PSY345H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Functional Skills Qualification, In-Gall, Individualized Education Program
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A changing era in the lives of people with disabilities. The challenges confronting individuals with disabilities and their families may be different. Given the expectations for adult life, the school"s responsibility is to teach the skills that will assist each individual with disabilities to access valued postschool outcomes. Research on the lives of adults with disabilities. One measure of the effectiveness of a school program is the success of its graduates. Whereas follow-up studies of special education graduates in the 1990s suggested that these individuals had higher unemployment rates, lower rates of participation in postsecondary education, and less extensive support networks than their peers without disabilities. The national longitudinal transition study-2 reported that progress had been made in several areas (high school completion, living arrangements, social involvement, further education, and employment rates) High school completion and access to valued postschool outcomes. The potential of adults with disabilities have been significantly underestimated.
