Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students: Special Education Research
IES is currently accepting applications for this research program. For your convenience, you may download the full FY2009 Education Research RFA.
Download the full 84.324 Special Education Research RFA
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Note: FY 2009 applicants that include subawards for work conducted at collaborating institutions should use this template to provide subaward budget information.
Download, view & print the form as an Excel file (164 KB).
Description of Research Program
The purpose of the research program on Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students (Transition) is to contribute to the improvement of transition outcomes for secondary students with disabilities. Transition outcomes include the behavioral, social, communicative, functional, occupational, and academic skills that enable young adults with disabilities to obtain and hold meaningful employment, live independently, and obtain further education and training. Through the Transition program, the Institute intends to support research to: (1) identify curricula, instructional approaches, transition services, or programs that are associated with better transition outcomes for secondary students with disabilities as well as mediators and moderators of the effects of these practices; (2) develop interventions to improve the transition outcomes of secondary students with disabilities; (3) establish the efficacy of fully developed interventions for improving the transition outcomes of secondary students with disabilities; (4) provide evidence on the effectiveness of interventions for improving the transition outcomes of secondary students with disabilities when implemented at scale; and (5) develop and validate measures that assess skills predictive of successful transition outcomes for secondary students with disabilities.
The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., intervention programs, strategies, approaches) that have been documented to be effective in improving transition outcomes for secondary students with disabilities.
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