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Direct linkO'Laughlin, Laura C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study focused on terms anchored in special education and associated stigma of disability in schools. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ensured the right to education in US public school systems for students with disabilities. An associated term asserted that children with disabilities must be educated in the least restrictive…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Peer reviewedSun, Christopher M. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2007
Students with disabilities have more barriers to independent living than other student populations. The current study examines the likelihood of independence for young people with disabilities by extending a model developed by the Heal and Rusch (1995) that used the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) from 1992. The current study employs…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Disabilities, Statistical Analysis, Special Needs Students
Download full textValentine, Jeffrey C.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Bremer, Christine D.; Novillo, Walter; Castellano, Marisa; Banister, Aaron – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
This paper focuses on transition programs for youth to postsecondary education, broadly considered. It addresses the following questions: (1) What models or programs of transition exist? (2) On what basis can we say one transition program is more effective than another? In other words, how is successful transition defined? (3) How are…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Program Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Policy
Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Garner, Nancy; Yeager, Danna; Lawrence, Margaret – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that States provide a free, appropriate public education to children with disabilities residing within that state between the ages of 3 and 21. The ages of 18 to 21 constitute a unique time for students with disabilities whose peers have left public schools for postsecondary education or…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Special Education, Individualized Transition Plans, Educational Indicators
