Performance of job-related skill training for young people with disabilities

Autor:	Kathryn A. Haring, Mary J. Tomblin
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject education Applied psychology Attendance Single-subject design Education Skills management Punctuality Social skills Learning disability medicine Gainful employment medicine.symptom Psychology Function (engineering) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Vocational Education & Training. 52:295-305
ISSN:	1747-5090 1363-6820
DOI:	10.1080/13636820000200123
Popis:	This study was based on the belief that young people with learning disabilities have difficulties acquiring sufficient employment because of lack of certain job-related social skills, including attendance. Deficits in social skills inherent to employment situations contribute to problems of job stability and interfere with the individual's ability to adequately function on the job. Thus, for adolescents with disabilities who are transitioning from school to work, social skills training is of paramount importance to insure success in gainful employment. This study addresses the need for improving punctuality and prompt attendance by the employee at work. The study investigated the initial and long-term impact of job-related social skills instruction for a young adult with learning disabilities. Moreover, the purpose of this single subject design study was to examine a postsecondary student's acquisition of improved punctuality and attendance necessary to maintain employment in his present position...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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