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Virtual Job Interview Training: A Dose Response to Improve Employment for Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities
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Matthew J. Smith; Mark Van Ryzin; Neil Jordan; Marc Atkins; Lindsay A. Bornheimer; Kari Sherwood; Justin D. Smith – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2024
"Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth" and "Virtual Reality Job Interview Training" are job interview simulators with demonstrated effectiveness in randomized controlled trials. We evaluated their dose responses via secondary data analysis of 558 transition-age youth with disabilities in 47 schools where the…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Training Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Employment Opportunities
Implementing Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth: Practical Strategies for Educators
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Kari Sherwood; Matthew J. Smith; Brittany Ross; Jeffery Johnson; Amy Trautwein; Matthew Landau; Kara Hume – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
This column shares strategies for implementing a technology-based intervention within secondary special education transition services. "Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth" is a web-based job interview training that uses educational content and virtual hiring managers to help teach job interview skills. Eight support…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Secondary Education, Special Education, Technology Uses in Education
Virtual Reality Job Interview Training in Transition Services: Results of a Single-Arm, Noncontrolled Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Trial
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Smith, Matthew J.; Smith, Justin D.; Jordan, Neil; Sherwood, Kari; McRobert, Erin; Ross, Brittany; Oulvey, Eugene A.; Atkins, Marc – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2021
This study reports the results of a single-arm, noncontrolled, Type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating virtual reality job interview training (VR-JIT) delivered in five preemployment transition programs comprising 15 schools, 10 administrators, 23 teachers, and 279 youth ages 16-21 years receiving special education…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Computer Simulation, Training Methods, Transitional Programs
Scaling out Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth: A Quasi-Experimental Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study
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Smith, Matthew J.; Sherwood, Kari; Ross, Brittany; Oulvey, Eugene A.; Monahan, Julie A.; Sipovic, Jessica E.; Atkins, Marc S.; Danielson, Elizabeth C.; Jordan, Neil; Smith, Justin D. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2022
In a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT), "Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth" (VIT-TAY) enhanced employment for autistic youth receiving transition services. For this study, a nonrandomized hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial evaluated whether VIT-TAY maintained its core implementation and effectiveness…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities
Best Practices for Pre-Employment Transition Services
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National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2019
Transition planning officially begins between the ages of 14 and 16 for most students with an IEP. However, the process is lifelong. Job Exploration Counseling, or Career counseling/guidance includes a wide variety of activities which help students explore career options and opportunities available. Job exploring options are intended to foster…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance