The purpose of this article is to describe a multilevel interagency transition planning process which includes three levels—a communitylevel team, school-level team, and individual-level team. While all three teams are described, we focus on the school-level and individual-level team planning processes. Evaluation data indicate consumer satisfaction with the TASSEL (Teaching All Students Skills for Employment and Life) transition planning process. Three case examples are used to demonstrate the planning process "in action."
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a comprehensive transition model called TASSEL (Teaching All Students Skills for Employment and Life). We collected social validity (consumer satisfaction) data from students, parents, employers, adult service providers, and school personnel, and student outcome data from youth who exited school in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Results indicated that consumers are satisfied with TAS-SEL transition services and that student outcomes compared favorably with data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study.Research has clearly demonstrated the need for transition services. From the initial follow-up studies (Hasazi
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