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DeLuca, Christopher; Godden, Lorraine; Hutchinson, Nancy L.; Versnel, Joan – Educational Research, 2015
Background: The current global cohort of youth has been called "a generation at-risk", marked by a dramatic rise in youth who are not in employment, education or training programmes. In 2010, youth were three times as likely as adults to be unemployed, with youth unemployment worsening in 2012 and 2013. Accordingly, there is an urgent…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Youth Employment
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Dyer, Suzette; Lu, Fen – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
A growing number of Chinese-born international students are seeking permanent residency and paid employment in New Zealand after graduation. As yet, little is known about their post-study transitions to permanent residency and paid employment. This article reports on research investigating the transition experiences of 10 Chinese-born…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Career Development, Foreign Students
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Patton, James R.; Cronin, Mary E.; Jairrels, Veda – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Discusses life skills instruction in the transition education of adolescents with disabilities. The relationship of life skills instruction to the transition process, curricular issues related to students with special needs, models for teaching life skills, options for covering life skills in the curriculum, and cultural considerations are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills
Ness, Jean E.; Huisken, Jennifer S. – 2002
This curriculum was developed to support American Indian high school students in their transition from high school to postsecondary life. It provides a structured process and culturally relevant activities that can be led by either teachers, tribal elders, community members, or paraprofessionals. The curriculum is based on principles such as a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Influences, Curriculum, Decision Making
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Shepherd, Terry L.; Contreras, Diana; Brown, Randel – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
This article looks at the history of special education in Mexico, discusses the emergence of special education programs, and examines a school for special education in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The school provides vocational training for students with a variety of disabilities and has a partnership with the local maquiladora industry. (Contains 5…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Children with Chronic Illness and Disability. – 1991
This resource manual lists and describes research projects, federally funded between 1989-91, that focus on children, youth, and families living with chronic illness and disabilities. The projects were supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, the Child and Adolescent…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior, Children, Chronic Illness