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A secondary transition program in a public school setting for students with severe disabilities
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A secondary transition program in a public school setting for students with severe disabilities
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putting the program into evaluable format and evaluating the program’s use of best practices
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Augustyniak
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Alyssa
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1987-
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Alyssa Augustyniak
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Schneider
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Kenneth
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Kenneth Schneider
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Romasz-McDonald
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Tanya
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Tanya Romasz-McDonald
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Advisory Committee
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co-chair
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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theses
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2014
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2014-10
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2014
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eng
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The post-school outcomes for students with severe disabilities have been poor compared to individuals with less severe disabilities or those without disabilities. These young adults also require more supports and assistance during the stage of transition from school to work. Improved secondary transition programming is a way in which student outcomes can be enhanced. The present study set out to provide constructive and relevant information to administrators and educators involved in a Life Skills program in New Jersey. The Life Skills program is a secondary transition, public school- based program, for students with severe disabilities aged 18 to 21. The first research task was the creation of a Program Design document. This document put the program into an evaluable format using Maher’s model of Program Planning and Evaluation (2012). The second research task was to answer the following program evaluation question: To what extent is the Life Skills Program implementing best practices? Data were collected through classroom observations, interviews with staff members involved in the program, and a review of program related documents. The Program Design Document and Best Practice findings provide information on strengths and recommendations to the educators and administrators involved in the Life Skills program, enabling sound decisions to be made about the program and contributing to program development and improvement. The current study also has implications for educators, administrators, and other professionals in the field who work with this target population.
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (ix, 155 p. : ill.)
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Psy.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Alyssa Augustyniak
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Students with disabilities--Education--United States--New Jersey
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Youth with disabilities--Education--United States--New Jersey
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School Psychology
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Augustyniak
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Alyssa
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2014-04-28 18:21:14
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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