The lived experiences of adolescents with disabilities and their parents in transition planning

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-172

  Hetherington, Susan A ^a   Durant Jones, Lisa ^b   Johnson, Kimberly ^a   Nolan, Karen ^c   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Taylor Brown, Susan ^a   Tuttle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; education transition planning; IDEA; IDEIA; postschool transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAT CRY SYNDROME; CEREBRAL PALSY; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PARENT; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPINA BIFIDA; TURNER SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77955562993     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357610373760     Document Type: Article

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