Transition Handbook Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work! Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work

Carolyn Hughes, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Project Director of the federally funded Metropolitan Nashville Peer Buddy Program. In 1990, she received her doctoral degree in special education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in the areas of secondary transition and employment and self-management strategies. At Vanderbilt University, Dr. Hughes teaches courses in behavior management and the transition from school to adult life and manages several federally funded research and personnel preparation grants. She conducts research and publishes widely in the areas of self-instruction and self-determination, supporting the transition from school to adult life, and social interaction and social inclusion of high school students. Dr. Hughes is a coauthor of Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities: Basic Skills for Successful Transition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1998) and is on the editorial boards of the American Journal on Mental Retardation, Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Journal of Behavioral Education, and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. In addition, Dr. Hughes taught general and special education classes in public schools in Montana for 10 years. Erik W. Carter, M.Ed., is a transition teacher at the North East Transition School in San Antonio, Texas. In 1998, he received his master's degree in special education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he specialized in the areas of severe, profound, and multiple disabilities. While attending Vanderbilt University, Mr. Carter was a research assistant at the Metropolitan Nashville Peer Buddy Program where he provided technical assistance, project evaluation, and outreach services to teachers and students participating in a districtwide peer mentoring program. He has presented at state conferences in Tennessee on the topic of peer mentoring among high school students.Hughes, Carolyn is the author of 'Transition Handbook Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work! Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work', published 1999 under ISBN 9781557664396 and ISBN 1557664390.