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Developing Job Maintenance Skills in Learning Disabled Youth

Richard T. Roessler

Richard T. Roessler, PhD, is a professor of rehabilitation education at the Arkansas Research and Training Center in Vocational Rehabilitation at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He recieved his PhD in psychology and education from Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California. Roessler's primary research interests are in employability assessment and enhancement strategies. Address: Richard T. Roessler, PhD, 346 N. West Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701.

Virginia Anne Johnson

Virginia Anne Johnson is a doctoral student in special education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and a research associate at the Arkansas Research and Training Center in Deafness and Hearing Impairment. Johnson's research emphases include job development and prevocational preparation approaches.

A study of Vocational Coping Training (VCT), an intervention to develop job maintenance skills, was completed with a group of learning disabled high school-age women. Ratings of role play behavior in vocational situations indicated that the experimental group (n = 12) acquired more of the job maintenance skills than did the control group (n = 10). At the end of training, the experimental group was also rated significantly higher on social competence and employability, although no change occurred on a cognitive measure of work-related thoughts. Results suggested the need for greater emphasis on modeling and role playing strategies to teach job maintenance behaviors, positive work-related cognitions, and appropriate nonverbal and paralinguistic styles.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 20, No. 7, 428-432 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948702000709
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