Special Education & Youth with Disabilities
Briefs
- 9/17/2004
- Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities. As students with disabilities move toward equal opportunities in elementary and secondary education, greater emphasis has been placed on equal access to postsecondary opportunities for them. A new report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) focuses on the special barriers to equal educational opportunity in higher education faced by students with disabilities as they transition to higher education. (Forum Brief)
- 12/5/2003
- Improving Secondary Education and Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities, According to national research youth with disabilities have lower than desired academic achievement levels, high dropout rates, substantial levels of under- and un-employment, economic instability, and low levels of enrollment and completion in postsecondary education and training. (Forum Brief)
- 9/23/2002
- Racial Inequality In Special Education: Implications For Idea’s Reauthorization, is a briefing on issues confronting minority youth in special education with an emphasis on implications for the upcoming reauthorization of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). The briefing features research from The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University called, Racial Inequity in Special Education. Featured speakers include Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project (CRP), and Daniel J. Losen, CRP Legal and Policy Research Associate, Darren Woodruff, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research, and Harvard Law Professor and CRP co-director Christopher Edley Jr. (Forum Brief)
- 7/29/2002
- Youth with Disabilities and Transition to Employment, Laurie Powers, Oregon Institute on Disability and Development, and Marissa Johnson, Tracee Garner, and Rebecca Hare from the National Youth Leadership Network. (Forum Brief)
- 12/8/2000
- Creating Accessible Technologies — Practical Ways to Enable Youth to Reach Their Potential and to Overcome Barriers Faced in Employment, Education and Daily Living, with Gregg Vanderhiden, The Trace Center. (Forum Brief)
- 12/1/2000
- School-to-Work and Youth with Disabilities: State and Community Policies to Serve All Youth, with David Johnson, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, and representatives from the State of New Jersey and Linking Learning to Life, Burlington High School, VT. (Forum Brief)
- 11/3/2000
- Accessing the General Curriculum: Promoting a Universal Design for Learning, with David Rose, Principle Investigator, and Curriculum and Chuck Hitchcock, Project Director, National Center for Access to the General Curriculum; Lou Danielson, Director, Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education. (Forum Brief)
- 5/5/2000
- Special Education Research: Ideas that Work, with Russ Gersten, Tim Lewis and Ann Turnbull. (Forum Brief)
Publications
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No Child Left Behind: Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities explores how attitudes and expectations for students with disabilities are changing as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Overall, there is strong support for increasing expectations for students with disabilities and helping them to improve their academic outcomes. At the same time, there is concern about how states and schools will manage this process, largely as a function of lack of knowledge of effective interventions and strategies. The paper, written by American Youth Policy Forum and Educational Policy Institute, was commissioned by National Council on Disability to assist policy leaders and stakeholders in identifying, disseminating, and aligning evidence-based practices with the Federal Government's commitment to leaving no child behind in the attainment of a free appropriate and high quality public education. |
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LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD—Technology as an Equalizer in Education, Transition to Careers in Daily Life is a summary of forum events that explored the movement toward using technology to assist youth with disabilities. The report shares innovative partnerships between employers and the education and training sectors that use technology to help youth with disabilities make effective transitions in school, to work and through daily life. |