Transition from School to Adult Life: Empowering Youth Through Community Ownership and Accountability

Rights, Equality, Educational Provisions and Facilities for Students with Disabilities in Thailand: Legal and Practical Perspectives over the Past Decade

“…There have been significant barriers to adopting practices that may best support the successful transition of students with disabilities. These include discrimination based on disability, lack of coordinated efforts across systems, socioeconomic and community factors that also require cooperation or participatory action among persons with disabilities and their families, community, government, private, and business sectors (Edgar & Levine, 1986;Kortering & Edgar, 1988;Wagner & Shaver, 1989;Barnes & Liver, 1995;Lehman et al, 2002;Dowrick et al, 2005).…”

A Pilot Study Connecting Youth With Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties to Summer Work Experiences

“…Strengthening this emphasis within the secondary curriculum could also translate into longer term benefits, as youth often must navigate employment and community experiences independently after exiting school services. Third, the value of engaging communities more fully in supporting the school-to-work transitions of youth with disabilities has been frequently emphasized Lehman, Clark, Bullis, Rinkin, & Castellanos, 2002). The community conversations held as part of this project were successful in drawing new community members into a school's transition efforts and gathering ideas and connections from a wider range of stakeholders.…”

From pillar to post: Transitioning from child and youth mental health services to adult mental health services in Prince George, British Columbia.

“…M any individuals with mental illness do not have the appropriate life skills to make important life decisions during the adult years. These individuals are also more likely to be living in poverty and to have failed to complete high school (Davis, Banks, Fisher, & Grudzinskas, 2004;Lehman et al,). Davis et al (2004) explored the patterns o f criminal offences in individuals with mental illness during the transition to adulthood and found that 25% o f the sample received "a moderate number o f charges that peaked during late adolescence and declined markedly by age 25" (p. 361).…”

“…Davis and Vander Stoep (as cited in Davis, 2003) found in their study that more than half o f the youth who had a mental illness had not completed their high school education. As such, they were less employable and more likely to live in poverty or become homeless (Lehman et al, 2002). There was also a decline in clients' use o f mental health services following the transition to adult services.…”