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Wehmeyer, 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
Schalock, Robert L.; Jensen, C. Mark – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
A three-step assessment and quantification procedure is described that determines the goodness-of-fit (congruence) between a person's behavioral capabilities and setting-specific performance requirements. Concurrent validity and correlational data are presented, as well as potential uses of the Goodness-of-Fit Index (GOFI) procedure. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Daily Living Skills, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Reiman, 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