Contacts

Ginger Blalock
College of Education
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505.277.5119
blalock@unm.edu

Mike Bullis
175 College of Education
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
541.346.1645
mbullis@oregon.uoregon.edu

Lawrence Dennis
Division of Special Education
Ohio State Department of Education
933 High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
614.466.2650

Paula Kohler
Department of Educational Studies
Western Michigan University
3506 Sangren Hall
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
616.387.5955
paula.kohler@wmich.edu

Jim Martin
School of Education
University of Colorado
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719.262.4167
jmartin@mail.uccs.edu

Michael Norman
The Study Group, Inc.
209 Sir Walter Raleigh Dr.
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
252.441.2788

Laurie Powers
Michael Ward
Center on Self-Determination
Oregon Health Sciences University
3608 SE Powell Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202
503.232.9154
http://www.ohsu.edu/selfdetermination

Resources

Benz, M., Yovanoff, P., & Doren, B. (1997).
School-to-work components that predict postschool success for students with and without disabilities. Exceptional Children, 63, 151-165.

Blalock, G. (1996). Community transition teams as the foundation for transition services for youth with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29, 148-159.

Bullis, M., & Cheney, D. (1999). Vocational and transition interventions for adolescents and young adults with emotional or behavioral disorders. Focus on Exceptional Children, 31(7), 1-24.

Field, S., Martin, J., Miller, R., Ward, M., & Wehmeyer, M. (1998).A practical guide for teaching self-determination. Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children.

Kohler, P. (1998). Implementing a transition perspective of education.In F. Rusch & J. Chadsey (Eds.), Beyond high school: Transition from school to work (pp. 179-205). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.

Kohler, P. (1993). Best practices in transition:
Substantiated or implied? Career Development for Exceptional Individuals,16, 107-121.

Martin, J., Marshall, L., & De Pry, R. (in press). Participatory decision-making: Innovative practices that increase student self-determination.In R. Flexer, T. Simmons, P. Luft, & R. Barr (Eds.), Planning transition across the life span. Columbus, OH: Merrill.

West, L., Corbey, S., Boyer-Stephens, A., Jones, B., Miller, R., &Sarkees-Wircenski, M. (1999). Integrating transition planning into the IEP process
(second edition). Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children.

Web Sites Related to Transition

National Transition Network
http://ici2.umn.edu/ntn/

Transition Research Institute
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/SPED/tri/institute.html

Common Sense (The Self-Determination Bulletin)
http://www.self-determination.org

Research Connections is a biannual review of research on topics in special education, focusing on research sponsored by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs. This issue of Research Connections was developed by Warger, Eavy Associates for the ERIC/OSEP Special Project.

The ERIC/OSEP Special Project is operated by The Council for Exceptional Children through the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education.