Transition Services for Young Adults with Severe Disabilities: Defining Professional and Parental Roles and Responsibilities
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
- Vol. 12 (2) , 87-95
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154079698701200201
Abstract
As transition planning and implementation procedures evolve across the country, professionals and parents are struggling with the roles and responsibilities they need to assume to ensure meaningful adult outcomes for young adults with disabilities. This article outlines “optimal” roles and responsibilities and discusses these roles in interagency and transdisciplinary teams.Keywords
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