Now in a thoroughly revised and updated second edition, this handbook provides a comprehensive resource for those who facilitate the complex transitions to adulthood for adolescents with disabilities. Building on the previous edition, the text includes recent advances in the field of adolescent transition education, with a focus on innovation in assessment, intervention, and supports for the effective transition from school to adult life. The second edition reflects the changing nature of the demands of transition education and adopts a "life design" approach. This critical resource is appropriate for researchers and graduate-level instructors in special and vocational education, in-service administrators and policy makers, and transition service providers.
This book covers the transition of individuals with mild and moderate disabilities to all aspects of adult life. The text includes not only the transition to employment, but also the...
This book covers the transition of individuals with mild to severe disabilities from a school-age program to all aspects of adult life.
Each of us must heed her call to examine how our personal and professional cultures influence our work and contribute to equity, or inequity, in programs and services for these populations.” —Alba A. Ortiz, professor emerita, The ...
Career Development and Transition Education for Adolescents with Disabilities
Carol Kochhar-Bryant, Diane S. Bassett, Kristine W. Webb ... Kochhar-Bryant, C. A., Shaw, S., & Izzo, M. (2007). What every teacher should know: Transition and IDEA ... Fowler, C. H., Walker, A. R., Test, D. W., & Wood, W. M. (2007).
Get the fully revised fifth edition of the landmark transition textbook—now updated with new chapters on current topics, all the latest best practices and research, more practical strategies, and an unrivaled package of multimedia ...
This book is a quick and practical guide to the basics of transition planning for students with disabilities.
Potential strategies for engaging and empowering families can include a myriad of activities during the K-12 school years, in adolescence prior to the postsecondary experience, and even during the inclusive postsecondary experience or ...
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Turnbull, A., Turnbull, R., & Wehmeyer, M. L. (2007). Exceptional lives: Special education in today's schools (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Turnbull, R., Huerta, N., & Stowe, M. (2006).
School personnel, parents and high school students with disabilities will all benefit from this new and expanded (6-page) laminated guide by Elizabeth Hamblet.