Beyond high school : transition from school to work / edited by Frank R. Rusch and Janis G. Chadsey. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1998. - xxvii, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Introduction
Part I. Introduction to Transition
1. Characteristics of Youth and Adults
2. Emerging Transition Best Practices
3. School-to-work Transition : Overview of disability legislation
4. Dropout Prevention and Special Services

Part II. Transition Planning and Involvement in Secondary School
5. Vocational Education: Emerging Vocationalism
6. Career Development, School-to-work Transition and Diversity: An Ecological Approach
7. Foundations for a school-to-work system that serves all students
8. Implementing a Transition Perspective of Education: A Comprehensive Approach to Planning and Delivering Secondary Education and Transition Services
9. Student Involvement in Transition-Program Implementation
10. Families : The Heart of transition
11. Student Assessment and Evaluation

Part III. Linkages to Work and Post-secondary Education
12.Building Statewide Transition Services Through Collaborative Inter-agency Teamwork
13. The Personal Career Plan: A person-centered approach to vocational Evaluation and career planing
14. School-sponsored work experience and vocational instruction
15. Supporting the Transition from School to Adult
16. Post-Secondary Education
17. moving towards Social Inclusion in Employment and Post-secondary school settings

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Youth with disabilities--Education (Secondary)--United States.
Youth with disabilities--Vocational education--United States.
People with disabilities--Vocational guidance--United States.
School-to-work transition--United States.
Educational change--United States.

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