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Effects of Self-Directed Summary of Performance on Postsecondary Education Students' Participation in Person-Centered Planning Meetings
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Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Kelley, Kelly R.; Coco, Cassie M. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
Teaching students to develop and use a Summary of Performance (SOP) may be one method for teaching self-advocacy skills to ensure students with intellectual disability can advocate for accommodations and supports during Person-Centered Planning (PCP) meetings and in postschool employment settings. This study used a multiple-probe across…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Participation, Meetings, Teaching Methods
Relationships between Self-Determination and Postschool Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article reports the results of a follow-up analysis of 779 students with disabilities who participated in group-randomized, control group studies designed to examine the efficacy of self-determination interventions in secondary school to examine the relationship between self-determination status when exiting high school and adult outcomes 1…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Youth Opportunities, Disabilities, Followup Studies
Community-Based Summer Work Experiences of Adolescents with High-Incidence Disabilities
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Carter, Erik W.; Trainor, Audrey A.; Ditchman, Nicole; Swedeen, Beth; Owens, Laura – Journal of Special Education, 2011
Although summer offers a natural context for adolescents to gain community-based work experience, little is known about the extent to which youth with disabilities are accessing these transition-related opportunities. We examined the summer employment experiences of 220 youth with high-incidence disabilities at two time points. Although more than…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Perspectives of Adolescents with Disabilities on Summer Employment and Community Experiences
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Trainor, Audrey A.; Carter, Erik W.; Swedeen, Beth; Owens, Laura; Cole, Odessa; Smith, Shane – Journal of Special Education, 2011
Although summer represents an opportune time for adolescents to garner employment and community experiences that may further long-term transition goals, little is known about the expectations and needs of adolescents with disabilities during this break in the academic school year. In this article, the authors explore adolescents' perceptions about…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Community Involvement
Embedding Extra Stimuli in the Task Direction: Effects on Learning of Students with Moderate Mental Retardation.
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Doyle, Patricia Munson; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1996
Four students (ages seven to nine) with moderate mental retardation were successfully taught to name photographs of foods using a progressive time delay procedure. Presentation of the supermarket grocery department as part of the discriminative stimulus was effective in increasing the percentage of correct responding. Some generalization occurred…
Descriptors: Classification, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
Computer-Based Video Instruction to Teach the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices for Ordering at Fast-Food Restaurants
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Mechling, Linda C.; Cronin, Beth – Journal of Special Education, 2006
In the study reported on here, the authors used computer-based video instruction (CBVI) to teach 3 high school students with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities how to order in fast-food restaurants by using an augmentative, alternative communication device. The study employed a multiple probe design to institute CBVI as the only…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Generalization, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Augmentative and Alternative Communication