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Hippolitus, Mona; Beyerle, Shaazka – 1986
This directory is designed for use by parents, professionals, and disabled persons interested and concerned about the transition period from high school to adult working life. It lists persons in each state who can be contacted for information on current transition activities as well as future transition services being planned by the state. It…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Secondary Education, State Programs
Wikfors, Elizabeth L.; And Others – 1994
This annotated bibliography and resource guide is intended to familiarize administrators, educators, service providers, parents, and others with resources and services available to assist in the transition of students with disabilities into postsecondary education and the world of work. The first part lists 236 references published from 1985…
Descriptors: Agencies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Information Sources

Unger, Darlene D.; Luecking, Richard – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Summarizes features of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act, describes what states and localities are doing to include youth with disabilities in school-to-work initiatives, and offers recommendations to special educators, rehabilitation professionals, students with disabilities, and parents for increasing the participation of youth with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation

Neubert, Debra A.; Foster, Jennifer – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
The article outlines a guide to help special educators, parents, and adult service providers assist learning-disabled individuals in exploring employment and postsecondary options and enhance the transition planning process. Steps include developing an employability profile, identifying occupational areas to explore, and conducting exploration…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Programs, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
National Transition Network, Minneapolis, MN. – 1996
These two information briefs provide basic information to parents of students with disabilities transitioning from special educational services to adult rehabilitation services. The first brief introduces the rehabilitation services available to youth with disabilities. It explains how the vocational rehabilitation system works, what the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Programs
Price, Lynda; Aune, Betty – 1988
The supplement to a previous bibliography lists 39 references concerned with the transition of learning-disabled (LD) students from secondary to postsecondary and work settings. An introduction provides a review of current issues and identifies five assumptions in the literature: (1) the transition process does exist; (2) transition is an…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developmental Stages, Education Work Relationship, Learning Disabilities
Price, Lynda – 1989
The supplement to a previous bibliography lists 40 references concerned with the transition of learning-disabled (LD) students from secondary to postsecondary and work settings. An introduction notes the bibliography's emphasis on the following areas: (1) the psychosocial impact of learning disabilities on adolescent and adult development; (2)…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1986
This guide presents a process for school-to-community transition planning for students with disabilities, based on individual need. In order for the school to support transition planning, it must put in place a school-based transition system, with the following essential components: local education agency administrative and program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning
Raabe, Becky; Hilts-Scott, Shirley; Santa Maria, Karen; Swearingen, Tina – 2001
Three brochures provide basic information and resources on post-high school options for students with disabilities. The first brochure (Becky Raabe) developed in March 2000, explores college and university options. After listing prominent individuals whose disabilities did not stop them from continuing their education, information is provided on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Career Education, Disabilities, Individualized Transition Plans

Ferris, Agnes – RE:view, 1991
A blind individual offers career education guidelines concerning helping blind children make realistic vocational choices, providing job awareness, setting up work-experience programs, and developing special job-seeking skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Career Choice, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
Horne, Richard L.; Thuli, Kelli J. – 1998
These six fact sheets are designed to communicate strategies for serving all youth, especially youth with disabilities, in school to work programs: (1) "Overview of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act" briefly describes this 1994 federal law and the three components of school-to-work programs: school-based learning, work-based learning,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Definitions, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
1996
This handbook for parents describes the transition planning process for youth with disabilities. The handbook is divided into four sections: an overview of the who, what, where, when, why, and how of transition; consideration and evaluation of future options for the young person; home, school, and community activities that can be immediately…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Programs
Quinones, Bill; Ozmun, Ellie – 1986
This transition planning guide is intended as a resource for parents of severely handicapped students approaching or at the legal age for leaving public school services and entering community services. The guide was developed after a 2-year transition project, Project Impact, revealed common concerns and questions which parents and teachers…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Education
McManus, Marilyn C., Ed. – Focal Point, 1987
This issue focuses on assisting adolescents with serious emotional handicaps to make transitions from youth serving systems into society. A framework for developing transition-oriented programs is prevented that incorporates into the specific service goals of the current environment the skills required to function in the projected environment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
Seidenberg, Pearl L. – 1987
The guide identifies and discusses critical components of high school programs designed to facilitate college placement as well as preparation of potential college-bound learning disabled (LD) secondary students for the demands of college settings. First, secondary programming needs to include integration of LD students into college preparatory…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Cooperative Planning, Educational Counseling, Educational Opportunities