Open AccessTransition Follow-up System Development for Youth with Disabilities: Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Author(s) -
Youn-Young Park
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
exceptionality education international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.226
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1918-5227
DOI - 10.5206/eei.v24i2.7713
Subject(s) - confidentiality , government (linguistics) , data collection , focus group , qualitative research , population , service provider , public relations , special education , medical education , psychology , service (business) , political science , sociology , business , pedagogy , medicine , social science , philosophy , linguistics , demography , marketing , anthropology , law
In this study I examined in depth the perspectives of stakeholders in Manitoba on the development and implementation of a transition follow-up system (TFS) for youth with disabilities. I conducted focus groups and individual interviews with a total of 76 stakeholders and obtained qualitative data. The stakeholders who participated in this study included youth with disabilities, parents of youth with disabilities, high school special education/resource teachers, student services administrators, principals, adult service providers, government representatives, university faculty members, and advocates. The key themes identified are: purpose of TFS, ensuring accurate and reliable data, utilizing existing data-collection practices, government vs. non-government as administrator, multiple data collection, target population of a TFS, ensuring confidentiality and privacy, analyzing individual and program specific information, and information of interest.
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