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Maeghan N. Hennessey; Kendra L. Williams-Diehm; James E. Martin – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2023
It is critical students with disabilities be adequately prepared with the foundational competencies necessary for entry-level employment. However, the field needs a research-based, structurally sound assessment to assist teachers in assessing such competencies and then writing appropriate transition goals. The purpose of this pilot study is to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Occupational Aspiration, Job Skills, Competence
Stephanie Elizabeth Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This paper presents the findings of a Consensual Qualitative Research partial program evaluation of the effectiveness of a secondary transition-to-work training program in a Southeastern public school system. Current literature regarding the history of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, barriers they have faced to…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Attitudes, Transitional Programs, Program Evaluation
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Maria Rönnlund; Aina Tollefsen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
The article addresses school-to-work transitions among young women in a strongly male dominated professional sphere -- the transport industry. Drawing on interviews with two girls over the time span 2015-2022 and visits to their upper secondary school 2016-2019, the study focuses on how power structures related to gender play out in the…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Work Environment, Power Structure
Donvan Amenya; Wangui Muhika; Richard Churches; Anna Riggall – Education Development Trust, 2024
In this report -- the second to emerge from a three-year research project on girls' transitions through school and onwards into higher education and work (2022-2025) -- we explore the aspirations and preparedness of girls in the West Pokot, Homa Bay, and Narok counties of Kenya. We will be following the same cohort of girls in the next wave of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Achatz, Juliane; Jahn, Kerstin; Schels, Brigitte – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This study explores school-to-work transitions in Germany, aiming to achieve a richer understanding of the complexity of labour market entry trajectories while focusing on transition measures. The term transition measures refers to additional training courses that complement the regular vocational education and training system of firm-based or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Vocational Education
Allison, R.; Hyatt, J.; Owens, L.; Clark, K. A.; Test, D. W. – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2019
The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition's (NTACT) Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Toolkit was developed in accordance with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Employment, Transitional Programs, Education Work Relationship
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Nitza Davidovitch; Aleksandra Gerkerova – International Education Studies, 2024
This study explores the perceptions of academic and labor market adaptation among graduates with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in comparison to neurotypical counterparts. Contrary to the expected significant differences attributed to the unique challenges associated with ASD, the findings did not indicate major disparities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, High School Graduates, High School Students
Jolin, Jerred Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While assessments of general social proficiency constructs are numerous in the ASD literature, and in the special education literature more broadly, investigations of the latent structure(s) of "vocational-specific" social proficiency constructs have yet to receive serious empirical investigation. Furthermore, trends in this literature…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Special Education, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Moynihan, Joseph A. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
Transition Year is a unique and exciting programme situated in the middle of the six year second level education system in Ireland. Since its introduction in 1974, the programme has experienced unprecedented growth now being offered in over 80% of schools on the island. Transition Year seeks to emphasize alternative learning methodologies…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Social Development
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Hodgkins, Andrew – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2016
This article examines the precarious learning-to-work transitions experienced by aboriginal youth in the Canadian oil sands mining industry. Drawing from an empirical case study of a mine-sponsored, pre-apprenticeship training programme, challenges experienced by programme participants, as well as their socialisation into the world of work are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Youth Opportunities, Youth Problems
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Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Rowe, Dawn A.; Cameto, Renee; Test, David W.; Morningstar, Mary E. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013
This position paper describes the Division of Career Development and Transition's stance and recommendations for identifying and promoting secondary transition evidence-based practices and predictors of postschool success for students with disabilities. Recommendations for experimental research, correlational research, and secondary analysis of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Transitional Programs
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Doren, Bonnie; Yan, Min-Chi; Tu, Wei-Mo – Prevention Researcher, 2013
The purpose of the article was to identify key features within research-based school-to-career programs that were linked to positive employment outcomes for youth disabilities. Three key program features were identified and discussed that could be incorporated into the practices and programs of schools and communities to support the employment…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Career Change, Education Work Relationship, Transitional Programs
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Thomas, Sue; Keogh, Jayne; Hay, Steve – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
Recent education policy places a heavy emphasis on parents in relation to students' success at school. This paper explores how parents and teachers account for school success. Using membership categorisation analysis, it interrogates data collected in different interview situations across sites over a period of 20 years. The analysis shows how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Parent Attitudes, Classification
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Alegre, Miquel Àngel; Casado, David; Sanz, Jordi; Todeschini, Federico A. – Educational Research, 2015
Background: The literature has shown that the way active labour market policies (ALMP) aimed at youth are designed and implemented can influence the labour and educational prospects of youngsters. The evaluation of the Catalan PQPIs (initial vocational qualification programmes) presented here seeks to provide new evidence on the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Public Policy, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
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Karpur, Arun; Brewer, David; Golden, Thomas – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
Access to effective and comprehensive transition programming is pivotal to transition of youth with disabilities to work and independent living. Successful programs often blend key ingredients, including individualized educational planning, career development, work experiences in secondary school, and interagency partnerships/collaborations.…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies
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