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Wehman, Paul – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
For young people with disabilities, crossing the bridge to adulthood will be empowering instead of intimidating--when their support teams know the essentials of effective transition planning. Now all the fundamentals of well-crafted transition plans are collected in one concise quick-guide, straight from one of the top authorities on helping young…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Adults, Transitional Programs, Individualized Education Programs
Browning, Philip; Dunn, Caroline – Alabama Council for Exceptional Children Journal, 1994
This paper presents a revised K-12 master's teacher certification program that gives emphasis to training secondary teachers, in response to Alabama's urgent need to have highly trained secondary special education teachers in the area of transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. The proposed teacher preparation program is…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 2000
This report addresses questions of interest to federal officials in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) concerning the characteristics, services, and outcomes of transition-aged youth (ages 18-25) who applied for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services during November 1994-December 1996. The analyses conducted for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Disabilities, Employment Counselors
Martin, James E.; Kohler, Paula D. – 1999
This document presents all necessary materials for a complete course at the university level on the transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. It includes an instructor's guide, a class syllabus, and 16 class lessons. The course is based on the "Taxonomy for Transition Programming," a model of effective transition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Tierney, William G., Ed.; Hagedorn, Linda Serra, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines pre-college enrichment programs that offer a specific remedy to the problem of low income and underrepresented students' access to higher education. The 10 papers are: (1) "Pre-College Outreach Programs: A National Perspective" (Watson Scott Swail and Laura W. Perna); (2) "The Relationship between…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Tashjian, Michael D.; Schmidt-Davis, Holly – 2000
This report contains findings from a descriptive study of the characteristics, services, and outcomes of consumers who achieved a supported employment (SE) outcome after exiting Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services. Data were obtained through case file abstraction, consumer interviews, and an extended service provider interview of 259 SE…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Evaluation, Disabilities
Catlett, Camille, Comp.; Winton, Pamela J., Comp. – 2001
The purpose of this resource guide is to identify and describe teaching, training, and staff development materials that meet three basic criteria: they are good, they are readily available, and they are inexpensive. These resources may assist educators, trainers, supervisors, and other personnel preparation decisionmakers in designing quality…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Development, Disabilities
Catlett, Camille, Ed.; Winton, Pamela J., Ed. – 2000
This resource guide identifies and describes early childhood education teaching, training, and staff development materials that meet three basic criteria: good, readily available, and inexpensive. It is designed to provide educators, trainers, supervisors, and other personnel preparation decision makers with resources for designing quality…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Development, Disabilities
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This 23rd annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 (IDEA) discusses the progress of students with disabilities. It includes a number of modules reporting on the results of the National Assessment. Section 1 includes five modules that present statereported data on high school gradation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities