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Promising Practices for Improving the Middle to High School Transition for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Nese, Rhonda N. T.; Triplett, Danielle; Santiago-Rosario, Maria Reina; Austin, Sean C. – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2021
In this practice brief, we describe several current examples of approaches that are aimed at improving outcomes for students entering high school. Additionally, we present strategies to disrupt the negative trajectory for students with EBD, who seldom receive coordinated, individualized supports during the critical transition from middle to high…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Middle School Students
Caregiver Perspectives during the Post Inpatient Hospital Transition: A Mixed Methods Approach
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Blizzard, Angela M.; Weiss, Catherine L.; Wideman, Rukiya; Stephan, Sharon H. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Knowledge of caregiver perspectives of their psychosocial resources and needs during the post inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is limited. Examining caregivers' perspectives of the transition period may be a critical step in improving the transition success of children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Using quantitative…
Descriptors: Patients, Parent Child Relationship, Caregivers, Psychiatric Hospitals
Helping Children Transition from Kindergarten to First Grade
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Sink, Christopher A.; Edwards, Cher N.; Weir, Sarah J. – Professional School Counseling, 2007
This article documents the challenges that young children face as they move from kindergarten to first grade and the important role that elementary school counselors can play in working with students, parents/caregivers, and teachers during this critical period of development. Research- and practitioner-based recommendations for effective…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Caregivers, School Counselors
Outcomes in a Nursing Home Transition Case-Management Program Targeting New Admissions
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Newcomber, Robert; Kang, Taewoon; Graham, Carrie – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: The Providing Assistance to Caregivers in Transition (PACT) program offers nursing home discharge planning and case management for individuals in the transitional period following a return to the community. The PACT program targeted individuals newly admitted to nursing homes and worked with a family caregiver to develop and implement a…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Transitional Programs, Caregivers, Program Evaluation
Growing Up with Autism. Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents
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Gabriels, Robin L., Ed.; Hill, Dina E., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Individuals with autism and their caregivers face unique challenges in later childhood and adolescence, yet this period is often neglected in the professional literature. This much-needed volume translates current research on the needs of this population into practical recommendations for clinicians and educators. Featuring vivid case examples and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Caregivers, Assistive Technology, Sexuality
Transition through Multiple Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems: A Three-Year Case Study of a Head Injured Adolescent.
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Light, Janice; And Others – Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), 1988
This case study presents an assessment-intervention model for augmentative and alternative communication with a head-injured adolescent. The model addresses the client's needs and skills and also provides support and training for caregivers. The case study documents the adolescent's transition through a range of communication systems over a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Caregivers, Case Studies