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Direct linkStephanie Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This paper presents the findings of a Consensual Qualitative Research partial program evaluation of the effectiveness of a secondary transition-to-work training program in a Southeastern public school system. Current literature regarding the history of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, barriers they have faced to…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Attitudes, Transitional Programs, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedBaugher, Robin; Nichols, Joe – Education, 2008
Concerned that their special education students were not being adequately prepared for the post-high school world, a rural Arkansas school district made a concerted effort to provide a systematic transition program in which opportunities for life after graduation could become a meaningful reality. A significant component of the transition program…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, Secondary School Students, Disabilities
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
As the Higher Education Opportunity Act opens the door to more options and supports, more and more students with intellectual disabilities are "thinking college." That means high schools, colleges, and universities must be fully prepared to meet the needs of students with disabilities--and this comprehensive resource is just what they…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Postsecondary Education, Employment, Program Evaluation
Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. – 1999
This report provides updated information on how transition policies for New York students with disabilities are being implemented in Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers. It summarizes the findings about former students' post-school employment, postsecondary education, and community living status, and identifies the program…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Disabilities, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Wallace, Teri, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This theme issue addresses current trends and new developments in ensuring that individuals with disabilities have meaningful employment opportunities, especially in the context of recent federal legislation. Stressed throughout is the importance of collaboration among professionals, individuals with disabilities, and family members in achieving…
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. – 1992
This report on transition services for students with disabilities in Nebraska schools begins with an outline of the development of transition programming as part of special education services, noting federal legislation in this area and the importance of intra-agency and inter-agency cooperative agreements. The role of career education in the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Rusch, Frank R.; DeStefano, Lizanne – 1989
The Secondary Transition Intervention Effectiveness Institute conducts applied research, program evaluations, and evaluation technical assistance in the areas of secondary special education and transitional services for individuals with disabilities. This annual report describes activities carried out during the fourth year of the Institute's…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Databases, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1986
Two documents focus on Transitional Service Centers (TSC) programs designed to help persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities enter into employment and community life. The procedural manual introduces the concept of transition from school to work and community living and examines steps in developing TSCs: (1) conducting a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Deschnes, Nicole; Clark, Hewitt B. – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1998
A survey of 254 transition programs across North America examines their values, supports, and services. Identifies the seven best practices that all effective programs have in common. Suggests that these best practices are not enough. Offers that alternative methods of education and training, collaboration between resource and service providers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Employment
