Factors Affecting the Successful Employment of Transition-Age Youths with Visual Impairments

2009 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 329-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Capella McDonnall ◽  
Adele Crudden
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Transition Age ◽  
Successful Employment

Job-Search Activities, Job-Seeking Barriers, and Work Experiences of Transition-Age Youths With Visual Impairments

2021 ◽  
pp. 0145482X2110591
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Cmar ◽  
Anne Steverson
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Transition Age ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Job Seeking

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to describe the job-seeking and work experiences of transition-age youths with visual impairments. Methods: We analyzed follow-up data from a quasi-experimental study of a job-search intervention conducted from 2016 to 2019. Participants were 88 youths with visual impairments from three states; approximately half received the job-search intervention, and the other half served as a comparison group. Measures included job-search activities and outcomes, job-seeking barriers, volunteer and work experiences, and parental support for job-seeking. Results: Commonly reported job-search activities were preparing or revising resumes, talking to people about jobs, submitting applications, and submitting resumes, but most participants performed these activities infrequently. Many job-seekers encountered barriers during their job search, and few searches resulted in paid employment. Participants generally reported moderate levels of preparation to handle job-seeking barriers and parental support for job-seeking. Intervention and comparison participants had similar results on most measures, with few exceptions. Discussion: When youths actively search for a job but do not find one, their motivation to continue job-seeking may be reduced, particularly if their preparedness to overcome job-seeking barriers is low. Although many participants had some engagement in volunteer or work activities, short-term work experiences were the most common—and perhaps most misunderstood—work activity. Implications for practitioners: Youths with visual impairments may benefit from feedback on their job-seeking approach, application materials, and interview skills so they can make changes and determine how to focus or refocus their efforts. In addition to offering feedback, service providers can provide ongoing support to youth job-seekers and encourage them to persist in their job search. Explicit discussions about different types of work activities may help transition-age youths understand how short-term work experiences differ from paid jobs.

The Acquisition of Elementary–Level Employment Skills by Students with Visual Impairments

1990 ◽  
Vol 84 (9) ◽  
pp. 456-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. DeMario ◽  
E. Rex ◽  
L. Morreau
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Employment Skills ◽  
Successful Employment

The purpose of the study was to develop an instrument for identifying the elementary-level nonacademic competencies for employment that are needed by students with visual impairments. In the first phase, 32 competencies that are required for the successful employment of adults with visual impairments were validated and rank ordered. In the second phase, an instrument with 464 elementary-level subcompetencies was developed and administered to 53 students with visual impairments. Significant differences were found on 13 competencies based on the age and the level of visual acuity of the learners. Overall, students with visual impairments mastered 148 subcompetencies by age 18.

Employment Status and Predictors among People with Visual Impairments in South Korea: Results of a National Survey

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ik Seop Lee ◽  
Soo Kyung Park
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Degree Of Disability

This study explored the employment status and its predictors among people with visual impairments in South Korea. Factors affecting employment status were gender, education, area of residence, degree of disability, having a secondary disability, living with a partner, practical support, and the receipt of adjustment training.

Age of mother at last birth in two historical populations

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertrand Desjardins ◽  
Alain Bideau ◽  
Guy Brunet
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Fertility Transition ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Social Differences ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Transition Age ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Family Limitation

SummaryThis study uses sets of historical family reconstitutions from all of Quebec and from four villages of the Haut-Jura, France—first marriages of 2226 and 994 women, respectively—to investigate the physiological and social factors affecting age of mother at last birth before and during fertility transition. Age remained high throughout the period covered in Quebec, under ‘natural’ conditions, but showed a steady decline in the French material which extends to late 19th century generations practising family limitation.Age at marriage had no influence in Quebec; in France, however, women with the most surviving children at age 35 continued childbearing the latest. There was no link between biological ability to achieve a live birth, or in health status or aging rhythm, and age at last birth. Behaviour of mothers and daughters showed no relation. The variability in age at last birth thus appears to be random under natural conditions; with the onset of controls, social differences seem to influence not only the end of childbearing, but all aspects of behaviour governing final family size and child survival.

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