Refers to students with mild to severe disabilities in high school, usually grades 9 or 10 through 12 in the U.S. educational system.
Project Outcome: Improving the outcomes of secondary-age students with emotional disturbance--U.S. Department of Education (1999-2004)
Carolyn Hughes, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Joseph Wehby, Ph.D.
Project PBS [Positive Behavior Support]: A three-tiered prevention model to better serve all students--U. S. Department of Education (2002-2005)
Kathleen Lane, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Joseph Wehby, Ph.D.
This project addresses the following objectives: (a) examines the challenges of implanting a three-tier model of positive behavior support at the high school level in a rural community; (b) identifies the types and patterns of behavioral problems manifested at the high school level; (c) designs and implements systematically a three-tier model with primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions using data-based decision making; and (4) evaluates how students with varying types of behavior problems respond to various levels of supports.
National Center for Youth with Disabilities
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilies
Visual Disabilities research program
Transitionink.com -- Resources for supporting high school students with disabilites .