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Stephanie 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
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shaw, Leslie A.; Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank A.; Khamsi, Sheida – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Given the increasing enrollment of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in postsecondary education and the potential impact of self-determination on postsecondary outcomes, this study analyzed data on the self-determination status of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities completing their first year of a…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Postsecondary Education, Predictor Variables, Intellectual Disability
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Powers, Laurie E.; Turner, Alison; Matuszewski, Janine; Wilson, Roxanne; Loesch, Constance – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1999
Interviews with 12 students with developmental disabilities, parents, and educators regarding the transition planning process found most students optimistic about the future, although parents and teachers thought transition planning was incomplete. Strategies to promote student involvement in transition planning were recommended. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Planning, Secondary Education
Timmons, 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
Cohen, Monte – 1984
The paper describes Stepping Stones Growth Center, which prepared handicapped students for transition into competitive employment. The origins of the program and its emphasis on functional skill training are reviewed, followed by a description of three levels of services: a "ready" class stressing basic skills, a "set" class emphasizing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
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Dolyniuk, Chrystina A.; Kamens, Michele Wilson; Corman, Hope; DiNardo, Paulette Opipery; Totaro, Rebecca M.; Rockoff, Jessica Corman – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A pilot project brought 17 high school students with developmental disabilities to a college campus for job sampling. Participants were mentored by 23 college students. Preliminary data indicate the project had benefits for young adults with and without disabilities and supported the use of a community-based service-learning model. (Contains…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College School Cooperation, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Impact, 1998
This feature issue of "Impact" focuses on person-centered planning with youth and adults who have developmental disabilities. Featured articles include: (1) "Centering on People: A Quiet Revolution" (Judith A. Snow); (2) "Look-and Understand-before You Leap" (Brian Abery and Marijo McBride), which describes the basic principles and values…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities
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Luce, Stephen C.; Dyer, Kathleen – Behavioral Disorders, 1995
Effective systems for moving individuals with autism through a continuum of services, applicable across various educational settings, are described, including specific examples of implementation strategies used in a large treatment center for individuals with developmental and neurological disabilities. Implementation strategies focus on providing…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Delivery Systems
Creekmore, W. N., III; And Others – 1989
Competitive employment for individuals with developmental disabilities is the ultimate goal in defining vocational success. Employment training programs for the mentally retarded have often focused on pre-vocational lock-step prerequisite skills rather than on a functional methodology that is skill specific. In contrast, the concept of ecological…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Exceptional Persons, Job Placement
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Smith, Tom E. C.; Puccini, Iris Kerbis – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1995
This position statement of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities addresses the importance of equal opportunities for adolescents and young adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities and the need to support the independent functioning of these individuals. Specific…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Equal Education
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Kleinhammer-Tramill, P. Jeannie; And Others – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1994
This article identifies similarities in structures and practices between early intervention with infants and young children with disabilities and secondary/transition programs for adolescents and young adults with developmental delays or disabilities. These include horizontally administered, community-referenced, and consumer-driven services;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Davis, Cheryl; Bullis, Michael – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
This article summarizes 43 empirical studies of school-to-community transition of hearing-impaired persons with developmental disabilities; discusses data collection and interpretation issues; and recommends future research, development, and evaluation. The studies deal with such areas as career/vocational preparation, independent living skills,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Data Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Warger, Cynthia L.; Cuskaden, Eileen C. – 1990
This booklet, based on the Transition Through the Arts project developed by Very Special Arts, describes the successes that project instructors have achieved in using the arts to assist individuals with developmental disabilities reach employment. The project uses the arts as a vehicle to teach and reinforce the social and personal skill…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Cozzens, Gary; Dowdy, Carol A.; Smith, Tom E. C. – 1999
This book is intended to be a practical reference for accessing agencies that provide transition services for students with disabilities after they exit school and for including those agencies in the transition planning process while the student is still in public school. Emphasis throughout is on interagency collaboration and the various…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
Allen, William T. – 2000
This resource guide for individuals with developmental disabilities and their advocates looks at five ways to increase the freedom of choice for people with developmental disabilities, including assessing needs, planning for services, evaluating services, understanding the service system, and teaching self-advocacy. The first section includes a…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Check Lists, Decision Making Skills
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