IDEA 97 and Transition Services

http://www.nichcy.org/transitn.htm
This series of publications focuses on preparing youth with disabilities to make the transition from high school to the adult world.

http://www.nichcy.org/idealist.htm#transition

IDEA 1997: Implications of the Transition Requirements
National Transition Network, 2000
This Policy Update issue reviews all of the changes IDEA '97 brought to transition services, with direct quotations from the legislation. To order, call 612-627-4008, or send an e-mail to alesh001@umn.edu.

  The Guide for Transition Services

Section 103. Work-based learning component
http://www.stw.ed.gov/factsht/act.htm#Section 103

Planning Student-Directed Transitions to Adult Life. ERIC/OSEP Digest E593.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed439577.html

Serving Youth with Disabilities Within School-to-Work Systems (2/1996)
http://www.stw.ed.gov/factsht/bull0696.htm

http://www.cec.sped.org/bk/catalog/trans.htm 
A list of references and articles on Transition. Topics included: Self-Determination, Life Centered Career Education, Career Planning Resources, and IEPs

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Workforce Silicon Valley

Workforce Silicon Valley (WSV)  http://www.wsv.org/
"Silicon Valley" is known worldwide for the excellence and prosperity of its adult  workforce. Yet the great majority of our own youth will miss out on the benefits of the Valley's high-skill, high-wage economy--unless dramatic improvements are made in our education system" (cited from the web site).

Sample Work for Field Practitioners

2. Joanne Johnson Felt's Transition Brochure for parents and student transitioning from elementary to middle school. 

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 A National Study

"NLTS2: National Longitudinal Transition Study-2"
A quote from the web site: "The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 will be a 10-year longitudinal study following a selected group of secondary students with disabilities ages 13 to 17 at the beginning of the study. NLTS2 will provide a national picture of the experiences and achievements of students in
special education as they transition from high school to adult life." 

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Disability Resources at the Post Secondary Levels 

The University of St. Thomas
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/

California State University,  Fullerton: Student Affairs - Office of Disabled Student Services
http://www.fullerton.edu/disabledservices/

California State University,  Fullerton: Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.fullerton.edu/disabledservices/

California State University, Long Beach - Disabled Student Services
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/dss/

De Anza College - Disabled Students Services
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/depts/specialed/dss/

Cuesta College - Disabled Student Programs & Services
http://academic.cuesta.cc.ca.us/access/dsps/