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The National Center for Special Education Research Research Programs and Funded Projects 2005–2012
NCSER 2005-2012

Transition Outcomes for Secondary Students with Disabilities

FY 2012 Awards

Name of Institution: SRI International
Principal Investigator: Newman, Lynn
Title: Factors Associated with High School and Post-High School Outcomes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students (Secondary Analysis of NLTS2 Data)
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A120188
Award Amount: $692,810
Award Period: 7/1/2012–6/30/2014

Name of Institution: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Principal Investigator: Torkelson-Trout, Alexandra
Title: On the Way Home: Promoting Transition Outcomes in Youth with EBD or LD — An Efficacy and Replication Study
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Research Site(s): Nebraska
Award Number: R324A120260
Award Amount: $3,487,223
Award Period: 7/1/2012–6/30/2016

Name of Institution: Universityof Oregon
Principal Investigator: Doren, Bonnie
Title: Examining Malleable Factors Associated with School and Post-School Outcomes of Economically Disadvantaged Youth with Disabilities: A Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS2)
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A120087
Award Amount: $688,422
Award Period: 7/01/2012–6/30/2014

FY 2011 Awards

Name of Institution: University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Principal Investigator: Test, David
Title: A Study of the Effects of a Three-Tier Model of Interagency Collaboration on Transition Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Research Site(s): North Carolina and South Carolina
Award Number: R324A110018
Award Amount: $2,495,693
Award Period: 5/01/2011–4/30/2015

Name of Institution: University of Illinois
Principal Investigator: Shogren, Karrie
Title: Exploring the Predictors and Outcomes of Self-Determination for Secondary Students with Disabilities Using NLTS2
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A110040
Award Amount: $384,323
Award Period: 8/16/2011–8/15/2013

FY 2010 Awards

Name of Institution: University of Georgia
Principal Investigator: Ayres, Kevin
Title: iSKILLS : The Audio/Video Guidance Repository for Life Skills
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Georgia and Tennessee
Award Number: R324A100094
Award Amount: $1,195,856
Award Period: 8/01/2010–7/31/2013

Name of Institution: Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigator: Carter, Erik
Title: Peer Support and Peer Network Interventions to Improve Peer Relationships and School Engagement
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Research Site(s): Wisconsin
Award Number: R324A100391
Award Amount: $2,279,679
Award Period: 6/01/2010–5/31/2014

Name of Institution: Portland State University
Principal Investigator: Geenen, Sarah
Title: My Life: Evaluation of Self-Determination Enhancement for Transitioning Students in Special Education and Foster Care
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Research Site(s): Oregon
Award Number: R324A100166
Award Amount: $2,932,504
Award Period: 6/01/2010–5/31/2014

Name of Institution: University of Kansas
Principal Investigator: Morningstar, Mary
Title: A Secondary Analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2: Examining the Relationships between Expectations, Access and Postsecondary Life Engagement
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A100275
Award Amount: $656,195
Award Period: 7/01/2010–6/30/2012

Name of Institution: SRI International
Principal Investigator: Newman, Lynn
Title: Factors Associated with the High School Preparation and Post-High School Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities: Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A100025
Award Amount: $779,962
Award Period: 3/01/2010–2/28/2012

Name of Institution: University of Georgia
Principal Investigator: Rojewski, Jay
Title: Modeling Short-Term and Longitudinal Work and Educational Transition Outcomes for Adolescents with High Incidence Disabilities
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A100232
Award Amount: $445,977
Award Period: 7/01/2010–6/30/2012

Name of Institution: University of Oklahoma
Principal Investigator: Martin, James
Title: Transition Success Assessment
Goal: Measurement
Research Site(s): Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, and New Mexico
Award Number: R324A100246
Award Amount: $2,018,249
Award Period: 7/01/2010–6/30/2014

FY 2009 Awards

Name of Institution: University of South Alabama
Principal Investigator: Campbell, Dennis
Title: Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students: Project Choices
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Alabama
Award Number: R324A090307
Award Amount: $1,300,093
Award Period: 8/1/2009–7/31/2012

Name of Institution: University of Northern Colorado
Principal Investigator: Ferrell, Kay
Title: The Relationship of the Expanded Core Curriculum to Transition Outcomes for Students with Visual Impairments
Goal: Exploration
Research Site(s): National
Award Number: R324A090288
Award Amount: $232,661
Award Period: 7/1/2009–6/30/2010

FY 2008 Awards

Name of Institution: University of Oregon
Principal Investigator: Unruh, Deanne
Title: Project READY: Research on Employability Skills for Adjudicated Youth with Disabilities
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Maryland, New Mexico, and Oregon
Award Number: R324A080140
Award Amount: $1,499,998
Award Period: 7/1/2008–6/30/2011

FY 2007 Awards

Name of Institution: University of Oregon
Principal Investigator: Lindstrom, Lauren
Title: Project: PATHS (Postschool Achievement Through Higher Skills)
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Oregon
Award Number: R324B070038
Award Amount: $1,878,803
Award Period: 9/1/2007–8/30/2011

Name of Institution: Board of Regents, University of Nebraska
Principal Investigator: Epstein, Mike
Title: On the Way Home: A Family-Centered Academic Reintegration Intervention Model
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Nebraska
Award Number: R324B070034
Award Amount: $1,443,284
Award Period: 7/1/2007–6/30/2011

Name of Institution: University of Missouri at Columbia
Principal Investigator: Fitzgerald, Gail
Title: Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) as Assistive Technologies To Improve Outcomes for Secondary Students
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Pennsylvania and New York
Award Number: R324B070176
Award Amount: $840,150
Award Period: 1/1/2008–12/31/2009

Name of Institution: University of Kansas
Principal Investigator: Wehmeyer, Michael
Title: Determining the Efficacy of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) To Improve Secondary and Transition Outcomes for Students With Cognitive Disabilities
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Kansas and Texas
Award Number: R324B070159
Award Amount: $900,490
Award Period: 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2009

FY 2006 Awards

Name of Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator: Carter, Erik
Title: Project Summer: Improving Summer Employment and Community Inclusion Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities
Goal: Development and Innovation
Research Site(s): Wisconsin
Award Number: R324S060023
Award Amount: $915,346
Award Period: 7/1/2006 to 6/30/2009

Name of Institution: Portland State University
Principal Investigator: Powers, Laurie
Title: Project Success: Improving the Educational Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities in Foster Care
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Research Site(s): Washington
Award Number: R324S060043
Award Amount: $1,816,782
Award Period: 6/1/2006–5/31/2010

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