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Schwamm, Jeffrey B. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1988
The article describes critical factors in the organization and delivery of services to students-in-transition with severe to profound mental retardation. The extent of need for transition services is reviewed; a framework for transition case management in Philadelphia is described; and the roles of communications, capability, and disposition in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Intervention, Program Effectiveness

McDonald, Linda; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
Parents of 25 infants/toddlers with handicaps were surveyed to gain perspectives on easing the transition from home-based infant programs to preschool programs. Analysis of the results led to 4 major recommendations and a series of steps that infant program staff can follow to facilitate transition to preschool program options. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Planning, Home Programs, Infants

Field, Sharon – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article notes the increasing emphasis on self-determination in the school-to-adulthood transition movement, describes four self-determination models, and outlines instructional programs to promote self-determination in students with learning disabilities. Emerging issues are identified, including redefinition of roles, importance of taking…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Individualized Programs, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Smith, Tom E. C.; Dowdy, Carol – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
A future-based assessment/intervention model is proposed for improved programing for students with mental retardation. The model is an extension of curriculum-based assessment but takes into consideration students' abilities and individual goals and objectives. The assessment model is linked closely with instruction and is particularly valuable…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Mental Retardation

Ferreira, J. G. – Higher Education Review, 1992
After a review of the current problems of the racially oriented educational system of South Africa, this article examines alternative teaching strategies to ease the transition from school to university and concludes that modification of teaching for first-year university students is the most feasible approach. Examples of successful strategies…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Freshmen, Disadvantaged Youth, Foreign Countries

Baltimore, Linda Owlett – Thought & Action, 1995
Hispanic Americans face numerous barriers to educational opportunities, particularly in higher education. Cooperation and integration of services and interventions at various life stages and levels of education bridge the gap between the skills of many secondary school graduates and those needed to succeed in college. Such collaborative programs,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Educational Opportunities

Katims, David S.; Pierce, Patsy L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1995
This article focuses on competencies needed for children's transitions from preschool special education programs to the primary grades, with a focus on literacy-rich classroom environments. The competencies concern: readiness to maximize academic achievement, social skills, and appropriate responsiveness to various instructional styles and new…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention

Szymanski, Edna Mora – Exceptional Children, 1994
This article integrates literature from counseling, rehabilitation, multicultural education, and special education to explain the importance of life-span considerations, including the preschool and early school years, and the life-space factors of family, culture, and community. Principles for transition interventions which promote empowerment are…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship

Price, Lynda A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This article addresses theoretical and practical issues in the provision of mental health services to address psychosocial problems of secondary and postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Examples are offered of case studies and interventions from two federally funded research/demonstration projects at the University of Minnesota: the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs