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Gardner-Webb University

2019

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Evaluation Of The Implementation Of A Secondary Transition Program For At-Risk Exceptional Children In Five High Schools, Karyn Lyndsey Herring Jan 2019

Evaluation Of The Implementation Of A Secondary Transition Program For At-Risk Exceptional Children In Five High Schools, Karyn Lyndsey Herring

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Secondary transition support is an important part of the IEP requirements for high school exceptional children. Designed to help guide students toward their postschool goals, transition support should not only help identify goals but also help prepare them by teaching skills, building relationships, and imparting knowledge of the community they will join after graduation. The researcher completed a program evaluation for the FAST secondary transition support that was put into place in a large school district in North Carolina during the 2016-2017 school year to provide additional support to at-risk exceptional children on the Future Ready Course of Study graduation …