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Lazzari, Andrea M.; Kilgo, Jennifer L. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
By recognizing the importance of early transitions for young children with handicaps and viewing transition as a lifelong process, professionals can guide parents in developing skills that can be applied to subsequent transitions throughout the child's life. Described are steps in the transition process, parents' transition skills, and expected…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Parent Participation, Preschool Education
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McDonald, Linda; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
Parents of 25 infants/toddlers with handicaps were surveyed to gain perspectives on easing the transition from home-based infant programs to preschool programs. Analysis of the results led to 4 major recommendations and a series of steps that infant program staff can follow to facilitate transition to preschool program options. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Planning, Home Programs, Infants
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Chandler, Lynette K. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This article presents a series of steps to help sending and receiving teachers of children with disabilities who are making the transition from preschool to kindergarten. The steps help teachers plan for transition, develop and implement child preparation activities, and integrate preparation activities with existing curricular goals and teaching…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Planning, Integrated Activities, Kindergarten
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George, Nancy L.; Lewis, Timothy J. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
This program for reintegrating students with disabilities into the mainstream involves data-based decisions during the following phases: long-range planning, assessing the less restrictive setting, approximating new placement routines, assessing student readiness, the transition, followup, and evaluation. A checklist for assessing the less…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fowler, Susan A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Four exemplary programs that effectively plan and coordinate transitions between early intervention programs and preschool/elementary programs are described. They include Project BEST (Building Effective School Transitions), Projects STEPS (Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public School), Project TEEM (Transitioning into the Elementary…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
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Hanline, Mary Frances; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
Preschool teachers can assist parents as their special needs children make the transition from the home or other services into public preschool programs. Respecting parent concerns, providing for individualized parent involvement, normalizing the classroom environment, and allowing time for adjustment are some ways that teachers can help. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Parent Participation
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Wehman, Paul – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Critical elements and best practices in school-to-work transition programs for disabled youth are identified. Noted are local factors, individual student choice, shared resources, vocational rehabilitation counselors in the schools, and school-business linkages. Best practices include individualized transition planning, community-based…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Family Involvement
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Agran, Martin; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
Exceptional students need to learn self-directed behavior and self-management procedures, in order to enhance their adaptability and problem-solving skills in work environments. An instructional model to teach adaptability skills focuses on decision-making, independent performance, self-evaluation, and autonomy. Several procedures to promote…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Job Performance
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Getzel, Elizabeth Evans – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Principles of planning for the transition of students with special needs into postsecondary educational programs include incorporation of postsecondary objectives into the secondary school individualized education program, use of the team approach, comprehensive program planning, interagency collaboration, and identification of resources and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, High Schools
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Meers, Gary D. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
This article examines vocational programing for students with disabilities in the context of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Trends are identified in transition, technology and worksite modification, and employment of people with disabilities. The new law's requirements concerning employment, public accommodations, transportation, state and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Tindall, Lloyd W.; Hedberg, Sally B. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
The Job Training Partnership Act, which provides money to programs preparing disadvantaged (including disabled) individuals for entry into the labor force, has helped special education students in such programs as the Special Education Local Plan Areas Job Project and the Day Training Activity Center at the Las Trampas School, Inc. in Lafayette,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
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White, Stephen; Bond, Michael R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
Services of two school districts to exceptional students in transition are reviewed. The Great Falls (Montana) model involves a five-year individualized education program, maximum integration, and three phases of paid employment. The Natrona County (Wyoming) program is based on such crucial services as vocational evaluation, community living…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
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Edgar, Eugene – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Preparing disabled students for transition to productive adult lives involves careful planning between sending and receiving agencies. The article describes state and school district transition programs, emphasizing interagency planning teams (Oregon), cross-agency coordination and ninth grade vocational assessments (Minnesota), and field-testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
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Lund, Kathryn A.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Job performance of disabled students can be monitored through: (1) student job reports (which emphasize self-analysis of on-the-job performance) and (2) job support groups (which focus on problem solving for employment situations). Both activities help students perceive the connection between work experience and school and help teachers intervene…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Performance, On the Job Training
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Wood, Judy W.; Miederhoff, Jennifer Wingo – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
The Transition Checklist was developed to compare characteristics of mainstream settings with performance levels of students entering those settings. The checklist assesses classroom instructional methods and materials, course content, evaluation techniques, and classroom management; interpersonal/social relations; and related school environments,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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