Factors that affect the employability of transition–age individuals with severe intellectual disabilities: rehabilitation providers’ perspectives

Pickens, Julie Lynn

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Title

Factors that affect the employability of transition–age individuals with severe intellectual disabilities: rehabilitation providers’ perspectives

Author(s)

Pickens, Julie Lynn

Issue Date

2015-04-23

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

Dymond, Stacy

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Dymond, Stacy

Committee Member(s)

• Renzaglia, Adelle
• Strauser, David R.
• Meadan, Hedda

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)

• Transition
• Severe Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

The purpose of this study was two-fold. It first aimed to facilitate a more in-depth understanding of what rehabilitation providers believe to be the critical job and job-related skills and vocational experiences needed by transition-age students with severe intellectual disabilities. It also attempted to gather rehabilitation providers’ perspectives on how other factors affected their decisions about whether to provide employment services to a student with severe intellectual disabilities. Qualitative interviews with rehabilitation providers were used to explore these two areas. The most important skills identified by participants were social skills and skills related to motivation and work ethics, whereas the most important experience identified was participation in paid work experiences prior to exiting school. Factors identified as influencing rehabilitation providers’ decisions about employment services for students with severe disabilities included student, family, school, rehabilitation provider, and community factors.

Graduation Semester

2015-5

Type of Resource

text

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Copyright 2015 Julie L. Pickens

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