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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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DeLuca, Christopher; Godden, Lorraine; Hutchinson, Nancy L.; Versnel, Joan – Educational Research, 2015
Background: The current global cohort of youth has been called "a generation at-risk", marked by a dramatic rise in youth who are not in employment, education or training programmes. In 2010, youth were three times as likely as adults to be unemployed, with youth unemployment worsening in 2012 and 2013. Accordingly, there is an urgent…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Youth Employment
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; Horky, Susan Chauncey; Miney, Angela; Reiss, John; Saidi, Arwa; Wolcott, Lisa; Saldana, Pablo; Jaress, Jennifer M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2012
Many children with invisible chronic illnesses (ICIs) are living to adulthood, necessitating that they prepare for their future. Health care and education systems have different meanings and processes for transition, although both systems are designed to help young adults prepare for independence. As health care and educational services support…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Chronic Illness, Young Adults, Student Needs
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Pham, Yen K. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013
This study used multilevel modeling to examine the extent to which secondary special educators promoted nonacademic behaviors that were positively linked to postschool outcomes for students with disabilities, including self-advocacy, goal setting and attainment, disability awareness, employment, and utilization of supports. Respondents were 248…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Disabilities
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Finn, Jane E.; Kohler, Paula D. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2010
This qualitative study investigated the perceptions of 8 Local Education Agency (LEA) personnel who implemented the Transition Outcomes Project (TOP) in a midwestern state. These personnel represented 100% of the state LEAs who instigated the pilot of TOP in the participating state. Findings showed that TOP had 3 major positive effects: greater…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Disabilities, School Personnel, Attitudes
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deFur, Sharon H. – Exceptionality, 2003
This article presents a model for integrating transition planning into the Individualized Education Program (IEP) with a focus on developing quality student-centered strategic plans. Strategies for developing effective transition practices, following meaningful processes, and creating efficient and effective IEP products are described. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Goodman, Beth; Iseman, Sheila – 1992
This paper suggests a framework for analyzing needs of students with disabilities in dealing with transition services in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). It outlines procedures to follow to ensure adequate service delivery. The framework and procedures are intended to result in IEPs that not only will survive legal challenges but…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Education Programs
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Sitlington, Patricia L. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
The transition to adult life for students with reading and writing challenges is an area that is not often addressed. The purpose of this article is to relate the informal assessment process to the broader context of high stakes assessment, high school exit exams, diploma options, and transition planning; identify the competencies needed for a…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Writing Difficulties
Berg, David; And Others – 1985
Transitional planning is incorporated into the multidisciplinary Individualized Education Program process for mildly handicapped tenth graders. A specific transition/termination plan was developed based on a vocational evaluation. Updating the transition plan is addressed in the student's final year, with referrals initiated to appropriate…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs
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Spruill, Jo Anna – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article presents a comprehensive model for assessment of secondary students with disabilities. The model is intended to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which requires identifying transition needs of students in their individualized education programs. The model assists in structuring an outcome-oriented transition…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Federal Legislation
Hendrickson, Jo M., Ed. – 1992
This resource manual contains conceptual and practical information about Iowa's Individualized Education Program (IEP) process and document. The resource manual's aim is greater consistency and higher quality in the implementation of the IEP process across Iowa. The manual is organized around the Iowa IEP prototype form, which consists of 10 pages…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Martin, James E.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper points out that one way to infuse self-determination skill training into a comprehensive transition program is to teach students with disabilities to direct and manage their own Individualized Education Program. The transition policy of the Academic School District in Colorado Springs (Colorado) is presented as a model. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Individualized Education Programs, Models
Avoke, Selete; And Others – 1996
This document is intended to assist Iowa school districts and area education agencies in planning and recording the transition service needs of students with disabilities. Its purpose is to provide educators responsible for the development of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) with additional strategies, ways of thinking, and ways to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Div. of Special Services. – 1988
The Employment Training and Transition Model is presented as a comprehensive classroom model whose goal is to prepare students with severe handicaps to work, live, and recreate in their home communities while in high school and after graduation. The model is built on the assumption that high school programs should be integrated, age-appropriate,…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
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Dowdy, Carol A.; Smith, Tom E. C. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
The Future-Based Assessment/Intervention Transition Model is an individualized approach to educational planning for students with disabilities. The model involves developing a plan around short-term and long-term goals that will prepare students to meet demands in school and in future adult environments. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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