(3) given the traumas experienced by many of these young adults, it is particularly important to provide them with opportunities to form secure attachments; therefore, YAS programs should not reject or remove clients.The clients served by YAS have aged out of institutional settings and have ...
This case study examines five federal aftercare support programs for transition-aged youth, including: 1) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families for single parents, 2) TRIO Student Support Services for first generation college students, 3) Second Chance Act for reentry youth, 4) Chaffee Educational...
Comprehensive transition planning is a critical element of treatment planning for youth with special needs and must begin during the early teen years to ensure that care is not disrupted. Medical home care coordinators can facilitate comprehensive transi
The purpose of this pilot study was to describe the self-reported health care self-care needs and skills of transition-aged youth referred for transition services. Data were obtained from California Healthy and Ready to Work Transition Assessment Tool through a retrospective chart review. Yes, no,...
transition into adulthood from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).Based on an extensive literature review of research, demonstration projects and effective practices covering a wide range of programs and services, including youth development, quality education, and workforce development ...
Ministries like Florida's 4Kids take a look at how to help transition aged out foster youth into successful adulthoods.
In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to improve transition planning and support for young disabled people moving into adulthood, and to co-ordinate this support across a wide range of agencies, including health and social care, youth services, leisure, careers ...
considerably improved. In 1962 the age of compulsory education was set at 14 years. In 1969 the criteria for university entrance were widened, and in the following decades the number of university centres multiplied. In 1951 only 5 per cent of men and 3 per cent of women aged over six ...
Although the age of majority has been set at 18, researchers, educators, financial counselors and others are realizing that youth aged 18 to 21 are not self-sufficient when they reach the age of majority. These youth require multiple kinds of support. One example of this is reflected in the...
Notes 1. Author’s note: The 2004 reauthorization of IDEA changed the term “student” to “child.” Throughout this chapter, we will refer to transition aged individuals as “students” and not “children.” In this case, however, we are quoting the regulations as written. ...