ERIC Number: EJ1174254
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Transition Services for DHH Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities: Challenges and Theoretical Frameworks
Luft, Pamela
American Annals of the Deaf, v160 n4 p395-414 2015
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) adolescents and young adults with disabilities (DWD) are a highly diverse group who may also demonstrate a range of functional limitations. These present unique challenges to professional efforts to provide high-quality transition services. Despite these issues, a majority of this population has cognitive abilities within the typical range, and therefore, their transition expectations should be commensurately high in comparison to those of their DHH peers. Research-based transition practices offer a range of interventions, and although none have been validated with DHH or DWD students, several provide important foundational learning opportunities. Yet their implementation will require modifications with programming and expertise beyond what is available in most school districts. Use of a multilevel, ecological framework and person-centered planning offers systematic strategies for increasing access to transition resources and supports to address these unique needs and lead to successful adulthood.
Descriptors: Young Adults, Disabilities, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Transitional Programs, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Success, Comorbidity, Related Services (Special Education), Vocational Rehabilitation, Educational Practices, Program Implementation, Outcomes of Treatment, Adolescents
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Language: English
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