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Download full textPolicy Research Brief, 1999
This reports presents results from a review of 38 published studies that measured behavioral outcomes associated with the movement of people with mental retardation from public institutions to community residential settings. Results demonstrate strongly and consistently that people who move from institutions to community settings have experiences…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedHeal, Laird W.; Rubin, Stephen S.; Rusch, Frank R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
The residential independence of postsecondary students with disabilities, who had originally participated in the National Longitudinal Transition Study of students leaving high school between 1985 and 1990, was assessed through responses from 5,462 parents or surrogate parents of these students. Among predictors of residential independence were…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Characteristics, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Direct linkSamuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2005
More youths with disabilities are successfully making the transition from school to higher education, jobs, and adult responsibilities than they did in the late 1980s, according to a federally financed study that has tracked thousands of secondary school students with disabilities over time. The percentage of students completing high school rose…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Independent Living, Discipline, Attitudes toward Disabilities
