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Scanlon, Geraldine; Doyle, Alison – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: The principal destinations for school leavers with intellectual disabilities from special schools in Ireland are further education (FE) through providers such as the National Learning Network or training and employment (TE) within adult day services and rehabilitation centres. In 2015, a number of inherent barriers to participation in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Students with Disabilities
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Lichtenstein, Stephen – Exceptional Children, 1993
In-depth, structured interviews were conducted over a two-year period with four young adults (previously identified as learning disabled) who had dropped out of high school. Their stories cast doubt on the idea that dropouts are necessarily "failures" but suggest serious shortcomings in the secondary education programing and the transition…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics