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Kohler, Paula D.; Gothberg, June E.; Fowler, Catherine; Coyle, Jennifer – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative, 2016
Over the past three decades, transition practices research has demonstrated that post-school outcomes of students with disabilities improve when educators, families, students, and community members and organizations work together to implement a broad perspective of transition planning, more appropriately referred to as transition-focused…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Transitional Programs, Models, Program Development
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Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
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Hartz, Cameo V.; Parker, Jill – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
Institutions of higher education address the transition from after-college life in a variety of curricular approaches. Articulation agreements provide greater transferability of courses from one college to another, thereby easing the transition for students. Career courses, which are typically taught by career center staff, are a common offering…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, College Programs
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Mills, Ann G.; Sutera, Janice – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
As students face the transition to after-college life, whether it be to further education or to the workplace, their choice of classes can determine how well they are prepared. Students obtain a broad knowledge of various subjects through general education classes and more specific knowledge through their particular discipline or major, and often…
Descriptors: Career Change, Case Studies, Developmental Studies Programs, Transitional Programs
Luecking, Richard G. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Employment is one of the biggest contributors to quality of life for people with disabilities--and that means well-planned work experiences should be an integral part of transition preparation for every secondary and postsecondary school aged youth. Make that happen with this practical guide, developed to help educators, transition specialists,…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
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Patton, James R.; Cronin, Mary E.; Jairrels, Veda – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Discusses life skills instruction in the transition education of adolescents with disabilities. The relationship of life skills instruction to the transition process, curricular issues related to students with special needs, models for teaching life skills, options for covering life skills in the curriculum, and cultural considerations are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills
McNaughton, David B., Ed.; Beukelman, David R., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
To make a smooth transition to a fulfilling, self-determined adult life, young people who use Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC) need effective services that meet their individual needs and make the most of advances in technology. Professionals will provide these critical supports with the help of this book, the first complete guide to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Communication Disorders, Young Adults, Sexuality
Clark, Catherine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This study identifies and evaluates the pathways available from school to vocational education and training and to work, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research involved interviews with seven young people from Victoria who had either just completed secondary school and were enrolling in a VET course, or had completed a course and…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Destefano, Lizanne; Heck, Daniel; Hasazi, Susan; Furney, Katherine – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
At a policy forum on transition, 30 participants addressed special education, rehabilitation, and the School-to-Work Initiative. Recommendations were made in the following areas: considering transition as a pre-kindergarten through age 16 issue, promoting schools' responsibility for all students, cultivating leadership, working effectively with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hughes, Carolyn; Kim, Jin-Ho; Bogseon, Hwang; Killian, Daniel J.; Fischer, Gregory M.; Brock, Melissa G.; Godshall, Joy C.; Houser, Budget – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1997
A survey of 76 secondary transition teachers resulted in the validation of eighth support strategies: (1) identify and provide social support; (2) identify environmental support and provide environmental changes; (3) promote acceptance; (4) observe student's opportunities for choice; (5) provide choice-making opportunities; (6) identify student's…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
Clark, Catherine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This study identifies and evaluates the pathways available from school to vocational education and training and to work, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research involved interviews with seven young people from Victoria who had either just completed secondary school and were enrolling in a VET course, or had completed a course and…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Case Studies
1996
This compendium of abstracts of papers presented at a conference on student transition concentrates on three major student transitions: freshman, transfer, and senior. Each abstract provides a succinct statement of the paper as well as name and contact information of the presenter. Included among the 67 titles are the following: "Personal,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Freshmen, College Seniors, Distance Education
Sarkees, Michelle D. – TASPP Bulletin, 1990
Approximately 25 percent of the U.S. population is in rural areas and about 10 million students are enrolled in rural schools, comprising 12,000 of the 15,000 schools in the country. Although rural communities and their schools are quite diverse, certain characteristic economic, cultural, and social factors create large numbers of "at-risk"…
Descriptors: Career Development, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
Jolivette, Kristine; Stichter, Janine Peck; Nelson, C. Michael; Scott, Terrance M.; Liaupsin, Carl J. – 2000
This digest describes the post-school outcomes of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in education, employment, and social relationships. It also presents several school-based strategies to improve the post-school outcomes for students with EBD, including: (1) social skills training that involves both direct instruction and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
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D'Alonzo, Bruno J.; Giordano, Gerard – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1994
Discusses principles of rural transitional programs for disabled students and strategies for prevocational training such as career visitors, career field trips, career day fair, career bulletin boards, career learning centers, and career aptitude inventories. Discusses strategies for supplementing school programs with community and home-based…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
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