Robert L. Morgan, Tim Riesen

Promoting Successful Transition to Adulthood for Students with Disabilities (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Special educators, school psychologists, and social workers working with students ages 11-17 (grades 6-12); school administrators; postsecondary service providers; and other transition professionals. Will serve as a primary or supplemental text in special education courses on transition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781462524112
• Artikelnr.: 47978250

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Morgan, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation at Utah State University, where he is also Director of the Severe Disabilities Program, Director of the Transition Specialist Master's Program, and Co-Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Transition Services. He has worked in classrooms as a behavior specialist and transition specialist and has consulted to schools and transition programs throughout the United States. Dr. Morgan has published nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters as well as three books, and has assisted in the development of nationally disseminated educational products for students, teachers, and transition specialists.

Tim Riesen, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation and a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. He specializes in employment for people with significant disabilities, transition, and adult services. Dr. Riesen has developed and conducted trainings for over 2,000 professionals and parents across the United States, on topics including supported employment, customized employment, work incentives, systematic instruction, transition to employment, and behavior supports in the workplace. His published research has focused on response prompting, school-to-work barriers, and embedded instruction.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Transition to Adulthood: Creating a Pathway to Independence
2. Establishing the Need for Successful Transition Outcomes
3. Transition-Related Legislation and Policy
4. Overview of Transition Models and Practices
5. Transition Assessment
6. Transition Planning
7. Student Involvement and Self-Determination to Guide Transition
8. Transition to Employment
9. Transition to Postsecondary Education
10. Transition to Independent Living
11. The Role of the Family in Transition
12. Interdisciplinary and Interagency Collaboration
13. Accessing Supports in Transition
14. Future Pathways: Opportunities and Challenges