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Compliance and Practices in Transition Planning: A Review of Individualized Education Program Documents
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Landmark, Leena Jo; Zhang, Dalun – Remedial and Special Education, 2013
This study examined the extent to which transition components of students’ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) were compliant with IDEIA 2004; the extent to which transition components provided evidence of best practices; the association among disability, ethnicity, compliance, and practices; and the relationship between compliance and best…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Individualized Education Programs, Compliance (Legal), Best Practices
Promising Practices for Effective Transition for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Zhang, Dalun; Mackiewicz, Sara Moore – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (E/BD) have been consistently experiencing dismal outcomes. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of outcomes for this population, examine school-based instructional and behavioral strategies, and discuss transition related practices intended to improve present and future…
Descriptors: Success, Learner Engagement, Prevention, Behavior Disorders
Substantiated Best Practices in Transition: Fifteen Plus Years Later
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Landmark, Leena Jo; Ju, Song; Zhang, Dalun – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
Since the transition movement in the 1980s, numerous transition practices have been developed. Kohler (1993) provided a comprehensive review and analysis of transition best practices and divided them into substantiated and implied practices based on the existence of empirical evidence. Since that review was published, the field of transition has…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Job Training, Education Work Relationship, Daily Living Skills
A Statewide Investigation of Individualized Transition Plans in Louisiana.
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Everson, Jane M.; Zhang, Dalun; Guillory, Joan D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2001
A study that reviewed 329 Individualized Transition Plans (ITPs) found ITPs generally followed the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, however, they were less likely to address additional transition areas suggested in Louisiana's transitional planning menu, including living arrangements, homemaking needs, financial…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Planning, Federal Legislation
Transition Services: Plans for the Future.
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Katsivannis, Antonis; Zhang, Dalun – Principal Leadership, 2001
To address disabled students' troubling outcomes, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services identified school-to-work transition as a major priority. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act mandates that transition services be part of secondary students' IEPs. Principals' and parents'…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Infusing Self-Determination into Transition Planning: Current Practice and Recommendations.
Zhang, Dalun; Stecker, Pamela M. – 2000
Involvement of students with mild mental retardation (MMR) in the transition planning process was evaluated through interviews with 44 secondary teachers of students with MMR. The interviews focused on behaviors of the teacher and Individualized Education Program (IEP) team members before and during the transition planning meeting as well as…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs