title: A follow-along study of participants in a longitudinal transition program for youths with mild disabilities.
abstract: Descriptive data are presented on the employment patterns of youths with mild disabilities who participated in a transition program with an intensive postsecondary component. Data on employment rates, positive and negative job changes, participation in continuing education, and access to benefit packages are reported for 94 youths who participated in the program over a 4-year period. Program participants had favorable outcomes when compared with a national sample, but they stabilized at an entry level of work participation. Their rates of entry into postsecondary education were also greater than the national sample, but advances were nominal.
authors.affiliation: Puget Sound Educational Service District, Seattle.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waxman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaylord-Ross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002321:Career Choice; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012495:San Francisco; D014829:Vocational Education; D014830:Vocational Guidance