Transition by design : improving equity and outcomes for adolescents with disabilities /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trainor, Audrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2017]
Series:Disability, culture, and equity series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Two constants in a sea of change : improving outcomes and increasing equity. Disability, diversity, and equity in the transition to adulthood ; Hidden vies and shifting conclusions on postschool disparities ; Operationalizing culture in the context of transition ; A glimpse of historical influences ; Responding to renewed challenges : elevating equity within the context of history
  • Transition education as a cultural practice. Transition models seen through lenses of cultural theories ; From a culture of paid employment to life satisfaction ; Early models of the school to employment transition ; Expanded models open the field beyond employment ; Modeling transition as a set of educational inputs and postschool outcomes ; From models to a taxonomy for transition education ; A return to inputs and outcomes models ; Understanding transition equity
  • Changing the lenses of inquiry : putting the school-to-prison pipeline into focus. General education settings as fields of promise ; Operationalizing the STPP ; Understanding the mechanisms of the STPP ; Examining the pipeline through transition lenses ; Minimizing the STPP through strengthened transition research and practice ; An education field that includes the STPP
  • Adjusting the scope : gaining perspective on self-determination and health care. Answering and questioning the concept of optimal adolescence ; Disability, health, and transition intersections ; Health as a domain in transition education ; Self-determination as a disposition
  • Developing self-determination and agency for healthy and equitable outcomes
  • Inclusive postschool success and equal opportunity for fulfilling adulthoods. Better equipping transition research and practice to promote equity ; Addressing marginalization with intentionality ; Embracing and learning from diversity intentionally.