A National conference was held to examine State policies and practices for helping disabled youth make the school-to-work transition more successfully. The focus of the first day of the conference was on transitional programs currently in existence in Maryland, Michigan, and New York. The first part of the second day's activities involved the summary of three themes in the joint activities of special education, vocational education, and vocational rehabilitation; the themes are: cooperative agreements among special education, vocational education, and vocational rehabilitation; vocational assessment; and referral to vocational rehabilitation. The conference closed with the formulation of recommendations for Federal, State, and local actions at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels with respect to the following issues and areas: career awareness, life goals, staff preparation, coordination, standardization, communication, local implementation, fiscal concerns, employers, comprehensive planning, information dissemination, placement procedures and priorities, and follow-up services. (MN)