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Direct linkNoyes, David A.; Sax, Caren L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The Point of Transition Service Integration Project was initiated in 1997 in California as a three-year model demonstration grant funded by the Department of Education. The goal of the project was to improve the level of cooperation and collaboration among public schools, the State Department of Rehabilitation, and the State Department of…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Individualized Transition Plans, State Programs, Agency Cooperation
Zafft, Cynthia; Hart, Debra; Zimbrich, Karen – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Participation in postsecondary education is a known predictor of a successful employment outcome for youth without disabilities. There is research documenting that this is true for youth with disabilities as well. Most literature on postsecondary education for youth with disabilities focuses on individuals with learning disabilities, attention…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Followup Studies, Employment Potential, Mental Retardation
Hart, Debra; Mele-McCarthy, Joan; Pasternack, Robert H.; Zimbrich, Karen; Parker, David R. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Traditionally, youth with learning, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities (LCID) have not been given the option of participating in and thus benefiting from a postsecondary education. There are school districts and community colleges across the country, however, that are creating opportunities for these youth to have the option of meaningful…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities)
Weir, Cate – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Recent studies of innovative supports and services in postsecondary education reveal more effective and cooperative mechanisms with which to provide supports to individuals with disabilities (Stodden, Jones, & Chang, 2003; Whelley, Hart, & Zafft, 2003). Colleges and universities can design supports that permit consumer choice while avoiding…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Participant Observation, Disabilities, College Students
Chambers, Cynthia R.; Hughes, Carolyn; Carter, Erik W. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to extend research on parent and sibling perspectives concerning the transition of family members with significant cognitive disabilities to adult life. Eight parents and eight siblings of high school students with significant cognitive disabilities completed questionnaires addressing transition outcomes.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Siblings, Independent Living, Parent Attitudes
Poston, Denise J.; Turnbull, Ann P. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Results from a qualitative inquiry investigating conceptualization of family quality of life are provided. Focus groups and individual interviews were comprised of 187 individuals that included family members (e.g., parents, siblings) of children with a disability, eight individuals with a disability, family members of children without a…
Descriptors: Well Being, Religious Factors, Siblings, Religion
Tachibana, Toshiaki; Watanabe, Kanji – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Parents of pupils who were attending elementary schools in a typical medium-size city of Japan were surveyed. Respondents who had a close friend who has a person with intellectual disability (ID) as a family member or who had experience of voluntary work or job-related contact showed clear favorable attitudes. However, they differed greatly from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Mental Retardation, Adults
Dymond, Stacy K.; Russell, Douglas L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
This study investigated general education classrooms in one elementary school to determine impact of grade and disability on interactions among students, teachers, and the environment (i.e., instructional context). Twelve students were randomly selected from four strata (mild disabilities/grades 1-2; mild disabilities grades 3-5; severe…
Descriptors: Individual Instruction, General Education, Special Education, Mild Disabilities
Smidt, Mandy L.; Cress, Cynthia J. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The present study assessed mastery behaviors in toddlers with physical impairment during object and social play interaction with their parents. Poor mastery motivation in object play of children with physical impairments has been attributed to difficulty in independently structuring tasks, limited experience in play effectiveness, and frequent…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Persistence, Motivation, Receptive Language
Morse, Timothy E.; Schuster, John W. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Published literature pertaining to the simultaneous prompting teaching procedure is reviewed. Purposes of this review are to (a) present an initial analysis of effectiveness of this emerging response prompting procedure, (b) discuss work that has been conducted to date, and (c) provide directions for future research. Data from all published…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Investigations, Teacher Effectiveness, Prompting
Bouck, Emily C. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Since passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, much debate has occurred regarding how to address curriculum in terms of meeting needs of students within various special education categories. Recently, more discussion has emerged regarding transition and curriculum geared towards assisting with this…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Special Education, Disabilities, Secondary School Curriculum
Carothers, Douglas E.; Taylor, Ronald L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Twenty students with Asperger syndrome were compared to 20 typically developing peers to determine their relative effectiveness in interpreting social intentions of others and to examine whether with a given interpretation of social intention there were differences in the social interaction strategies chosen by these two groups of students. An…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Intention, Elementary School Students
Frankland, H. Corine; Turnbull, Ann P.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Blackmountain, Lavine – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Recent literature in the field of transition studies emphasizes importance of creating self-determination supports to promote independence, autonomy, and quality of life in students with disabilities. Much of that literature, however, has not taken cultural and familial factors into consideration. A review of the Navajo family and disability…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Navajo (Nation), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Broekaert, Eric; Van Hove, Geert; Bayliss, Phill; D'Oosterlinck, Franky – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
This paper reviews underlying systems of worldwide thought, which underpin the organisation of care, support and (special) education for people with disabilities and behaviour disorders. As the world enters a postmodern age, there is no longer one central and dominant theory by which to guide action. The article reviews a range of theoretical…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Behavior Disorders, Foreign Countries
Parette, Phil; Scherer, Marcia – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Issues related to stigma and its impact on assistive technology (AT) use with persons having developmental disabilities are addressed. While stigma has been known to be associated with presence of disability for many years, relationship between stigma and AT usage, particularly when working with families across cultures, has only just begun to be…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Social Bias, Correlation
