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Factors Associated with Employment Success Among Youths with Learning Disabilities

Shepherd Siegel is a lecturer at San Francisco State University and directed the Career Ladder Program, a vocational training program in San Francisco for youths with mild disabilities. He is currently managing the San Francisco replication site of the Bridges From School to Work project of the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities.

Robert Gaylord-Ross

Robert Gaylord-Ross is a full professor of special education at Peabody-Vanderbilt University. He is the author of numerous books and articles in special education, specifically in the areas of vocational education and social skills training. Address: Shepherd Siegel, Department of Special Education, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132.

This follow-up study examines the employment success of young adults with learning and other mild disabilities. The study questioned the employee with disabilities, his or her parents, and the employer on a number of vocationally related items. A four-factor model is advanced to explain job success. The factors include job match and accommodation, social acceptance, work attitude, and special services. Participants in a total of 41 job situations were queried with 38 completed triads (employee with mild disability, employer, family). The method of constant comparative analysis was used to analyze the data. Although an aggregate of the four factors correlated significantly (p<.01), job match proved to have the most significant (p<.01) relationship with the outcome variable. The results are interpreted in light of the need to deliver and understand the types of supported employment services for adults with mild disabilities.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 24, No. 1, 40-47 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949102400108


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