Implementation of Pre–Employment Transition Services: A Content Analysis of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act State Plans

IF 1.6 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals Pub Date : 2021-02-22 DOI:10.1177/2165143421993027

Joshua P. Taylor, Holly N. Whittenburg, Magen Rooney-Kron, Tonya Gokita, Stephanie Lau, Colleen A. Thoma, LaRon A. Scott

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Many youth with disabilities experience persistently low rates of competitive integrated employment (CIE) and participation in higher education. In 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) established a policy focus on CIE as the goal of vocational services for youth and individuals with disabilities. In addition, WIOA created provision for Pre–Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) to ensure that state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies focused sufficient resources toward transition-age youth. This study examined a sample of WIOA state implementation plans in depth using content analysis to identify how state VR agencies prioritized the provision of Pre-ETS services to youth with disabilities. Analysis of state plans resulted in three emergent themes: (a) instructional priorities, (b) instructional contexts, and (c) networks of stakeholders. We discuss the implications of these themes for future research, policy, and practice related to the employment of individuals with disabilities.

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就业前过渡服务的实施:劳动力创新与机会法案州计划的内容分析

许多残疾青年的竞争性综合就业率和高等教育参与率一直很低。2014年，《劳动力创新和机会法》确立了一项政策重点，将CIE作为为青年和残疾人提供职业服务的目标。此外，WIOA为就业前过渡服务（Pre-ETS）提供了服务，以确保国家职业康复机构将足够的资源集中用于过渡年龄的青年。本研究使用内容分析深入研究了WIOA州实施计划的样本，以确定州VR机构如何优先向残疾青年提供学前教育服务。对国家计划的分析产生了三个新的主题：（a）教学优先事项，（b）教学背景，以及（c）利益相关者网络。我们讨论了这些主题对未来与残疾人就业相关的研究、政策和实践的影响。

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期刊介绍： Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals specializes in the fields of secondary education, transition, and career development for persons with documented disabilities and special needs. CDTEI focuses on the life roles of individuals as students, workers, consumers, family members, and citizens. Articles cover qualitative and quantitative research, scholarly reviews, and program descriptions and evaluations. Published by the Hammill Institute on Disabilities and SAGE in association with the Division on Career Development and Transition of The Council for Exceptional Children.