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Inter-Agency Collaboration in the Transition from School to Adulthood of Students with Disabilities: A Narrative Review of the Literature
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Poirier, Sarah-Ève; St-Pierre, Marie-Catherine; Julien-Gauthier, Francine; Flamand, Véronique; Martin-Roy, Sarah; Desmarais, Chantal – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Students with disabilities face many difficulties in their transition to adulthood and are therefore supported by various individuals or organisations. Hence, a collaboration between family, school, health, and social services as well as other services is needed throughout this process. This narrative review aims to highlight important components…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Individualized Education Programs
Secondary Administrators' Perspectives on Their Involvement in and Barriers to Supporting Secondary Transition Programs for Students with Disabilities
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Dottie H. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To address disparities in post-school outcomes for students with disabilities, federal legislation mandates appropriate education programs to include transition planning and programs for students with disabilities. Because administrators are held responsible for ensuring appropriate educational programs for all learners including those with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Administrators, Administrator Role, Secondary Schools
An Exploration of a Public Day School for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
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Abdulalim, Latif – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined programming practices that have identified in the research as critical for school success for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Secondary purposes of the study were to identify the extent to which these practices were used and to examine student social/emotional and academic outcome data in a public day…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Public Schools, Day Schools
Liberty High School Transition Project: Model Process for Assimilating School, Community, Business, Government and Service Groups of the Least Restrictive Environment for Nondisabled and Disabled.
Grimes, Michael K. – 1988
The panel presentation traces the development of and describes the operation of a Brentwood (California) project to prepare approximately 75 severely disabled individuals, ages 12-22, to function in the least restrictive recreation/leisure, vocational, and general community environments. Transition Steering Committee developed such project…
Descriptors: Building Design, Community Involvement, Demography, Education Work Relationship
Secondary Education Transition Model.
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Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. – 1988
The Secondary Education Transition Model project at Colorado State University-Fort Collins represents a local and state commitment to serve students with severe handicaps who are moving into community work and living roles. These comprehensive transition services begin at the secondary education level and extend into the adult service system. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Higher Education
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Morningstar, Mary E.; Lattin, Dana L.; Sarkesian, Sue – Transition Coalition, 2009
Successful transition planning is a lifelong process in which the student, family members, friends, and professionals come together to develop and act upon a plan that will lead to a successful adult life. For this reason, transition planning has become a part of several federal laws. The most encompassing of these laws, the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Cooperative Planning, Federal Legislation