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Conderman, Greg; Johnston-Rodriguez, Sarah; Hartman, Paula; Kemp, Drew – Preventing School Failure, 2013
Through a mixed-methods study, teacher education faculty members investigated the implementation of a new block of courses and an associated secondary clinical experience designed to prepare preservice secondary special educators. Seventy-three preservice candidates (a) completed then-and-now surveys assessing their confidence implementing 25…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Educators, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Harden, Lorie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although transition of students with disabilities has been part of federal mandates since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1990 and IDEA amendments of 1997, many students with disabilities continue to leave high school without a functional postsecondary transition plan. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, High Schools, Teachers
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Kellems, Ryan O.; Morningstar, Mary E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2010
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) states that transition planning should begin at the earliest age appropriate and no later than age 16. IDEA requires schools to make collaborative efforts to provide students access to an array of postschool activities including integrated employment, postsecondary…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Career Awareness
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Izzo, Margo Vreeburg; Yurick, Amanda; Nagaraja, Haikady N.; Novak, Jeanne A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
A pretest-posttest control group experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of EnvisionIT, a 10-unit web-based curriculum designed to teach secondary students information technology (IT) skills in the context of transition-planning activities. Fifteen high schools were stratified by socioeconomic status and randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Information Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Conventional Instruction
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DeLaGarza, Denise V. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1994
Reviews book describing service delivery model for transition program. Describes book as combination of pragmatic, specific information about transition program curriculum and philosophical and historical information. Suggests described program is comprehensive, community-integrated effort at transition program for students with mild disabilities.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Book Reviews, Curriculum, Disabilities
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Elksnin, Nick; Elksnin, Linda K. – Exceptionality, 2001
Occupational social skills are defined and their importance is highlighted. Four ways to develop appropriate training are offered: adapting commercial general social skills programs, adopting commercial social skills programs with an occupational focus, developing a program based on SCANS, and developing a program based on ecological assessment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Suarez, Tanya M.; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988
The study identified areas of innovative practice in 131 recently funded projects under the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. Innovations emerged in curricula, mainstreaming, transition services, use of technology, interagency coordination, type of service provider, and technical assistance. Most interventions had a family focus.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Esch, B. J. – 1986
This curriculum outline for the Sevier County, Tennessee, transition program for special needs students provides goals and objectives for the following domains: domestic, vocational, community functioning, and recreation/leisure. The domestic domain covers personal hygiene/grooming, first aid, home nursing, birth control/pregnancy, parenting, drug…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Mayer, Matthew J. – 2004
This monograph addresses issues in the appropriate education of children and youth with disabilities, especially emotional and/or behavioral disorders, who are in juvenile correctional facilities. An introductory chapter considers the characteristics of students with E/BD in the public schools; educational services in juvenile corrections; and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Correctional Education, Curriculum, Delinquency
Leach, Lynda N.; Harmon, Adrienne S. – 1987
This second volume of an annotated bibliography on transition from school to work focuses on evaluation methodology, efficacy of secondary and transitional services, and related topics. The bibliography's scope includes English-language journal articles, books, and reports, originally published from 1977 through 1987. For each of the 368 entries,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Halpern, Andrew S.; Herr, Cynthia M.; Doren, Bonnie; Wolf, Nancy K. – 2000
This curriculum kit contains a teacher manual, five student workbooks, a program guide, informational brochures, and a videotape recording, designed to teach high school students with and without disabilities how to begin planning for their lives after they leave school. NEXT S.T.E.P. (Student Transition and Educational Planning) is intended to…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Fuchs, Douglas; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1992
The Peabody Reintegration Project utilizes curriculum-based measurement (CBM) to help integrate pupils with mild and moderate disabilities into mainstream math instruction. CBM is seen to be particularly relevant to a transenvironmental programing process involving environmental assessment, intervention and preparation, promoting transfer across…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Thurlow, Martha – 2002
This briefing paper discusses academic accommodations for high school students with disabilities. It begins by reviewing provisions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that require Individualized Education Programs to include a statement of the program modifications or supports that will be provided for the child to enable the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Curriculum, Disabilities, High Schools
Field, Sharon; Martin, Jim; Miller, Robert; Ward, Michael; Wehmeyer, Michael – 1998
Targeted at special education teachers/special population instructors, work experience coordinators, vocational assessment personnel, and guidance counselors, this guide examines the relationships among career development, transition, and self-determination for students with disabilities. The guide uses a question-and-answer format to identify and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Clark, Gary M.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1991
This paper presents the position of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Career Development that education for career development and transition should be provided to all elementary-aged students. Information supporting the position covers career development stages, desired educational outcomes, and principles of elementary-level…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum, Developmental Stages, Disabilities
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