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Direct linkRowe, Dawn A.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Fowler, Catherine H.; Test, David W.; Mitchell, Vickie J.; Clark, Kelly A.; Holzberg, Debra; Owens, Tosha L.; Rusher, Dana; Seaman-Tullis, Rachel L.; Gushanas, Christina M.; Castle, Hannah; Chang, Wen-Hsuan; Voggt, Ashley; Kwiatek, Stephen; Dean, Catie – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2021
Transition education should be grounded in quality research. To do so, educators need information on which practices are effective for teaching students with disabilities transition-related skills. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to identify evidence-based and research-based practices in secondary special education and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Secondary School Students, Evidence Based Practice
Morningstar, Mary E.; Lombardi, Allison; Fowler, Catherine H.; Test, David W. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
In this qualitative study, a proposed organizing framework of college and career readiness for secondary students with disabilities was developed based on a synthesis of extant research articulating student success. The original proposed framework included six domains representing academic and nonacademic skills associated with college and career…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Diegelmann, Karen M.; Test, David W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Post-school outcomes for students with intellectual disability continue to lag behind other students with disabilities. One way to improve outcomes for these students is to include them in decisions about their future by teaching students how to participate in their IEP meetings. Self-monitoring provides immediate feedback, motivation, and teaches…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Intellectual Disability, Individualized Education Programs, Meetings
Clark, Kelly A.; Test, David W.; Konrad, Moira – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Post-school employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities continue to be inadequate when compared to their peers without disabilities (Newman et al., 2011). One barrier to employment for individuals with disabilities is a lack of employment "soft skills" (Riesen, Morgan, Schutlz, & Kupferman, 2014), such as punctuality and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications, Secondary School Students
Bartholomew, Audrey; Test, David W.; Cooke, Nancy L.; Cease-Cook, Jennifer – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Research has indicated students can learn both transition planning and a wide variety of academic skills; however, due to recent legislation and the widely adopted Common Core State Standards, transition planning skills are sometimes being de-emphasized in favor of academic instruction. This study used a multiple probe across participants design…
Descriptors: High School Students, Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disciplines, Autism
Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Test, David W.; Wood, Charles L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Students at risk for, or with, emotional disturbance during preadolescence struggle to adjust socially, behaviorally, and academically and often make choices about relationships that support problem behaviors. Research suggests explicitly teaching self-determination skills as early as preschool may prevent referral to special education with a…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intervention, Multimedia Instruction, At Risk Students
Thompson, Julie L.; Wood, Charles L.; Test, David W.; Cease-Cook, Jennifer – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2012
This study used a single-subject multiple probe design to investigate the use of Direct Instruction (DI) to teach students with autism to tell time to the five-minute increment. Exercises from "Connecting Math Concepts" were used as the DI component during intervention. All students increased their telling-time skills to the five-minute…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time, Autism
Rowe, Dawn A.; Test, David W. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2010
Enhancing parents' ability to make informed choices is important to successful transition planning for youth with disabilities. This study used a multiple probe design across content areas replicated across participants to examine the effects of a computer-based instructional program on acquisition of parents' knowledge of the transition planning…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Disabilities, Planning, Parent Participation
Test, David W.; Flowers, Claudia; Hewitt, Amy; Solow, Jill – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2004
Training needs and current status of training for direct support staff were identified in one southeastern state. Data sources were (a) direct support staff, (b) administrators of direct support staff, and (c) consumers with developmental disabilities. Stratified sampling was used to gather data from 108 administrators and 170 direct support staff…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Administrators, Sampling, Developmental Disabilities
Test, David W.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Two studies involving a total of five individuals with moderate mental retardation were conducted to investigate the effects of teaching the "One-More-Than" money counting technique. Results indicated the effectiveness of the technique in producing money counting skills that generalized to nontrained amounts and making community…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Basic Business Education, Daily Living Skills
