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Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred, III; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Flexer, Robert W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine disproportionality in transition services for students with disabilities. The authors predicted that students' transition services and secondary programs would be driven not only by their postschool goals, but also by their gender, ethnicity, disability, and school setting. To test this hypothesis, the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, Special Education
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Rusch, Frank R.; Wolfe, Pamela – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2008
Despite efforts over the past several decades to improve the delivery of transition services for youth with disabilities, outcomes continue to be unacceptably dismal for most youth, including high rates of unemployment, residential independence, and financial dependence, concurrent with low rates of enrollment in college or other postsecondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High Schools, Employment, Transitional Programs
O'Brien, Connie Lyle; Mount, Beth; O'Brien, John; Rosen, Fredda – 2001
This paper describes the Pathfinders program in New York (New York), which works to facilitate the full integration of adults with developmental disabilities into workplaces and neighborhoods. The paper is organized around the question of whether students graduating from special education can find paid and volunteer work in community settings,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Programs
Wehman, Paul, Ed.; Hill, Janet W., Ed. – 1985
Six papers address issues in the transition from school to work for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled young adults. The first presents a three-stage vocational transition model emphasizing functional curricula, integrated services, community-based instruction, involvement of parents and adult services representatives, and a diversity…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
NICHCY Technical Assistance Guide, 1999
This guide discusses the processes involved in helping students with cognitive disabilities such as mental retardation find and keep a job. Following an introduction, the guide discusses the types of employment available for these youth and young adults in competitive and supported employment settings. The following section looks at the roles of…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
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Thorin, Elizabeth; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1996
Parents of young adults with developmental disabilities transitioning from mandated school services to adult services may face dilemmas when decisions present conflicting choices with equally problematic outcomes for the family. A questionnaire was administered to 103 families to determine which potential dilemmas were most significant for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities
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Reiter, S.; Palnizky, A. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
A study of 72 adolescents (ages 16 to 19) leaving Israeli special schools for students with developmental disabilities and mental retardation found that, 6 months after graduation, one-third of the students were neither working nor enrolled in any program. Variables correlating with successful placement included prior work experience, teacher…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship