fw: REFERENCE POINTS: Transition Goals and Experiences of Females with Disabilities: Youth, Parents, and Professionals

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Wilbur Hawke wrote: Wilbur Hawkeco directorFamily Network on Disabilities of FloridaParent Education Network (PEN)1800-TALKPEN1 800 825-5736239 417-3636wilbur@... From: referencepoints@...Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:41 PMTo: tatra@...Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Transition Goals and Experiences of Females with Disabilities: Youth, Parents, and ProfessionalsREFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE POINTS: Transition Goals and Experiences of Females with Disabilities: Youth, Parents, and ProfessionalsThe

information presented in this report is from the Regional Research Institute at Portland State University, where researchers studied the influence of gender in the setting of goals and planning of transition services for young women with disabilities. Information for the report was gathered through a series of interviews and focus groups with 146 youth, parents, and education professionals. The report can be found at http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/advocacyinaction/TransitionGoalsandFemaleswithDisabilities.pdf* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.aspTo UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to

http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.aspReaders are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to tatra@....Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of this material.