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Schutz, Michele A.; Carter, Erik W.; Gajjar, Shimul A.; Maves, Erin A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Strong collaborations are critical to successful youth transitions. Preparing students with disabilities for life after high school requires extensive partnerships within and beyond the school. However, transition educators often struggle to meaningfully engage the people and programs that exist within their local community. A community…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, High School Students, School Community Relationship, Educational Cooperation
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Ziegler, Maureen; Matthews, Amy; Mayberry, Margie; Owen-DeSchryver, Jamie; Carter, Erik W. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
Peer relationships are just as important for students with autism, intellectual disability, and other developmental disabilities. Through their interactions with peers across the school day, students develop new skills, encounter new perspectives, access needed supports, find camaraderie, develop social capital, learn prevailing norms, and elevate…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Interaction, Friendship
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Carter, Erik W.; Moss, Colleen K.; Asmus, Jennifer; Fesperman, Ethan; Cooney, Molly; Brock, Matthew E.; Lyons, Gregory; Huber, Heartley B.; Vincent, Lori B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
Ensuring students with severe disabilities access the rich relationship and learning opportunities available within general education classrooms is an important--but challenging--endeavor. Although one-to-one paraprofessionals often accompany students in inclusive classrooms and provide extensive assistance, the constant presence of an adult can…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Peer Teaching
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Carter, Erik W.; Swedeen, Beth; Moss, Colleen K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2012
Service learning is an effective curricular approach to increase instructional relevance and engagement for all students. For students with significant disabilities in transition, meaningful service can be an especially useful avenue for exploring career interests, gaining and practicing important life skills, and connecting to the community in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Service Learning
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Swedeen, Beth L.; Carter, Erik W.; Molfenter, Nancy – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2010
The general education curriculum comprises more than just the academic courses students take. The wide range of extracurricular clubs, sports teams, performing arts programs, student government positions, career development activities, service-learning projects, and other school-sponsored activities offered in middle and high schools provide a…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Transitional Programs, Severe Disabilities
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Carter, Erik W.; Swedeen, Beth; Trainor, Audrey A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
Summer provides valuable but often untapped opportunities for youth to explore or deepen their interests, preferences, and strengths; accrue valuable work-related skills and experiences; and establish connections to their communities. At the same time, it is clear that summer opportunities do not happen automatically for many youth with…
Descriptors: Employment, Work Experience Programs, Disabilities, Youth
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Carter, Erik W.; Owens, Laura; Swedeen, Beth; Trainor, Audrey A.; Thompson, Christine; Ditchman, Nicole; Cole, Odessa – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
Although preparing youth with significant disabilities for future careers is a central focus of transition education, the task can be overwhelming for high school teachers and staff to tackle alone. Educators describe a number of common barriers to promoting youth employment, including the perceived inexperience of the student, the unwillingness…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Speech Communication, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Copeland, Susan R.; McCall, Jennifer; Williams, Cherwanda R.; Guth, Carol; Carter, Erik W.; Presley, Judith A.; Fowler, Stephanie E.; Hughes, Carolyn – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
A study examined perceptions of 26 teachers, including 13 special educators, of the Peer Buddy Programs implemented in a Nashville school district. Teachers reported positive relationships between buddies and their partners with disabilities and enhanced personal growth for students with disabilities. The majority agreed buddies assisted in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, High Schools, Inclusive Schools