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Warger, Cynthia; Burnette, Jane – 2000
This digest discusses comprehensive training planning for students with disabilities and ways educators can facilitate the involvement of students with disabilities in helping to formulate the Individualized Transition Plan component of the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Strategies for encouraging student participation include: (1) begin…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Transition Plans
Misquez, Ed; McCarthy, Bill; Powell, Barbara; Chu, Lily – 1997
This report describes the rejuvenation of the Barrier Breakers at New Mexico State University, a student group that was designed to ensure that students with disabilities had access to and accommodations for instruction. The new group, the Association for the Concerns of the Handicapped (ACH), provides advocacy for environmental access and program…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students
Scholl, Linda; Mooney, Marianne – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2004
This article presents the findings of a research study on the quality of the learning experiences of youth with disabilities who participated in Wisconsin's Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Program--a rigorous two-year work-based learning program for high school juniors and seniors. The researchers identify key factors that enhance the capacity of youth…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship
Oklahoma State Dept. of Human Services, Oklahoma City. Developmental Disabilities Services Div. – 1993
This participant's manual covers the fourth module of a four-module training program for all individuals employed in programs funded by Oklahoma's Developmental Disabilities Services Division. This includes van drivers, recreation workers, residential staff, administrators, case managers, secretarial/clerical staff, vocational staff, advocates,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Caregivers, Delivery Systems
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1991
This compilation of position statements of the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) describes what the Association believes on critical issues related to rights, treatment, services, and programs for children and adults with mental retardation and their families. This publication contains positions that the Board of Directors of ARC of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Civil Rights, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education
Michaels, Craig A., Ed. – 1994
This collection of 10 papers focuses on the transition of students with learning disabilities from secondary education to employment, postsecondary education, independent living, and full social integration. The text concentrates on systemic transition problems that prevent successful communication, coordination, goal setting, and appropriate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Roberts, Nicole; And Others – 1993
This book aims to provide teenagers with chronic illnesses or disabilities with useful information, moral support, and understanding as they make the transition to adulthood. It points out that although individuals with disabilities may want and need others for support, they can still live independently and make choices in all areas of their…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Chronic Illness, Civil Rights
PACER Center, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. – 1988
The manual was the outcome of a 3-year project to develop a training program on self-advocacy for special education students. The student training is a 3-4 hour program aimed at increased student awareness of their rights and responsibilities as they begin the transition process. Training materials include outlines for each session, student…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assertiveness, Civil Rights, Curriculum Guides
InterAmerica Research Associates, Rosslyn, VA. – 1984
This document consists of a compilation of fact sheets and newsletters on specific topics related to handicapped children and youth. The specific titles are as follows: (1) General Information about Handicaps and People with Handicaps; (2) Sources of Help and Information; (3) Autism; (4) Cerebral Palsy; (5) Deafness; (6) Down's Syndrome; (7)…
Descriptors: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Deafness, Definitions
Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Agran, Martin; Hughes, Carolyn – 1998
This book describes instructional methods for teaching basic self-determination skills to students with disabilities. The first section provides an introduction to self-determination as an educational and transition outcome, discusses the impetus for an educational focus on self determination, and describes the relationships between transition…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland Transition Initiative. – 1999
This booklet, on the transition of Maryland students with disabilities to life after high school, is designed to build informal partnerships for the transition planning process. It provides details about: (1) the goals and components of transition planning; (2) the participants in transition planning; (3) the timing for formal transition planning;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Eligibility
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1998
This training package consists of a print training guide to accompany an audiotape and videotape. It is designed to support adults with learning disabilities in their efforts to become trainers. Adult learners who complete the training package as part of a further education college, adult education center, day center, or self-advocacy group…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Beginning Reading, Behavioral Objectives
Allen, William T. – 2000
This resource guide for individuals with developmental disabilities and their advocates looks at five ways to increase the freedom of choice for people with developmental disabilities, including assessing needs, planning for services, evaluating services, understanding the service system, and teaching self-advocacy. The first section includes a…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Check Lists, Decision Making Skills
Carpenter, Trudy – 1995
This practicum provided a 12-week group instruction program which was designed to enable 8 high school students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to gain knowledge about ADHD, implement strategies for coping with the disorder, and employ self-advocacy skills. The program involved administration of an ADHD measure prior to and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Style, Coping
Sutcliffe, Jeannie – 1990
This handbook, designed for British adult educators, contains examples of innovative approaches to the continuing education of adults with learning difficulties. It contains 10 sections: (1) using this handbook; (2) self-advocacy and citizen advocacy; (3) learning choices; (4) ways and means of learning; (5) learning for a purpose; (6)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Empowerment, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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