Title

Youth and Administrator Perspectives on Transition in Kentucky's State Agency Schools

Department

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

Students, a large percentage with disabilities, are at high risk for poor post-secondary outcomes in state agency education programs. This mixed-methods study describes the understandings of student transitions in state agency education programs from the perspectives of youth and administrators. Results indicated that: transition is more narrowly defined within alternative education programs; key strengths of transition practice are present in nontraditional schools; and the coordination barriers within this fluid inter-agency transition system are most apparent in students' frequent inter-setting transitions between nontraditional and home schools.

Journal Title

Child Welfare

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