Transition Assessment and Planning for Youth With Severe Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 245-255

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Brock, Matthew E ^a   Trainor, Audrey A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

intellectual and developmental disabilities; teacher and parent perceptions; transition assessment; transition planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890881013     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: 15384764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466912456241     Document Type: Article

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