Integrating Preference Assessment within the Transition Process To Create Meaningful School-to-Life Outcomes.

Lohrmann-O'Rourke, Sharon; Gomez, Ophelia

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ERIC Number: EJ632502

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Publication Date: 2001

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Integrating Preference Assessment within the Transition Process To Create Meaningful School-to-Life Outcomes.

Lohrmann-O'Rourke, Sharon; Gomez, Ophelia

Exceptionality, v9 n3 p157-74 2001

This article discusses the inclusion of systematic preference assessment within transitional planning as a way to accurately interpret the preferences of students who use limited symbolic or nonsymbolic communication means. By using person-centered planning as a framework, it illustrates how to embed preference assessment within transitional planning. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Positive Reinforcement, Secondary Education, Severe Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Transitional Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Educating Individuals with Severe Disabilities.