IMPACT: Achieving Scondary Education and Transition Results for Students with Disabilities

2004

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Today's educational systems are being called upon to re-examine how they prepare students with disabilities for adult life. For instance, the shift toward greater participation by students with disabilities in the general education curriculum is requiring exploration of new strategies for attending to the needs of diverse learners in the same classroom. Standards-based education is pushing schools to figure out how to meaningfully include students with disabilities in assessment and accountability systems. The need for early involvement by and continuity between school-based services and community services for individuals with disabilities is moving districts and schools to engage in integrated service planning and to link systems that may not have collaborated in the past. And increased involvement of families and students in individual planning, as well as in shaping educational policy and practice, is continuing to shift the locus of decision-making about education. In this Impact are descriptions of these and other issues related to the education of students with disabilities during their transition years. Along with these articles are profiles of strategies that are proving successful across the country by addressing these issues. It is hoped that the ideas and models in these pages will present readers with resources for use in their own work to achieve the best possible outcomes for students with disabilities.

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