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Ju, Song; Zhang, Dalun; Pacha, Jacqueline – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2012
Individuals with disabilities face persistent challenges in gaining meaningful employment. One of the barriers to successful employment is a lack of employability skills. The purpose of this study was to identify employability skills that employers value as being important and to examine whether employers have different expectations for…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Employees, Disabilities, Job Skills
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Kuppens, Sofie; Bossaert, Goele; Buntinx, Wil; Molleman, Catherin; Van den Abbeele, Ann; Maes, Bea – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) was developed to provide information on the support needs of persons with intellectual disability. Our aim here was to evaluate the factorial validity of the SIS in a sample of 14,862 persons with intellectual disability. The structure of the instrument as promulgated by the developers was tested and its…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Hollender, Ian – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Since the 1970's there has been a movement in the United States aimed at increasing the integration of students with disabilities among non-disabled peers in general education classes. The practice of inclusion--full integration of students regardless of the severity of disability--is not uniformly accepted. While many agree with the ideals and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Construct Validity, Test Validity