Despite extensive transition provisions in the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the post-school outcomes for students with disabilities continue to be disappointing. The IDEA designated those transition provisions as priority targets for federal and state compliance monitoring to assure that schools are attaining the goal…

This workbook and guide offers a step-by-step procedure for establishing and implementing transition programs, for use by educators of students with intellectual handicaps in cooperation with students, parents, and related agency personnel. The guide is divided into six sections, each of which includes several workbook activities. The first…

This paper describes the development and implementation of the public input process at Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. It shows how the public input process was applied to one of the Clerc Center's priority areas, the transition from school to postsecondary education and employment. Part 1 of the paper…