Career development and transition services : a functional life skills approach /
Donn E. Brolin and Robert J. Loyd
- Fourth Edition.
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education, c2004
- xxi, 552 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Life skills/transition overview -- 1. Educating students with special learning and/or behavior needs -- 2. A functional life skills curriculum approach -- 3. Life-centered career education (LCCE) mild/moderate curriculum programs -- Part 2. Family and community resources -- 4. Family support -- 5. Agencies, organizations and informational resources -- 6.Business and industry involvement -- Part 3. Transitional education -- 7. Functional transition assessment -- 8.Transition planning -- 9. Functional transition materials and resources -- 10. Self-determination -- Part 4. Transition instructional delivery -- 11. Daily living skills -- 12. Personal-social skills -- 13.Occupational guidance and preparation skills -- Part 5. LCCE mild/moderate curriculum implementation -- 14. Developing LLCE mild/moderate curriculum programs -- 15. Critical transition issues and future directions.
The long-awaited revision of this classic book again offers a thorough, sensitive overview of the concepts and applications of transition education. Coverage takes a whole-life approach to meeting the functional/ transitional needs of students and adults for whom a career-oriented educational environment is optimal, including those who could benefit from community college programs. Based on the widely-used Life-Centered Career Education (LCCE) program, this book provides teaching strategies that focus on twenty-two major competency areas embracing daily living, personal/social, and occupational skills. Complete with a step-by-step program for implementing a school curriculum that teaches career and life skills, this is the book that defined the transition course in Special Education. For special education teachers.