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Rathbun, Amy H.; Hausken, Elvira Germino – 2001
This study identified the types of transition activities practiced by kindergarten teachers/schools around the country, the relation of various school characteristics to transition activities, and the relation between transition activities and parent involvement during kindergarten. The study sample was comprised of 2,826 public school and 417…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Family School Relationship
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 1999
This directory is one of five which together describe almost 1200 discretionary grants and contracts currently supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs under the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This section of the directory covers grants and contracts in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Contracts, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Maryland Univ., College Park. – 1999
This University of Maryland, College Park student handbook is intended as a reference to help academic achievement program (AAP) students successfully navigate the campus and the academic services available. Sections of the handbook cover the history, philosophy, and mission of the AAP; describe a summer transitional program; list the five program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Counseling
Hayward, Becky J.; Schmidt-Davis, Holly – 2003
This report is the first in a series of four final reports that present the findings of the Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Program. Initiated in fall 1992, the study has tracked VR participation and post-VR experiences of applicants to and consumers of VR services (n=8,500) for up to 3 years following exit from…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disabilities, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
Morningstar, Mary E.; Benitez, Debra – 2004
This monograph examines issues in the transition of youth with emotional and/or behavioral disorders to adulthood. It describes transition as a process by which youth with disabilities are systematically equipped with skills necessary for realizing valued postsecondary outcomes. The subject of transition is examined within the historical,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Behavior Disorders, Education Work Relationship
Quadland, Corinne; Rybacki, Sharon; Kellogg, Ann, Ed.; Hall, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
Designed for parents of students, this booklet provides information and strategies for helping students with disabilities make a smooth transition to postsecondary education and training. The first part of the booklet addresses: building blocks for transition, transition services mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Development, Disabilities
Quint, Janet C.; Miller, Cynthia; Pastor, Jennifer J.; Cytron, Rachel E. – 1999
This executive summary describes the implementation and effects of Project Transition, a program designed to help high school freshmen succeed by combining three strategies: student-teacher clusters with shared schedules, extra time for teachers to work together, and teacher coaching to support instructional change. Project Transition was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Hill, Allan B. – 1999
This study was conducted to identify the personality characteristics of high achieving developmental, or remedial, students and to discover how personality characteristics relate to academic performance among high-achieving developmental and non-developmental college students to determine if a correlation exists between personality and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Cognitive Development, College Students
Johnson, David R.; Jones, Bonnie – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2001
This paper presents a transcript of a National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) teleconference call held on February 27, 2001. David R. Johnson and Bonnie Jones talked about the mission, structure, and activities of NCSET. The presenters also provided an overview of OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) perspective about…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Disabilities, Institutional Mission, Technical Assistance
Watkins, J. Foster – Online Submission, 1994
The position is taken in the article that the "School-to-Work" initiative not be too narrowly defined to vocational/technical institutions to the exclusion of two-year/community colleges. Examples of early efforts to initiate the program are cited that seem to indicate that such could be the case. The author cites the range of students…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Elrod, G. Franklin; Cahalane, Benita H.; Combe, JoAnne – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1997
Special educators from rural and remote school districts in eastern Oregon surveyed local employers and designed a school-to-work site-based work-experience program for students with disabilities in an area with limited employment resources. Components of the six-year program (grades 7-12) and the outcome of enhancing associated work skills are…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Avalos, Mary A. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
Analysis of reading comprehension errors made by 22 Spanish-speaking fourth-graders in decoding English text found that comprehension "errors" began at the word level and advanced to larger misinterpretations at the sentence level. The cognitive processes of English language learners when comprehending English texts showed individual differences,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Background, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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Boyd, Brian; Simpson, Mary; Gooday, Margaret – Scottish Educational Review, 2002
A Scottish council commissioned a study to inform development of policy concerning ability grouping, timetabling, and other practices related to the transition from primary to secondary schooling. Although the researchers became aware that the council expected a report supportive of their policies, the data supported the view that the key to…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Class Organization, Developmental Continuity, Educational Attitudes
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Cipani, Ennio – Child & Youth Services, 1988
Provides a technology for addressing the following questions in teaching/training exceptional individuals: (1) what to teach; and (2) how to teach it. Uses behavioral training techniques to teach and help develop functional skills. (BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
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Chorost, Sherwood B. – Child & Youth Services, 1988
Discusses theoretical bases and practical applications of therapeutic leisure and recreation programs in assisting children with mild, moderate, severe, and profound handicaps to become more accepted by their normal peers. Examples show how such activities can be designed to create an environment to facilitate the educational treatment of…
Descriptors: Children, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Exceptional Persons
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