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Clewiston D. Challenger; Allison R. Lombardi; Kevin Duquette; Christopher Espositio; Joanna DeJesus – Journal of Education, 2025
School counselors are trained to holistically serve all students' personal and academic development while also fostering college and career readiness (CCR). However, many school counselors inadequately serve students with disabilities due to a lack of training and/or time. Transition specialists are professionals staffed in the special education…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Students with Disabilities, Specialists
Lynne Graziano; Nick Lee – Bellwether, 2024
Young people need clear pathways to navigate from K-12 education into careers that align with their interests, strengths, and life goals. But they often lack the information, support, and access to choose and complete postsecondary pathways that are right for them. The federal government can play an important role in bridging this gap, by…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Guided Pathways, Government School Relationship, Career Development
Choiseul-Praslin, Belkis; Papay, Clare; Grigal, Meg – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2022
Postsecondary education opportunities for students with intellectual disability (ID) steadily increased between 2015 and 2020, in part due to a federal model demonstration program called the Transition and Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID). This program, implemented by the Office of Postsecondary Education,…
Descriptors: Profiles, Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education
Shamash, Emily R.; Martin, Alyson M. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
The need for highly qualified teachers who have experience and training with students with ASD continues to grow. In order to meet the need for high quality supervised field experiences for teacher candidates as well as opportunities for students with ASD to gain exposure to post-secondary activities on a University campus, the Transition…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, College School Cooperation, Special Education Teachers
Wilczenski, Felicia L.; Cook, Amy L.; Regal, Colleen P. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2017
Transition from high school to postsecondary education (PSE) and employment can be challenging for all youth, and particularly for youth with intellectual disability (ID) who are more likely to remain in poverty compared to their peers without disabilities (Mock and Love, "J Policy Pract Intellect Disabil," 9:289-297, 2012; Siperstein et…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Role, Student Needs, Transitional Programs
Horn, Annemarie L.; Bean, Kimberly M.; Layden, Selena J.; Terpstra, Judith E.; Holloway, Karen C. – School-University Partnerships, 2020
Transitioning from high school to the next phase of life can be especially challenging for youth with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD). Federal mandates are in place to provide individualized transition services to students with disabilities up to age 22; however, there is variability in the location of service delivery. A…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Partnerships in Education
Massa-Carroll, Idalia – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
The Transition Planning Inventory-Second Edition (TPI-2) is an instrument to help plan the postsecondary transition of students who are benefiting from special education (SPED) services. It aims to identify the strengths, needs, and interests of students with disabilities. It is also a tool to support school systems to comply with the U.S. federal…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Special Education, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Gothberg, June Watters; Kohler, Paula D.; Coyle, Jennifer; Fowler, Catherine – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
With increased emphasis on improved postsecondary outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities, it is critical to extend effective practices identified through rigorous research to the practitioner level. Recent policies and initiatives can feel overwhelming to school staff (i.e., ESSA, IDEA, CCSS), thus there is a need for a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice, Transitional Programs, Independent Living
MDRC, 2015
Nearly 39 million adults in the United States lack a valid high school credential and face a significant barrier to both higher education and employment opportunities. High school equivalency exams, primarily the General Educational Development (GED) exam, are the primary gateway to college for high school dropouts, but relatively few people are…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Models, Curriculum Design, Transitional Programs
Davis, Lois M.; Tolbert, Michelle C. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Before 2013, incarcerated individuals in North Carolina could enroll in college correspondence courses, but there was no coordinated effort to provide a path toward a postsecondary degree or credential. Furthermore, there was no coordination around reentry. The Vera Institute of Justice's Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Project…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education
Stephanie Smith Lee; Denise M. Rozell; Madeleine C. Will – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2019
This report examines issues regarding needed alignment of services and collaboration among agencies and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to achieve the goal of supporting youth with intellectual disability (ID) to obtain increased academic learning, independent living, and competitive integrated employment through participation in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Postsecondary Education, Agency Cooperation
Perryman, Twyla; Ricks, Lacey; Cash-Baskett, Labrita – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with foundational information that will assist them in transition planning for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on a review of current literature. SLPs must be knowledgeable of transition planning in order to assist students with ASD and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Planning
Buckwalter, Veronica; Maag, Taylor – Jobs for the Future, 2019
This report examines the structural divide between for-credit and noncredit postsecondary education and the problems it presents for people seeking better jobs with higher pay. It highlights innovative ways that some community colleges are trying to bridge the gap nationally--creating more seamless pathways between credit and noncredit…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adults, College Credits, Noncredit Courses
Collins, Belva C.; Ludlow, Barbara L. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
The field of special education's focus on moderate and severe disabilities (MSD) has undergone a number of changes in the past five decades. Some have been philosophical, some based on research, some based on mandated practices through U.S. law, and some based on the development of better technologies. While pioneers in the field first established…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Severe Disabilities, Severity (of Disability), Special Education
Tomasello, Jenna; Brand, Betsy – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2018
Despite advances in improving CCR for students with disabilities, a great deal of work is needed to help more students achieve their full potential. The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) provides states with flexibility over the design of their educational systems and offers additional provisions to support CCR for all students, including…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation