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• Title: Transition Goals and Experiences of Females with Disabilities: Youth, Parents, And Professionals.
• Author : Exceptional Children
• Release Date : January 01, 2008
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 253 KB

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Since 1984, when the U.S. Department of Education first focused on improving the transition outcomes of youth with disabilities, numerous projects have pursued the goal of improving adult outcomes for these students. The 1990 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) first mandated that transition services be addressed in the individualized education programs (IEPs) of students 16 years and older. Seven years later, amendments to IDEA required that transition plans include a coordinated set of services to prepare students for success in a number of postsecondary settings, including postsecondary education, integrated employment, vocational training, and independent living. A comparison between the 1987 and 2001 National Longitudinal Transition Studies (NLTS and NLTS2; Wagner, Cameto, & Newman, 2003) suggests these efforts have resulted in some progress for youth with disabilities. For instance, in 2001, as compared to 1987 the dropout rate for youth with disabilities had declined by half, more youth with disabilities were employed, and more youth with disabilities were being paid at or above the minimum wage (Wagner et al.). However, recent findings from NLTS2 suggest that not all groups have experienced proportionate levels of positive change. In particular, females with disabilities continue to lag behind their male counterparts on a number of indices of adult success. For example, only males with disabilities, not females, have enjoyed significant improvement in high school completion rates (Wagner et al.). Further, although more youth with disabilities are going to college, young women with disabilities are experiencing gains at 2-year colleges; more young men are attending both 2- and 4-year colleges. Moreover, only one third of young women with disabilities earn minimum wage or more, compared to more than half of young men with disabilities.

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