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Direct linkTanya Lawlis; Tamieka Mawer; Lesley Andrew; Thomas Bevitt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Students with disability experience numerous challenges when engaging in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Successful WIL requires stakeholder collaboration to provide an equitable and relevant WIL experience. Stakeholder disparity around disclosure, accommodations, poor attitudes, and behaviours result in negative WIL experiences for students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Barriers, Education Work Relationship, Work Experience Programs
Shea, Pauline – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this research was to explore the various types and components of work-based learning experiences (WBLE), best practices, and the special education students' outcomes in a suburban public high school located outside of a large metropolitan area. Students with disabilities (SWD) have a difficult time transitioning postsecondary, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Special Education, Best Practices, Work Experience Programs
Kocher, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience difficulty with transitioning to competitive integrated employment following high school. Addressing this disparity in transitioning to competitive integrated employment can be supported through a high school transition program with community-based work experiences for…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, High School Students, Experiential Learning
Myers, Cassidy; Cox, Carol – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: A small group of transition-aged students with intellectual disabilities participated in a short-term summer work experience programme under the mentorship of a job coach. Methods: Dyadic interview technique was used to identify student and mentor participants' perceptions of student participant work motivation pre- and post-programme.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Summer Programs, Work Experience Programs
Download full textLindstrom, Lauren E.; Beno, Carolynne – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
One of the key purposes of public education is to prepare young people to reach their full potential as independent adults and engaged citizens. This transition to adulthood may be especially challenging for youth with disabilities. Students enrolled in special education often need additional supports and coordinated planning to prepare for…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Program Effectiveness
Dawson, Shirley; Allen, Melanie; King, Adam – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Apply and Communicate for Transition Now (ACTNow) Discussion Tool allows secondary students to effectively explore transition options through a respectful and honest conversation regarding expectations for success in chosen career pathways. In a one year randomized control research trial of 203 students with disabilities who used ACTNow,…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Special Education Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Transitional Programs
Cmar, Jennifer L.; McDonnall, Michele C. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
Early work experiences predict future employment for youth with visual impairments, particularly when youth find jobs independently, but research has not supported the efficacy of sponsored work for this population. The most effective work experience programs include additional components such as job search assistance, and job search interventions…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Program Effectiveness, Youth, Visual Impairments
Sevak, Purvi; Feeney, Kathleen; Honeycutt, Todd; Peterson, Emily – Mathematica, 2021
The Linking Learning to Careers (LLC) program offered high school students with disabilities an individualized and targeted approach to strategically plan for their futures. The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) designed LLC to build on its usual services for high school students to emphasize unpaid and paid work-based learning…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs
