Presenters:

Kathryn Metzgar Kimberly Lawrence

November 15, 2008

• Inability to self advocate, lack of use of career development services, impact their disability and has it affects their career choices.

• Students with disabilities view employment as a source of income and not exploring career choices.

• Little or no knowledge of skills required for various careers

• Not aware of how disability will affect careers.

• Unrealistic career ambitions or no career ambitions at all (Hitchings, 1998)

(Lindstrom, 2004)

•No relevant career development theory

• Existing career development strategies effectiveness is

unclear.

•No single theory can address the different types of disabilities.

•Career services staff frequently refers students to the campus

Disability Services office which is ineffective.

(Aune, 1997)

(Hitchings, 2001)

(Hitchings, 2001)

I: Imaging- awareness of work occupations

N: iNforming- understanding of self and knowledge of requirements

C: Choosing- integrating Imaging/iNforming in order to select an occupation

O: Obtaining- Obtains job in individuals area of choice. Conclusion of job search process.

M: Maintaining- Performing and sustaining employment.

E: Exiting- Contemplation or preparation for leaving employment.(Hershenson,

2005)

Imaging: Imaging: Career awareness education, guided exposure, exposure to occupations, narrative approach.

iNforming: iNforming: Career/Self Assessments, career genograms, occupational and labor market information, informational interviews, job shadowing, volunteer experience, trial employment.

Choosing: Choosing: Application of decision making models, CACGs, Career Development courses/workshops, transferrable skills analysis, counseling/mentoring.

Obtaining: Obtaining: Job search skills, employment/ job placement services, job fairs/clubs, career portfolio, trial permanent employment

MaintainingMaintaining: Life role analysis, career coaching, career pathing, performance reviews, continuing education, up-to-date with job changes, follow up

Exiting: Exiting: Job change, transition, and grief counseling, stress management training, pre-retirement counseling.(Hershenson, 2005)

(Lindstrom, 2002)

(Aune, 1997)

(Aune, 1997)

(Aune, 1997)

(Kerka, 2002)

(Aune, 1997)

Type of Disability

Any Post Secondary

4- Year

2- Year

Vocational/Technical

Percentage Competitively Employed

Mean Hourly Wage

Percentage Living Independ-ently

All Disabilities

23.4 7.8 12.9 6.3 69.5 8.30 28.1

Learning Disabilities

25.0 8.8 13.1 6.3 77.2 8.30 31.8

Mental Retardation

12.0 1.4 7.8 5.3 36.3 7.40 13.7

Emotional Disturbance

11.8 2.1 8.2 4.3 64.5 8.90 25.2

Speech/Language Impairment

36.0 19.6 19.6 6.7 71.0 8.00 31.4

Multiple Disabilities

25.7 6.7 12.5 6.7 39.8 8.80 6.6

Other Health 33.3 8.8 23.1 11.9 76.2 8.10 20.4

Hearing Impairment

50.7 21.2 26.0 12.9 56.3 7.70 29.4

Orthopedic Impairment

35.8 12.6 22.9 7.5 32.0 7.80 25.4

Visual Impairment

63.9 34.4 31.7 5.2 59.5 9.60 39,9

Autism 35.8 16.1 19.0 5.1 56.0 6.90 17.1

Deaf-Blindness 24.6 12.2 8.5 8.2 37.0 ǂ 24.2

Traumatic Brain Injury

17.0 4.5 11.1 5.3 50.2 7.80 28.0

Current postsecondary education and employment status, wages earned, and living arrangements of special education students

out of secondary school up to 4 years

Table 377:

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Hitchings, W.; Luzzo, D.; Ristow, R.; Horvath, M.; Retish, P.; Tanners, A. (2001) The Career Development Needs of College Students with Learning Disabilities: In Their Own Words. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 16:1, 8-17.

Hopkins-Best, M.; Wilnamaki, M.; Yurcisin, A. (1985) Career Education for College Women with Disabilities. Journal of College Student Personnel, 26:3, 220-223.

Hitchings, W.; Luzzo, D,; Ristow, R.; Horvath, M.; Retish, P.(1998) Identifying the Career Development Needs of College Students with Disabilities. Journal of College Student Development, 39:1, 23-32.

Hershenson, D. (2005) INCOME: A culturally inclusive and disability sensitive framework for organizing career development concepts and interventions. Career Development Quarterly, 54:2, 150-161.

Aune, B and Kroeger, S. (1997) Career Development of College Students with Disabilities: An Interactional Approach to Defining the Issues. Journal of College Student Development, 38: 4, 344-356.

Kerka, Sandra. (2002) Learning Disabilities and Career Development. Practice Application Brief No. 20. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.

Nedbtac. (2008, April 06). Valeska’s Learning Disability [Video File]. Video posted to http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi0HlhtuoW8