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Special Education Transition Predictors for Post-School Success: Findings from the Field
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Sprunger, Nikki S.; Harvey, Michael W.; Quick, Marilynn M. – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Legislation has mandated that secondary schools provide services for students with disabilities that prepare them for independent living, employment, and/or post-secondary education (IDEA, 2004). This study examined the perceptions of special education directors, assistant directors/program coordinators, and secondary special education teachers…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
The Role of Principals in Work-Study Programs for the Handicapped.
Smith, Tom E. C.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
Findings revealed that a relationship existed between the principals' knowledge of and support for work-study programs, and their role performances with regard to such programs. These variables were also found to be directly related to the effectiveness of the work-study programs. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Knowledge Level, Principals
Career Awareness and Developmental Model to Prepare the Handicapped for Employment.
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Keim, Robert; And Others – Journal of Career Education, 1982
Describes the Work Study and Special Needs Programs of the Cleveland Public Schools, which were based on the rationale that assisting handicapped students to become economically self-supporting is necessary for self-growth and self-respect. The program focuses upon career awareness and personal guidance preparation and support. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
The Work Study--Work Experience Program in the Public Schools of British Columbia: Some Implications for Special Education.
James, Terrance N. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1979
The article discusses the results and implications of a 1978 study of work study/work experience programs for regular and handicapped secondary students in British Columbia, Canada. (Author/DSL)
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming
Transition: Old Wine in New Bottles.
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Halpern, Andrew S. – Exceptional Children, 1992
The 1980s movement for improved transition of handicapped youth from school to work is considered in light of similar previous movements: (1) the career education movement of the 1970s and (2) the work/study movement of the 1960s. The influence of broad social issues (such as educational reform) on outcomes for the transition movement is stressed.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
A Collaborative Followup Study on Transition Service Utilization and Post-School Outcomes.
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Baer, Robert M.; Flexer, Robert W.; Beck, Suzanne; Amstutz, Nancy; Hoffman, Lynn; Brothers, Judy; Stelzer, Donna; Zechman, Christine – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2003
A follow-up study involving 140 special education graduates found vocational education, work-study participation, attending a rural school, and having a learning disability were the best predictors of full-time employment after graduation. Participation in regular academics and attending a suburban school were the best predictors of postsecondary…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment