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PACER Center, 2017
This toolkit was created to make transition planning easier and offers easy-to-understand information about the purpose of transition planning, the goal and importance of age-appropriate assessments, and the required rules that are used by schools. It also includes information on the community partners that can provide youth with supports as…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Planning, Disabilities, Guidelines
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Altschul, Peter; Michaels, Craig A. – Journal of Career Planning & Employment, 1994
The funded Access to Employment project was given three years to demonstrate effective bridges between private sector employers and qualified college students and graduates with disabilities. The program offers workshops that address communication and attitudinal issues. Future plans and criteria for evaluating project effectiveness are also…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Career Awareness, Career Planning, College Students
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) should provide disabled working women with better employment prospects and greater earning capacities. The ADA prohibits discrimination in all terms and conditions of employment against qualified disabled persons who can perform the essential functions of a given job with or without reasonable…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
Goldstein, Terri; Chun, Margaret; Winkler, Michael – 2001
This student handbook on job seeking skills was developed by a project to enhance career services for students with disabilities in higher education. The guide is intended to provide students with basic information on setting career goals and looking for work, including special considerations for job seekers with disabilities. Individual sections…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, College Students
Kump, Ann; Petersen, Pat; Fruin, Jerry; Koritko, Laurie; Ramsburger, Peter – 1999
This guide is designed to help the user better understand the different types of career assessments and how the user and others may want to use them to make career decisions. Information is presented in question and answer format. These topics are covered: how assessment tests can help; how assessments are used by counselors and employers; how…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
Vogel, Susan A., Ed.; Reder, Stephen, Ed. – 1998
This book deals with the long-neglected problem of learning disabilities (LDs) and the relationship of LDs to difficulties in the acquisition of literacy. Its 17 chapters are divided into 5 sections that begin with an opener to help the reader identify the main themes and content of each chapter in the section. Four chapters in Section I address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, At Risk Persons, Career Education