured community service reveals promise, documentation of how community service experiences contribute to building employment skills for youth with…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Job Skills
Ensuring Quality Education to Promote Transition: A Summary of Existing Studies
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Martin Agran; Fred Spooner; Colleen Robertson – Inclusion, 2018
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) hosted the National Goals in Research, Policy, and Practice working meeting in August, 2015, to identify key national policies, priorities, and practices to serve and support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) at the secondary level. The…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
The Role of Community Colleges in Strengthening Access to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
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Julie A. White – Inclusion, 2015
Community colleges have a mission to provide access to postsecondary education. As such, they enroll nearly half of all U.S. undergraduates, with 12% of enrollees indicating that they are students with disabilities (American Association of Community Colleges, 2015). This article describes Onondaga Pathways to Careers (OPC), a pilot project which…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Role, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion