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Mizelle, Nancy B. – 1999
Young adolescents entering high school look forward to having more choices and making new and more friends; however, they also are concerned about being picked on and teased by older students, having harder work, making lower grades, and getting lost in a larger, unfamiliar school. For middle school students, including those who have been labeled…
Descriptors: High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; Shotts, Cynthia – 1991
This packet provides a variety of information pieces to help early childhood educational programs prepare young children with disabilities for transition out of one program and into another. The booklet opens with sample thoughts children may have when anticipating transition. Next, 20 possible differences among programs are specifically…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
Amwake, Lynn – 2003
Noting that the transition to Kindergarten is a process rather than a one-time event, this guide will help early childhood educators--home caregivers, center providers and public preschool teachers--understand the transitions to school and consider steps teachers can take to improve children's transition and adjustment. Specific ideas and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Preschool Children
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; Shotts, Cynthia – 1991
This manual is a guide for facilitating a 3-hour community interagency planning workshop on the transition of young children with disabilities and is comprised of a facilitator's manual, a participant's manual, and a preconference packet. The facilitator's manual provides a listing of necessary materials, a general workshop process checklist, a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Gardner, John N.; Barefoot, Betsy O.; Swing, Randy L. – 2001
This booklet contains questions that are intended to serve as a starting point for asking meaningful questions about the quality of the first year of college so that a two-year college campus can enhance the learning, satisfaction, and retention of new college students. The previous edition considered the first-year experience for both two-year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; Shotts, Cynthia – 1992
This packet of information items presents a variety of resources for the effective transition of young children with disabilities from one program or service to another. Typical items include: challenges and truths of transition; six key points of transition; regulations from relevant federal laws; a flowchart of interagency transition planning; a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Pusch, Margaret D.; Loewenthal, Nessa – 1988
The guide offers 13 modules on integration and reentry of foreign students returning to their home countries, designed to span the period from first arrival at the U.S. university to the final return. Stressed is the need for students to adapt to unexpected problems on their return due to both changes in their home situation and changes in…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Cultural Differences, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students
Cheng, Maisy; Ziegler, Suzanne – 1986
This paper begins by reviewing evidence nationally, provincially, and locally that many students drop out of secondary school; that failure rates in core subjects in grades 9 and 10 in Ontario are high; and that ninth graders in Ontario reported being concerned about their school progress, their level of preparation and readiness for high school,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Freshmen, High Schools, School Activities
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; Shotts, Cynthia – 1991
This packet of handouts focuses on the role of the family in easing their child with disabilities from one early childhood educational program to another. Typical items include: reasons for involving families in transition; questions parents ask about "appropriate" placement; planned conversations with parents during the transition process; parent…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Queen, J. Allen – 2002
Most students pass through five major transitions from one level of schooling to another. This book-for principals, teachers, and counselors-focuses on the transition from middle school to high school. The book is grounded in Queen's Twelve Factors for Successful Student Transitions, a research-based set of findings and guidelines. Each factor is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, High School Students, High Schools, Middle School Students
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
Starting school is a transition marked by excitement, trepidation, happiness, or sadness for all involved. This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series discusses some of the issues described as important by children, parents, and preschool and elementary educators in an interview study of children's…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Huntze, Sharon L.; Werner, Roland J., Jr. – 1982
Two studies on reintegration of behaviorally disordered (BD) students into general education classroom are presented. Part I, by S. Huntze, considers five basic assumptions underlying the concept of reintegration and the following five areas that need to be considered when matching student and classroom environment: physical setting, academic…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Katims, David S.; Pierce, Patsy L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1995
This article focuses on competencies needed for children's transitions from preschool special education programs to the primary grades, with a focus on literacy-rich classroom environments. The competencies concern: readiness to maximize academic achievement, social skills, and appropriate responsiveness to various instructional styles and new…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
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Gartin, Barbara C.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
Guidelines are presented for assisting students with disabilities in their transition to college. A higher education transition model is described with three curricular elements: (1) psychosocial adjustment (such as college-level social skills); (2) academic development (such as career awareness); and (3) college/community orientation (such as…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, College Bound Students, College Environment, College Students
Hemphill, Rae – 1996
Parents of adolescents with attention deficit disorders are offered suggestions for easing the transition of their teen from elementary to secondary school. Careful scheduling of classes with the guidance counselor to "fit" the individual teen's needs is urged. The importance of ongoing communication with the school concerning class progress,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
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