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Functional Assessment to Predict Capacity for Work in a Population of School-Leavers with Disabilities
Functional Assessment to Predict Capacity for Work in a Population of School-Leavers with Disabilities
- Source :
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International Journal of Disability, Development & Education . Sep 2006 53(3):331-349. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This study reports on an assessment system for school-leavers with disabilities to identify their capacity for work and the type of transition-to-work programme best suited to each person. Participants were 1,556 high school students in four cohorts who left school between 1999 and 2002. Each school-leaver was assessed by rehabilitation counsellors for functional ability and capacity for work. In a supplementary study, the 2002 cohort was assessed by special transition teachers using a short screening tool. The results demonstrate that there is a predictable hierarchy of functional acquisition among school-leavers with disabilities and that the single best predictor of future capacity for work and need for transition-to-work programmes among this group of young people is the capacity to manage activities of daily living. The results also demonstrate that a short screen used by teachers, together with a behavioural assessment, is sufficient to stream school-leavers with a disability into a range of transition-to-work programmes. (Contains 6 tables and 5 figures.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1034-912X
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- International Journal of Disability, Development & Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ741791
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research