Youth and administrator perspectives on transition in Kentucky's state agency schools.
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.
Eastern Kentucky University, USA.
Amy
A
Marshall
Norman
N
Powell
Doris
D
Pierce
Ronnie
R
Nolan
Elaine
E
Fehringer
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013219:State Government; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology