Effective Transitional Plan from Secondary Education to Employment for Individuals with Learning Disabilities: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Cheong, Loh Sau; Yahya, Sharifah Zainiyah Syed
Titel	Effective Transitional Plan from Secondary Education to Employment for Individuals with Learning Disabilities: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 2 (2013) 1, S.104-117 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Secondary School Students; Special Education Teachers; Parents; Employers; Supported Employment; Self Advocacy; Career Guidance; Transitional Programs; Vocational Education; Cooperative Planning; Foreign Countries; Intellectual Disability; Down Syndrome; Mild Intellectual Disability; Autism; Interviews; Observation; Skill Development; Training; Professional Personnel; Sheltered Workshops; Job Placement; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sekundarschüler; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Eltern; Arbeitsförderungsmaßnahme; Selbstbehauptung; Berufsorientierung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Autismus; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Personalbestand; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung
Abstract	One of the major goals in the education and training of individuals with special needs is to prepare them for independence. However, in the Malaysian context, parents who have special adolescents are in doubt as to what would be the future of their children soon after they have finished the vocational training. This case study explores the transitional needs and subsequently to develop an effective transitional plan from secondary education to employment for Malaysian individuals with special needs. The sample comprises two high school special educators and four persons with learning disabilities who are at work. The findings were triangulated among five co-ordinators of Non-Governmental Organisation, as well as parents for the four persons with learning disabilities and their employers. The findings reveal that transitional needs of individuals with special needs includes collaborative support system, job coaching, self-advocacy skills training, career guidance and transition assessment, vocational training, trained transition personnel and transition services. The transition process would be a collaborative process between the government and non-governmental sector. From the findings, an effective transitional plan from secondary education to employment for students with learning disabilities was drawn. Several implications have been drawn from this study. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01