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Mathur, Sarup R.; Griller Clark, Heather; Gau, Jeff M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
This article presents the findings of a 2-year-long quasi-experimental study of post-release engagement and recidivism for youth with disabilities. The effects of specialized Reentry Intervention and Support for Engagement (RISE) for youth with disabilities were compared with two other groups: (a) youth with disabilities who received traditional…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Recidivism, Intervention, Special Education
Walters, Leanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purposes of this study were first to identify and describe transition to adulthood pathways of youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in regards to the timing and order of transition to adulthood task completion (e.g. completing education, gaining employment, living independently, marrying/close personal relationship, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Transitional Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Youth
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Clark, Heather Griller; Mathur, Sarup R.; Helding, Brandon – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
This study explores the effect of basic versus enhanced transition services on the recidivism of youth with disabilities in juvenile detention. The article describes the transition services provided and shares the results of a year-long, randomized, single blind, quasi-experimental study of post-release recidivism. Results indicate that youth with…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Data Analysis
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2011
Evidence strongly supports the notion that juvenile offenders, both with and without disabilities, are significantly more likely to experience successful reentry into their home schools and communities if appropriate programs and supports are in place. In spite of this, comprehensive state-level reentry programs for youth are few and far between.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Rehabilitation, Delinquency
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Swoszowski, Nicole Cain; Johnson, Monia L. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2012
Check-in, check-out (CICO) is a secondary-tier intervention with proven utility for reducing problem behaviors and increasing responsiveness to primary-tier expectations of positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). CICO has been investigated at the elementary and middle school levels in traditional school settings with students both…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Behavior Disorders, Residential Programs
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Ingalls, Lawrence; Hammond, Helen; Trussell, Robert P. – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2011
This study investigated the past special education programs and services provided to children and youth who later became incarcerated. Participants in this study were inmates from a medium security state correctional facility in the southwest region of the United States. All inmates involved in this study were identified as having a disability and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Public Education, Program Evaluation
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Unruh, Deanne K.; Gau, Jeff M.; Waintrup, Miriam G. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
Juvenile offenders are costly to our society in terms of the monetary and social expenditures from the legal system, victims' person costs, and incarceration. The re-entry and community reintegration outcomes for formerly incarcerated youth with a disabling condition are bleak compared to peers without disabilities. In this study, we examined the…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Intervention, Correctional Institutions, Predictor Variables
Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2012
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed what is now known as the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA). This effort was designed to provide a stable funding source to counties for juvenile programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. The Corrections Standards…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation, Counties
Morris, Marian; Easton, Claire – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
Narrowing the Gap (NtG) is a two-year development and research programme, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Local Government Association (LGA), working in partnership with other agencies, including local authorities. It seeks to make a significant difference, on a national scale, to the performance of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, At Risk Persons, Statistical Data, Disabilities
Tobias, Robert; And Others – 1984
During 1983-84, the Public Law 89-313 program served 2,053 students who were formerly educated in State-operated or State-supported schools through the following components and subcomponents: the Regional Services Instructional Support Unit; Citywide Services, consisting of Instructional Supplies and Equipment and Hearing Education Services; and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Career Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1982
A summary of 1981-82 Title I funded educational projects carried out in the State of Georgia is provided in this annual report. Data in the report are based on a reporting sample of one-third of the State's participating school districts, and lead to the following information. (1) More than 57,000 Georgia school children participated in regular…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
In 1983-84, the Education Consolidation Improvement Act (E.C.I.A.), Chapter 1, Part B Institutionalized Facilities Program was sponsored jointly by the Division of Special Education and, for the first time, the Division of the High Schools of the New York City Public Schools. The program provided supplementary career education and daily living…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency
Georgia State Dept. of Audits, Atlanta. – 1984
This is a performance audit of a Georgia Department of Education program designed to provide supplementary reading and mathematics instruction to educationally deprived public and private school students from low income or migrant families, as well as handicapped students and students residing in state-operated agencies for the neglected and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Gardner, Daniel L. – 1993
These two reports outline accomplishments and challenges faced by Florida's AE program in FY91 and FY92 in the following areas: adult literacy, social participation, career development, special needs of the AE program's diverse identified target groups, high school completion, General Educational Development, workplace literacy, networking,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy