Student Development Resources
(Life skills instruction, employment skills instruction, career &
vocational curricula, structured work experience, vocational assessment, and
accommodations & support)
Transition Research Institute Library at Illinois
- The Arc. (1994). Final report: Self-determination curriculum project.
Arlington, TX: The Arc, National Headquarters.
- Benz, M.R., & Halpern, A.S. (1993). Vocational and transition services needed and
received by students with disabilities during their last year of high school. Career
Development for Exceptional Individuals, 16, 197-211.
- Chandler, W., Schuster, J.W., & Stevens, K.B.(1993). Teaching employment skills to
adolescents with mild and moderate disabilities using a constant time delay procedure. Education
and Training in Mental Retardation, 28(2), 155-168.
- Clark, G.M., & Kolstoe, O.P. (1995). Career development and transition
education for adolescents with disabilities (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Fleming, R. & Sulzer-Azaroff, B. (1992). Reciprocal peer management: Improving staff
instruction in a vocational training program. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
25(3), 611-620.
- Gajar, A., Goodman, L., & McAfee, J.(1993). Secondary schools and beyond:
Transition of individuals with mild disabilities. New York: Merrill.
- Gaylord-Ross, R. & Siegel, S. (1990). Final report: The Career Ladder Program.
San Francisco: Department of Special Education. San Francisco State University.
- Levinson, E.M. (1993). Transdisciplinary vocational assessment: Issues in
school-based programs. Brandon, VT: Clinical Psychology Publishing Co., Inc.
- Moery, K. & Diakogeorgiou, T. (1996). Traveling to tomorrow: A road map for
the future [Developing the self-determination skills of high school youth through
community-based, hands-on experiences and mentoring]. Chicago, IL: Family Resource Center
on Disabilities.(20 East Jackson Blvd., Room 900, Chicago 60604; (312) 939-3513; (312)
939-3519 - TDD)
- Polloway, E.A., Patton, J.R., Epstein, M.H., & Smith, T.E.C. (1989). Comprehensive
curriculum for students with mild handicaps. Focus on Exceptional Children, 21(8),
1-12.
- Wagner, M. (1991). The benefits of secondary vocational education for young people
with disabilities. Menlo Park, CA: SRI international.
- Wehman, P. & Kregel, J. (Eds.) (1994). New directions in supported emloyment.
Richmond, VA: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment.
Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Wehman, P., Kregel, J., & Barcus, J.M. (1985). From school to work: A vocational
transition model for handicapped students. Exceptional Children, 51, 25-37.
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