Unemployment Among Handicapped Youth

Descriptive data on the initial employment patterns of mildly disabled individuals who participated in a postsecondary, time-limited transition program are presented. Results were interpreted to indicate that the participants (a) obtained entry-level positions with varying employee benefits; (b) benefited from periodic yet ongoing support to maintain employment; and (c) requested continued but minimal support to negotiate job changes in the work world. Further research is indicated concerning longitudinal employment needs of individuals with disabilities.

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A Follow-along Study of Participants in a Longitudinal Transition Program for Youths with Mild Disabilities

Siegel

Robert

Waxman

et al. 1992

Exceptional Children

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Descriptive data are presented on the employment patterns of youths with mild disabilities who participated in a transition program with an intensive postsecondary component. Data on employment rates, positive and negative job changes, participation in continuing education, and access to benefit packages are reported for 94 youths who participated in the program over a 4-year period. Program participants had favorable outcomes when compared with a national sample, but they stabilized at an entry level of work participation. Their rates of entry into postsecondary education were also greater than the national sample, but advances were nominal.

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Unemployment Among Handicapped Youth

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Critical Issues in Planning Vocational Services in the 1990s

Critical Issues in Planning Vocational Services in the 1990s

Postsecondary Transition Needs and Employment Patterns of Individuals with Mild Disabilities

A Follow-along Study of Participants in a Longitudinal Transition Program for Youths with Mild Disabilities

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