Transition of secondary students with emotional or behavioral disorders
Subtitle: current approaches for positive outcomes
By: edited by Douglas Cheney
Contributors: Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders; Council for Exceptional Children. Division on Career Development and Transition
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Research Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780878226269
Subjects: Education (Secondary); Teenagers with social disabilities; School-to-work transition; Problem youth
Description: "CCBD, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children, is an international and professional organization committed to promoting and facilitating the education and general welfare of children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. CCBD actively pursues quality educational services and program alternatives for persons with behavioral disorders, advocates for the needs of such children and youth, emphasizes research and professional growth as vehicles for better understanding of behavioral disorders, and provides professional support for persons who are involved with and serve children and youth with behavioral disorders." "DCDT is a division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Its mission is to promote national and international efforts to improve the quality of and access to career/vocational and transition services, increase the participation of education in career development and transition goals, and influence policies affecting career development and transition services for persons with disabilities." "All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America." "Excerpts from this volume may be printed in connection with published reviews in periodicals without express permission. Figures 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 may be reproduced for noncommercial use by the original purchaser only, not to extend to reproduction by other parties. No other part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher." "Copies of this book may be ordered from Research Press at the address given on the title page."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Published ... on behalf of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders and the Division on Career Development and Transition"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: An overview of transition issues, approaches, and recommendations for youth with emotional or behavioral disorders  -- Douglas Cheney; title: Transitioning culturally and linguistically diverse learners with emotional or behavioral disorders  -- Festus E. Obiakor and Lynn K. Wilder; title: Self-determination and transition-age youth with emotional or behavioral disorders : promising practices  -- Erik W. Carter; title: Building transition partnerships with families of youth with emotional or behavioral disorders  -- Amy M. Pleet and Donna L. Wandry; title: Four strategies to create positive transition outcomes for students with emotional or behavioral disorders  -- Francie R. Murry and Michael Todd Allen; title: Age-appropriate transition assessments : a strategic intervention to help youth with emotional or behavioral disorders to complete high school  -- Larry J. Kortering, Patricia M. Braziel, and Patricia L. Sitlington; title: Development of individualized education programs for students with emotional or behavioral disorders : coordination with transition plans  -- James G. Shriner, Anthony J. Plotner, and Chad A. Rose; title: Positive behavior support and transition outcomes for students in secondary settings  -- Cinda Johnson and Hank Bohanon; title: Preparing for postsecondary life : an alternative program model  -- Thomas G. Valore ... [et al.]; title: The RENEW model of futures planning, resource development, and school-to-career experiences for youth with emotional or behavioral disorders  -- JoAnne M. Malloy ... [et al.]; title: Transition to independence process (TIP) model : understanding youth perspectives and practices for improving their community-life outcomes  -- Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark, Sarah A. Taylor, and Nicole Deschênes; title: Project STAY OUT : a facility-to-community transition intervention targeting incarcerated adolescent offenders  -- Deanne Unruh, Miriam Waintrup, and Tim Canter; title: Practices in transition for youth in the juvenile justice system  -- Heather Griller Clark and Sarup R. Mathur; title: Hard questions and final thoughts regarding the school-to-community transition of adolescents with emotional or behavioral disorders -- Michael Bullis.