This book presents a comprehensive review of current research literature in the area of multicultural transition, as a context and foundation for a study of the transition practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students with special needs in Kansas high schools. Survey data from 93 special education caseworkers with direct experience on transition teams for multicultural adolescents in school districts representing all regions of the state were analyzed to determine whether current transition services in Kansas are aligned with best practices, based on the latest research in...

The main purpose of this new perspective on the results of my April 2011 survey of caseworkers at high schools across the state of Kansas regarding transition practices with African-American, Native American Indian, and Hispanic/Latino students, is to more systematically incorporate qualitative data from the optional comments added by any caseworkers to expand on their Likert responses. Splichal (2015) said, "Individual truth about lived experiences is an ever-changing and evolving process of interpretation of the human phenomena, both within and outside of the structures that surround us,...