Making the Transition to Integrated Employment: An Evaluation Study of a Community Based Work Experience Programme

Authors

  • Gail Birkbeck
  • Claire Donohoe

Keywords:

Transition, Integration, Integrated Employment, School to Work, Intellectual Disabilities, Community, Work Experience Programme, Challenges, Employment, Employees, Transition Programme, Job-Finding Practices, Attitudes

Abstract

Students and young adults with intellectual disabilities face formidable challenges as prospective employees in the current bleak economic climate in Ireland. The evaluation of a Dublin based work experience transition programme, however, indicates positive outcomes in terms of job-finding practices and realistic attitudes on the part of the participants. 

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Published

1944-11-11

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Birkbeck, G., & Donohoe, C. (1944). Making the Transition to Integrated Employment: An Evaluation Study of a Community Based Work Experience Programme. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 7(2), 104–112. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/415

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (1994)

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