title: Barriers in school-to-community transition.
abstract: Effective planning to resolve the school-to-community transition problems of hearing-impaired youth begins with an understanding of what the specific problems are. To identify obstacles to successful transition, survey forms were developed for three groups--the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deaf multihandicapped--and distributed in the Pacific Northwest to educators, rehabilitation specialists, parents, and hearing-impaired youth. The respondents to the survey of deaf youth varied in their perceptions of the most significant barriers to successful transition. The majority of the top-ranked barriers were related to educational preparation and experiences. The ratings among the four groups responding to the survey of hard-of-hearing youth were more homogeneous. The major barriers identified centered on communication issues and a lack of adequate role models. The respondents to the multihandicapped survey agreed strongly that many problems create obstacles for this group and that problems appear to occur with a higher frequency for deaf multihandicapped persons than for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.
authors.affiliation: Regional Resource Center on Deafness, Western Oregon State College.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freeburg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sendelbaugh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullis
mesh_terms: D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015205:Northwestern United States; D012917:Social Adjustment