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Johnson, David R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper examines the qualities and limitations of information utilization in special education program planning and improvement; discusses the results of a federally funded transition follow-along and follow-up research and demonstration project in Minnesota; and describes methods for organizing, managing, and reporting follow-along and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Leconte, Pamela J.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1995
Assessment of students with disabilities is addressed in the context of career development, vocational education, and transition. Assessment is viewed as humanistic, therapeutic, holistic, and leading to self-determination and self-advocacy. Profiling, a process of linking a database of aptitude, skills, abilities, and instructional methodology,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Data Analysis, Disabilities
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Sacks, S. Z.; Pruett, K. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
The Summer Transition Training Project was designed to address the needs of visually impaired adolescents and young adults by providing training in transitional and rehabilitation teaching to educators of the visually impaired and to rehabilitation professionals in six western states. This paper describes program design, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
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Nicklas, Willis L.; Contreras, Gloria – Teacher Education and Practice, 1991
Describes the successful University of North Texas Minority Teacher Recruitment Program's transitional experience for recruiting minority two-year college and high school students via a five-week, university-based summer session. Recommendations to colleges of education include promote forgivable loan programs; prioritize low student transfer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Transfer Students, Cultural Differences, Equal Education
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Wittenstein, S. H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
A transitional planning model implemented at St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City, New Jersey, incorporates a broad conceptualization of transition that includes social skills, independent living skills, and overall competence in adjustment to the community. The model considers parental involvement, advocacy, and leadership as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship
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Brown, Jason D.; Moraes, Sabrina; Mayhew, Janet – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2005
We examined the service needs of foster families with children who have disabilities. Foster parents in a large Canadian city were asked "What services or supports would be helpful to you?" The responses to this question were edited for clarity and to eliminate redundancies, and sorted into piles of like statements by a group of 15…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Statistical Analysis, Financial Support, Social Work
Spiers, Elizabeth, Comp.; Samberg, Laura, Ed. – 1992
Designed for parents and professionals facing development of transition programs in their own communities, this guide offers in Section 1 an overview of noncollegiate educational options after high school for students with disabilities who need additional time and training to prepare for adulthood. It covers employment, postsecondary education and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Wagner, Mary; And Others – 1992
This study, part of the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students, compares the postschool experiences of a group of almost 2,000 youth (those who were already out of secondary school in 1987) when they had been out of school less than 2 years with their accomplishments 3 years later. Chapters in the report have the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Anthony, Tanni L. – 1995
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Colorado Services to Children with Deafblindness program, a 3-year federally funded technical assistance project concerned with early childhood education, training of personnel and families, transition services from school to adult services, parent support, and dissemination of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Ticoll, Miriam – 1995
This literature review examines the American and Canadian educational research and program literature related to the inclusion of adults with intellectual disabilities in the postsecondary community college system and adult vocational training systems and has the overall goal of identifying factors that contribute to effective integration.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Maurer, Steven A. – 1995
This final report describes the Iowa Deaf-Blind Project, which provided technical assistance on a statewide basis in the form of information dissemination, training, and consultation to local school districts, area education agencies, institutions, and organizations providing early intervention, early identification, education, transition,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve; And Others – 1995
This report explores ways in which instructional conversations between a teacher and her students contributed to building an academic community in a transitional bilingual fourth-grade classroom. Through an analysis of reading lesson transcripts, classroom events, and student essays and journal assignments, the report shows how classroom…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Gow, Kathryn – Social Science Monographs, 1995
A study was conducted to identify training activities that are helpful in preparing secondary school students to become effective workers. First, 12 activities designed to prepare secondary school leavers for clerical/administrative jobs were identified through a literature review and a pilot study of 468 final-year secondary school students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Clerical Occupations, Comparative Analysis
Bishop, Virginia E. – 1996
Intended for either the general educator or the specialist, this text offers principles and teaching strategies for teaching students with visual impairments including both blind students and those with low vision. The book is organized into three sections: "Vision,""Learning," and "Testing and Transitions." The four chapters in the "Vision"…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blindness, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
Matuszak, Trish; And Others – 1996
This guide was developed to provide an overview of the major elements of the transition planning process from school to the adult system of supports and services for youth with developmental disabilities and their families. The workbook format is intended to enable families to be proactive at each stage of the planning process. Initial sections…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential
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