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Identifying Alterable Patterns in Employment Success for Highly Successful Adults with Learning Disabilities
Paul J. Gerber
Paul J. Gerber, PhD, is professor of special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1978. His research interests include adults with learning disabilities, employment issues, and socioadaptive functioning, particularly in adult populations. Address: Paul 1. Gerber, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education, Oliver 1052, Program in Special Education, Richmond, VA 23284-2020.
Rick Ginsberg
Rick Ginsberg, PhD, is associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of South Carolina. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1980. His research interests are qualitative research and school reform.
Henry B. Reiff
Henry B. Reiff, PhD, is assistant professor of special education at Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland. He received his doctorate at the University of New Orleans in 1986. His research interests are adults with learning disabilities and social perception.
Adults with learning disabilities were studied to ascertain the patterns of successful functioning that promoted high levels of vocational success. This area of research has been neglected in the developing research base on adults with learning disabilities. In this study of 46 highly successful and 25 moderately successful adults with learning disabilities using ethnographic interviews, it was found that the overriding theme was control and that control was sought through the pursuit of two sets of themes---internal decisions and external manifestations. These themes transcended the entire sample, and the clear difference between the groups was the degree of attainment on the various elements the themes comprised. These elements and themes are discussed and a model of successful vocational functioning is developed and explained.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 25, No. 8,
475-487 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949202500802
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