ERIC Number: EJ1450123
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1744-6295
EISSN: EISSN-1744-6309
Transition from Sheltered Workplace: Vocational Skills are Not the Main Concern
Ahmet Bilal Özbek; Alev Girli
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, v28 n4 p925-939 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate the transition of employees with intellectual disabilities to inclusive work environments from sheltered workplaces. The study was conducted in a sheltered workplace in Turkey for people with intellectual disabilities. Data was collected from 71 participants in interviews. Interviews were conducted with employees (n = 28), families of employees (n = 24), company human resource managers (n = 8), sheltered workshop foremen (n = 7), and special education teachers (n = 4). The study group asked about the future of the sheltered workplace and participants' views on transition to inclusive work environments. The answers of the participants were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings showed that many participants had positive views about transition along with concerns about accidents and security problems that may occur in inclusive environments. It was observed that negative attitudes and views were related with lack of knowledge about inclusive work environment conditions.
Descriptors: Sheltered Workshops, Intellectual Disability, Employees, Family Attitudes, Family (Sociological Unit), Employee Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Administrators, Personnel Directors, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Work Environment, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Transitional Programs, School Business Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Business, Occupational Safety and Health, Job Skills, Competence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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