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Direct linkWehmeyer, Michael L., Ed.; Webb, Kristine W., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Transition from secondary education to adulthood represents a period during which adolescents with disabilities face multiple responsibilities and changing roles that include establishing independence, attending postsecondary education or training, developing social networks, choosing a career, participating in their communities, and managing…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Learning Disabilities, Secondary School Students, Guides
Peer reviewedDunlap, William R.; Sands, Deanna Iceman – British Journal of Special Education, 1989
A total of 274 British youth and adults with handicaps were administered the National Independent Living Skills assessment. Cluster analysis suggested that handicapped persons could be classified into four groups from lowest functioning to highest functioning, using independent living skills variables relating to living, work, and educational…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adolescents, Adults, Classification
Peer reviewedSands, Deanna J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
This study, involving 118 adolescents and adults with deafness, found a high level of concurrent criterion validity for the National Independent Living Skills (NILS) Screening Instrument. The study concluded that the NILS is a valid tool for assessing independent living skills of persons age 16 and older with a hearing impairment and possible…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Concurrent Validity, Daily Living Skills
Download full textReiman, John; Bullis, Michael – Teaching Research Infant and Child Center Newsletter, 1988
The lack of appropriate assessment tools designed for deaf adolescents and young adults making the transition from educational programs to adult life is cited as one of the most glaring deficits in the field of deafness. The Transition Competence Battery (TCB) is being developed as an assessment tool that will guide individual training decisions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Education Work Relationship
Teaching Research, 1992
This newsletter issue describes a programmatic line of research to develop and standardize a test battery of transition skills (employment and independent living skills) for adolescents and young adults (ages 14 to 25) who are deaf. The newsletter first discusses the importance of assessment data to the transition process for persons who are deaf.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedWolffe, K.; Sacks, S. Z. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
Analysis of interviews and time-diary protocols with 48 students (16 blind, 16 low-vision, and 16 sighted), ages 15-21, and their parents focused on four lifestyle areas: academic involvement and performance, daily living and personal care activities, recreation and leisure activities, and work and vocational experiences. Similarities and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Blindness, Daily Living Skills
