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Development and Field Test of a Transition Planning Procedure -1985-1988

ROBERT J. MILLER is Assistant Professor of Special Education, Mankato State University; MARSHA LA FOLLETTE is Program Assistance Consultant, Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, Des Moines, IA; and KATHY GREEN is Executive Director, Rural Employment Alternatives, Inc., Conroy, IA. THE VALUE society places on an individual is often directly related to that person’s capacity to earn a living. As such, one method of evaluating the effectiveness of special education programming is through the employability of student graduates (Wehman & Barcus, 1985). Unfortunately, the unemployment rate experienced by persons with disabilities is far above that of non-disabled persons. Hasazi, Gordon, and Roe (1985) conducted a follow-up study of special education graduates in Vermont and reported a 46 ~o unemployment rate. A State of Iowa follow-up study of 1985 special education graduates and dropouts (Sitlington, Frank & Cooper, 1988) found a 33.2 % unemployment rate. Unemployment rates such as these would suggest a need for educators to reevaluate the effectiveness of the