Building Bridges: Transition from School to Work for Youth Who are Disabled

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Johnson ◽  
Bobbie J. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Process Research ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Successful Employment

The purpose of this article is to describe those components of transition necessary for successful employment outcomes of young people with disabilities. The roles and responsibilities of vocational rehabilitation, special education, and vocational education are described. Parent/guardian and employer involvement were discussed as being essential to the transition process. Research is needed to provide background in developing a thorough, sequential, and formalized process of transition from school to work.

The Transition of Young People with Disabilities from School to Work and Adult Living

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Trevor R. Parmenter
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Education Association ◽  
Work Family

It is a singular honour for me to have been invited to deliver the inaugural Len Cosson Memorial Lecture. It is obvious that Len’s Stirling contribution to special education in New Zealand will endure. His ability to enthuse peers and students alike will live on and will affect for the better the quality of the lives of young people with disabilities. Despite his untimely death, his family and professional colleagues can be comforted by the knowledge that Len’s ideas and vision will remain a beacon for those who follow in his footsteps. He has provided some very real challenges for the New Zealand Special Education Association - challenges that will be met if you emulate the truly professional approach that he maintained throughout his illustrious career. He obviously lived to the full the values and precepts that many of us aspire to, but often fall short of. While I did not have the privilege of knowing Len, I feel enriched by being in the company of so many people whose lives he touched in such a profound way.In the following presentation I wish to report the results of a study that examined the postschool experiences of 73 young people with a range of disabilities who left a special education facility in NSW in 1985. The roles that work, family support and friendship patterns played in their postschool experiences are analysed. The study points to the need for a more coordinated approach to the planning and delivery of transition education services to young people with disabilities.

scholarly journals "Look at Me:" Portraiture and Agency

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet S. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Significant Disabilities ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Research Paradigms

<p>Keywords: disability, methodology, portraiture, social justice, special education&nbsp;</p><p>Historically, the dominant research paradigms involving the study of people with disabilities involved experimentally designed studies or other medically orientated approaches. This paper examines portraiture as a form of qualitative inquiry offering emancipatory possibilities for children with significant disabilities and transformative positive reinterpretations of disability as a social construct for their teachers and other people in their lives.&nbsp; Three narrative portraits of young people with disabilities were created based on a year-long portraiture study involving the collection of observational data, informal interviews, artifacts, and discourse analysis to capture the &ldquo;essence&rdquo; of their humanness.&nbsp; Through an examination of this portrait study and others from across the humanities, this paper provides examples where the &ldquo;subjects&rdquo; asserted themselves in ways akin to Giroux&rsquo;s agency (1987) suggesting portraiture might provide a unique and credible avenue to respectfully study and learn more about people with disabilities too often left on the fringe of society.&nbsp;</p>

scholarly journals Double Burden of Disability and Poverty: Does Vocational Rehabilitation Ease the School‐to‐Work Transition?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 92-102
Author(s):  
Nancy Reims ◽  
Silke Tophoven
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Vocational Qualification ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Degree Of Disability

Poor young people more often face health difficulties, (learning) disabilities, and are overrepresented in special schools. Consequently, youth from poor households disproportionately frequently participate in disability‐specific programs aiming to improve their educational levels and labor market opportunities. They face a double burden of disability and poverty. In our study, we look at poor and non‐poor youth with disabilities (YPWD) who participate in vocational rehabilitation (VR) and whether VR helps them (a) in transitioning into employment and (b) in leaving poverty. We examine the association between the receipt of initial basic income support (BIS) as a poverty indicator, later labor market outcomes, and earned vocational qualification using administrative data. We make use of a sample of all persons accepted for VR in 2010 (N = 36,645). We employ logit models on VR attendees’ labor market outcomes three and five years after being accepted for VR as well as on their earned vocational qualifications. Beside initial poverty status, we control for educational level, type, and degree of disability and program pattern during the VR process. Our findings show that YPWD from poor households have a decreased likelihood of a vocational certificate and employment. Additionally, they are more likely to receive BIS than young people not from poor households and thus more likely to remain poor. In conclusion, VR seems to support poor YPWD less in their school‐to‐work transitions. Thus, disability‐specific programs should be more tailored to the social situations of participants, and counsellors should be more sensitive to their social backgrounds.

Existing Robotics Technologies for Implementation of Special Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 757-774
Author(s):  
Roman Zahariev Zahariev ◽  
Nina Valchkova
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Cognitive Robotic

Collaborative robots (Cobots) are described from the point of view of the cognitive processes underlying the perception and emotional expression of learners based on individual human interacting with non-humanoid robots. The chapter describes a project that is aimed at the development and prototyping of mobile cognitive robotic system designed for service and assistance to people with disabilities. In creating this robot called “AnRI” (anthropomorphic robot intelligent) the experience from building the previous one was used, and it was used in the project Conduct Research into the Adoption of Robotic Technologies in Special Education by Children, Young People, and Pedagogical Specialists. It is described as a device of the robot and realization of cognitive processes to integrate knowledge-related information from sensors, actuators, and multiple sources of information vital to the process of serving people with disabilities.

scholarly journals THE OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES OF SCHOOL PATHS OF FINNISH YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (ID)

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Anneli Hermanoff ◽  
Kaarina Määttä ◽  
Satu Uusiautti
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Special Education School ◽  
Vocational Special Education

The experiences and perceptions that people with intellectual disability (ID) who have participated in vocational education have about their study paths is a less studied theme in Finland and also internationally. The purpose of this research was to find out whether their transitions from basic education to vocational education have been successful in their opinion and how their parents perceived the study paths. The purpose of this research was to analyze the study paths of young adults with ID and their school experiences as described by themselves and their parents. The focus was on memories of basic education, transition to vocational education, and studies at the vocational special education school. The research participants comprised 14 young adults with ID (aged 17-23, 10 boys and 4 girls) and their parents (N= 14). They all had personal study plans in basic education, and except for one, they all had completed basic education according to their study plans. The research leaned on the narrative research approach. The youngsters and their parents were interviewed personally in 2012 and 2014. The study paths of young people with ID could be grouped into three narratives: the fluent, complex, and interrupted study paths. Study success in young people with ID is a sum of many factors. The study illustrates four core factors directing the study processes: the student, school community, curriculum, and teacher. In addition, support from home is extremely important to the fluency of study paths. The purpose of education should be to prepare train, rehabilitate, and guide students with ID into good life that includes work, health, and relationships. Based on this study, educational options for people with ID are limited and should be developed so that secondary education would educate future experts to work markets and promote learning and societal participation in the young who need special support. Key words: intellectual disability, narrative research, vocational special education, personal study plan, study path.

scholarly journals Inclusive Education in Technical University

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.36) ◽  
pp. 1020
Author(s):  
O. G. Savka ◽  
E. V. Milkina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Technical University

 The present article addresses the issue of importance of inclusive education in higher education institutions with statistical data on students with disabilities undergoing training. In this article the problems of university readiness for implementation of inclusive education of young people with disabilities are analyzed; and the legal, educational and systemic aspects of special education are investigated.  

Existing Robotics Technologies for Implementation of Special Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 44-61
Author(s):  
Roman Zahariev Zahariev ◽  
Nina Valchkova
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Cognitive Robotic

Collaborative robots (Cobots) are described from the point of view of the cognitive processes underlying the perception and emotional expression of learners based on individual human interacting with non-humanoid robots. The chapter describes a project that is aimed at the development and prototyping of mobile cognitive robotic system designed for service and assistance to people with disabilities. In creating this robot called “AnRI” (anthropomorphic robot intelligent) the experience from building the previous one was used, and it was used in the project Conduct Research into the Adoption of Robotic Technologies in Special Education by Children, Young People, and Pedagogical Specialists. It is described as a device of the robot and realization of cognitive processes to integrate knowledge-related information from sensors, actuators, and multiple sources of information vital to the process of serving people with disabilities.

Competencies Needed for Transition Specialists in Vocational Rehabilitation Vocational Education, and Special Education

1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Hall Defur ◽  
Juliana M. Taymans
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
The Past

Transition services and interagency service coordination for youth with disabilities have increased significantly during the past 10 years. The development of these services has necessitated the creation of new human services professional roles. One emerging role is that of transition specialist. Competencies for this new role of transition specialist have not been validated. This study was conducted to identify and validate competencies for transition specialist practitioners. Practitioners across the United States from the fields of vocational special education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation identified competencies believed essential to providing effective transition services. “Knowledge of agencies and systems change” was the highest-rated competency.

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