1. 1) Highlight the problems that students with
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
(E/BD) are having in making the
transition to adult life
2) To describe each of the 5 Best Practices
which are most likely to produce positive
outcomes for students with E/BD
Miguel Bueso, MS
Transition Coordinator
The Pathways Schools
2601 University Blvd. West
Silver Spring, MD 20902
Work: (301) 942-1115, ext. 104
Fax: (301) 942-7677
mbueso@pathwayschools.org
www.pathwayschools.org

2. Slide 1
1) Highlighttheproblems that students with
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
(E/BD) are having in making the
transition toadultlife
2) To describeeach ofthe 5 BestPractices
which are most likely toproduce positive
outcomesfor students with E/BD
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A coordinatedsetof activities designed within
an outcome-orientedprocess promoting
movementfromschool topost-schooloutcomes
suchas:
•IndependentLiving
•IntegratedEmployment
•Post-secondary Educationor Vocational
Training
•Community Integration
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56.3 %drop out of school
3.7 %age out ofschool
Only40 %graduate fromschool
These were the highest drop-outrates
for any disability group noted
Graduation Rates
(1994 US Dept. ofEducation studyon ED Students)
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59 % of students with ED are unemployed two
years after leaving school
53 % of these students are still unemployed
five years after leaving
These were the highest unemployment rates
for any disability group noted
Employment Results
(Malmgren, Edger, &Neel, 1998)
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78% ofregulareducationgraduatesare pursuing
some typeof continuingeducation
Lessthan20% of studentswithED are
participating inany type ofpost-secondary
educationor training
These were thelowestenrollment statisticsofany
disabilitygroupnoted
Enrollment inPost-Secondary Education
(National Longitudinal Transition Study)
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65% fail at least onecourseinhigh school (U.S. Department of
Education,1994)
20% ofED students arearrested beforeleavingschool (Malmgren,
Edger, & Neel, 1998)and 19 % havebeenarrested by the timethey
havebeenout of school for two years (National Longitudinal
Transition Study)
36% ofall youths admitted to psychiatric hospitals haveED
(Singh,1994)
Students withED experiencehigher rates of social isolation and
involvementincrime as adults, than doany other categoryof
peoplewith disabilities.(Frank and Sitlington,1997)
Students withEDarefairingfarworse than thosewith more severe
disabilities (physicallyimpaired) andthosewhofunction at lower
intellectualand functional levels (MR). (Maag& Katsiyannis,
1998)
Other Research Findings about EDStudents
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High drop out rate
Lack ofself-determination skills
Ineligibility formany of the adultservices
Lack ofinteragencycollaboration
Extremely wide-rangingcharacteristics
Lack ofappropriate social skills
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 Academic
 Social/Emotional
 Work-Readiness
 CareerCompatibility
Assessment andIndividualizedPlanning
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Researchsuggest shiftinginstructionaway fromthe
traditional classroomenvironmentandtowards
real-life applicationsandcommunity-based
experiences.
Expose students to the worldofworkthrough
careerexplorationactivitiesandcommunity-based
employment experiences, while theyearnhigh
schoolcredits.
Diversity of programming helps motivate students
to stayinschool.
Flexible Programming
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5. Slide 10
Social skillstraining isthoroughly
integratedthroughout thecurriculum
Teach and practice skills in community-
based settings asmuch as possible
Stress appropriate workplacesocialskills
Social Skills Training
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 Exposure - toavarietyof careers
 Career Planning– The process of selectingcompatible careers&
makingdetailedstep-by-stepplans toreachcareer goals
 Work-Readiness- skillsdeveloped
 EmploymentExperiences-jobshadowing/try-outs,internships,
part-timejobs andmostimportantlycompetitiveemployment
 EarningClassCredit- whilegainingworkexperience
Career Development, Work-Readiness,
and Employment Experiences
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Workhard tostaycurrent regardingthe available
service agenciesandresourcesin ourarea.
Learnabout eligibilityrequirements and
applicationprocess for each agency
Developmentcontact people and interagency
agreements.
Network byjoiningservice provider committees
andassociations
Interagency Collaborationand
Ongoing Support Service
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IndividualizedPlanningandAssessment
FlexibleProgramming
Social SkillsTraining
CareerPlanning,Work-Readiness Training,
andEmploymentExperiences
Interagency CollaborationandOngoing
Support Service
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GraduateRates:
2003:91%(92%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2002:82%(93%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2001:94%(87%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2000:92%(86%heldcompetitiveemployment)
1999:88%(87%heldcompetitiveemployment)
1998:82%(81%heldcompetitiveemployment)
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 Researchsuggeststhatadherenceto theBest
Practices describedwill lead tobetter outcomes
for studentswithE/BD
 Programs whichintegratetheseBestPractices
tend tohavesignificantly more successkeeping
their studentsfrom dropping out and helping
their studentsmake the transitionto adult life
 Researchaside,eachstepthat a program makes
towards incorporatestheBest Practices
describes,willlikely contribute toa brighter
more fulfilling futurefor our studentsand our
ultimately,our communities
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7. Slide 13
IndividualizedPlanningandAssessment
FlexibleProgramming
Social SkillsTraining
CareerPlanning,Work-Readiness Training,
andEmploymentExperiences
Interagency CollaborationandOngoing
Support Service
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GraduateRates:
2003:91%(92%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2002:82%(93%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2001:94%(87%heldcompetitiveemployment)
2000:92%(86%heldcompetitiveemployment)
1999:88%(87%heldcompetitiveemployment)
1998:82%(81%heldcompetitiveemployment)
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 Researchsuggeststhatadherenceto theBest
Practices describedwill lead tobetter outcomes
for studentswithE/BD
 Programs whichintegratetheseBestPractices
tend tohavesignificantly more successkeeping
their studentsfrom dropping out and helping
their studentsmake the transitionto adult life
 Researchaside,eachstepthat a program makes
towards incorporatestheBest Practices
describes,willlikely contribute toa brighter
more fulfilling futurefor our studentsand our
ultimately,our communities
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