ERIC Number: EJ1431178
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-263X
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"What ELSE about This Job?" Teaching Job Decision-Making to College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Ayse Torres; Kelly B. Kearney; Lauren Berlingo; Michael P. Brady
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, v34 n4 p673-692 2022
Decision-making is the central element of self-determination, requiring targeted, systematic instruction to learn. In this study, researchers developed a multicomponent intervention, "What ELSE about this job?", to teach job decision-making skills to college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The intervention coupled remote audio coaching (RAC) with a mnemonic device, 'ELSE', to guide students to make decisions about whether certain jobs would be a good fit for them. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the intervention and determine whether the skills would maintain once the intervention was removed. All students who received the intervention substantially increased their ability to make job decisions. Additionally, all participants maintained the skills upon removal of the intervention, and showed signs of generalizing their skills to novel job coaches and web-based job search apps. Implications and future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Audio Equipment, Mnemonics, Occupational Information, Career Development, Intervention, Skill Development, Job Search Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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