Preparing students with intellectual disability for employment

Ramos Torres, Saury

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Description

Title

Preparing students with intellectual disability for employment

Author(s)

Ramos Torres, Saury

Issue Date

2022-04-19

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Dymond, Stacy

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Dymond, Stacy

Committee Member(s)

• Burke, Meghan
• Strauser , David
• Renzaglia, Adelle

Department of Study

Special Education

Discipline

Special Education

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

Work-based Learning Experiences, Employment, Teachers, Intellectual Disability

Abstract

This study investigated teachers’ beliefs about the most important work experiences for students with intellectual disability and their preparedness to provide these experiences. The study also explored if there were a relation between student characteristics and teacher characteristics on teachers’ beliefs. Participants were high school special education teachers from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, and Washington who worked as a high school special education teacher during the 2020-2021 school year and are special education teacher for students aged 14 or over. An online questionnaire was used for data collection and it includes teachers’ demographics information and three study vignettes. Each vignette describes a student with different characteristics (e.g., support needs, communication skills). Descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted to analyze the data.

Graduation Semester

2022-05

Type of Resource

Thesis

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 2022 Saury Ramos-Torres

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