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Peer reviewedGlahn, T. J.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1984
A model in which autistic and other developmentally disabled persons are provided individualized treatment within a home-like residence has been shown to provide successful transitions from institutions to community settings. (CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Models
Download full textTimmons, Jaimie Ciulla; Whitney-Thomas, Jean – Research to Practice, 1998
This paper summaries a study on the participation of 10 students (ages 18-21) with developmental disabilities in the transition from school to work using the Whole Life Planning model. Data included observations of organizational and planning meetings and structured interviews with the students, parents, and facilitators. Analysis resulted in the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Individual Differences, Meetings
Peer reviewedBerry, Judy O. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Applied Bronfenbrenner's social ecology model to families that include a member with a developmental disability and who are making the transition from institution to community. Presents an overview of the model as well as a discussion of counselors' use of it in providing services to families in this situation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Services, Counseling, Developmental Disabilities
Certo, Nicholas J.; Mautz, Denise; Pumpain, Ian; Sax, Caren; Smalley, Kim; Wade, Holly A.; Noyes, Dave; Luecking, Rich; Wechsler, Jerry; Batterman, Nancy – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
The Transition Service Integration Model integrates resources of public schools, rehabilitation, and developmental disability systems. School and private non-profit agencies work together to develop employment and inclusive community activities during the student's last school year. Rehabilitation and developmental disability systems then work…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Wehman, Paul, Ed.; Hill, Janet W., Ed. – 1985
Six papers address issues in the transition from school to work for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled young adults. The first presents a three-stage vocational transition model emphasizing functional curricula, integrated services, community-based instruction, involvement of parents and adult services representatives, and a diversity…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Rickard, Patricia L. – 2002
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 3-year federally supported project that provided 326 students, ages 18-21, with developmental disabilities employment training through five community colleges and three K-12 system adult education systems. Program sites were in California, Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina. The program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
