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Becht, Kathleen; Roberts-Dahm, L. Danielle; Meyer, Adam; Giarrusso, Denise; Still-Richardson, Ethel – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2020
Researchers explored 11 of Florida's inclusive postsecondary education programs (IPSE) for individuals with intellectual disability (ID), during the 2016 and 2017 academic years. The researchers sought to explore, through ethnographic inquiry, the nature of academic access as well as the programs of study available to students with ID within…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
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Thatcher, Leslie; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2021
To prepare high school graduates with visual impairments for college, staff members at Perkins School for the Blind developed a nine month residential program, College Success@Perkins. This article describes components of the program design and provides data on eight students who successfully completed the program in the first cohort. It concludes…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Readiness, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Castino, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is a lack of knowledge in the area of training needs for Deaf/Blind vocational rehabilitation and/or independent living service providers in Florida. This quantitative study utilized self-report surveys of Deaf/Blind providers in Florida to determine what needs to be done related to professional development. The researcher attempted to…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Transitional Programs, Deafness, Blindness
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; McGorray, Susan P.; Wang, Hua; Podmostko, Mary; Andrews, W. Drew; Lubbers, Joyce; Gritz, Sheila – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
Results of the Florida High School Exit Survey collected in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 are presented. Participants include 2,520 students with and without disabilities across 40 school districts. Survey items cover questions relating to employment, postsecondary education and training, daily living, quality of life, agency connections, in-school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Quality of Life, Disabilities, Educational Experience
Allen, Peg; Ciancio, Jean; Rutkowski, Susie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2008
For students with disabilities, the opportunity to work in a supportive environment is one that can bring them, and their employers, great rewards. This article describes a program that started more than a decade ago at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, which is giving students just that kind of opportunity through innovative…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Independent Living, Hospitals, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1993
This resource guide is designed to bring together information and resources on career preparation for students with disabilities in Florida's schools. The intended audience includes special and vocational teachers and administrators who have an interest in improving outcomes for students with disabilities within their districts. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs