Searching for just a few words should be enough to get started. If you need to make more complex queries, use the tips below to guide you.
Issue title: Proceedings of the 26th Annual APSE National Conference 1-3 July 2014, Long Beach, California, USA
Article type: Other
Authors: Evert Cimera, Robert* | Gonda, Jennifer | Vaschak, Jennifer
Affiliations: Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Robert Evert Cimera, Ph.D., Kent State University, 405 White Hall, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. Tel.: +330 672 5796; Fax: +330 672 2512; [email protected]
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Historically, individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) have been chronically un- and under-employed. To address these poor vocational outcomes, federal law in the United States requires that transition services be provided to special education students by their sixteenth birthday. Part of these services should be the referral to adult service agencies, such as the state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. OBJECTIVE: This research examined the rate at which applicants were referred to VR services by their high schools. It attempted to determine whether the rates of referral of transition-aged youth (ages 17 to 25) with ID were decreasing over a ten-year period (2004 to 2013). It also examined demographic differences between applicants to VR who were referred by high schools and those referred from all other sources. METHODS: Utilizing the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). RSA’s Case Service Report (911) database, this study examined the referral source of all 286,663 transition-age youth with ID who had their cases officially closed by VR from 2004 to 2013. Two groups were compared, 158,114 individuals referred by their high schools and 128,548 who were referred by other sources. RESULTS: Data presented here indicated the rate of referral from high schools decreased steadily from 62.3% in 2004 to 50.0% in 2013 and that this trend was evident in forty-two of the fifty U.S. states. Individuals who were referred to VR by their high schools tended to be younger (18.3 v. 20.9 years old) and less likely to have multiple disabilities (34.0% v. 48.6% ) than individuals referred by any other source.
Keywords: Vocational rehabilitation, referral, intellectual disabilities, transition
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-150747
Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 263-270, 2015
IOS Press, Inc.
6751 Tepper Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
USA
Tel: +1 703 830 6300
Fax: +1 703 830 2300
[email protected]
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to [email protected]
IOS Press
Nieuwe Hemweg 6B
1013 BG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 688 3355
Fax: +31 20 687 0091
[email protected]
For editorial issues, permissions, book requests, submissions and proceedings, contact the Amsterdam office [email protected]
Inspirees International (China Office)
Ciyunsi Beili 207(CapitaLand), Bld 1, 7-901
100025, Beijing
China
Free service line: 400 661 8717
Fax: +86 10 8446 7947
[email protected]
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to [email protected]
如果您在出版方面需要帮助或有任何建, 件至: [email protected]