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Peer reviewedKinnison, Lloyd R., Jr. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1987
The author discusses the parents' role in the career decision-making process for disabled youth. He identifies crisis periods in the rearing of a disabled child and discusses general family influences on the learner's values about education and occupational aspirations. Recommendations for teacher-parent collaboration in this area are presented.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Family Influence
Download full textNational Center on Secondary Education and Transition, University of Minnesota (NCSET), 2004
This publication discusses person-centered planning as a tool for transition. It discusses young people with disabilities and the support systems they need to recognize their individual strengths, interests, fears, and dreams and allows them to take charge of their future. It focuses on how parents, teachers, family members, and friends in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Planning, Secondary Education, Parent Participation
Hains, Ann Higgins; And Others – 1987
The paper discusses the roles of educational agencies, teachers, parents, and the children themselves in ensuring successful transitions from special education preschools to mainstreamed kindergarten placements. Factors determining classroom placements for the child include chronological age, results of school readiness and developmental screening…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Disabilities, Family School Relationship, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedKochhar, Carol A.; Deschamps, Ann Barnes – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1992
Details relationships among the Perkins Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presents issues for vocational education, transitional services, and access. Outlines a bill of rights for youth with special needs. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Equal Education, Public Policy
Peer reviewedLongo, Paul – Urban Education, 1982
Hails the potential that mainstreaming of the handicapped holds for developing individual potential and enhancing equal educational opportunity, but cautions that extensive retraining of staff and diversification of teaching strategies will be necessary if adequate implementation of Public Law 94-142 is to be achieved. (GC)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMorningstar, Mary E.; Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. Jeannie; Lattin, Dana L. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1999
This article traces the history of transition programs for adolescents with disabilities and the role that transition plays within current reform efforts. Best practices are discussed and strategies for school programs are provided, including individualized planning, involvement of family and support networks, a focus on community outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities
Bedini, Leandra A. – Parks and Recreation, 1993
Support from community recreation staff facilitates successful transition and integration of persons with disabilities from hospitals or schools to communities. Functional independence requires leisure activity skills, choice-making skills, social and friend-making skills, and support networks. The article examines research on integrated community…
Descriptors: Community Recreation Programs, Community Role, Community Support, Decision Making
