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Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities

Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities. Shawn Sheehan Fall 2011. Introduction. How it started We define ourselves by our career. Literature Review. Programs in May & Teacher Expectations (Carter, Ditchman , Ye, Trainor , Swedeen & Owens, 2010)

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Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities

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  1. Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities Shawn Sheehan Fall 2011

  2. Introduction • How it started • We define ourselves by our career

  3. Literature Review • Programs in May & Teacher Expectations (Carter, Ditchman, Ye, Trainor, Swedeen & Owens, 2010) • DO-IT Careers: work exposure overload (Burgstahler, 2001) • Super Senior Project: high school element/job shadowing & 5th year element/OJT (Estrada-Hern’ndez, Wadsworth, Nietupski, Warth & Winslow, 2008) • TCE: employment-first philosophy – 72% success (Rogers, Lavin, Tran, Gantenbein & Sharpe, 2008)

  4. Literature Review • BUT… no sign of assessments • 2/3 of employers use pre-employment assessment tools (Healy & Handler, 2010) • Only increasing (Hart & Shelton, 2007)

  5. Getting Started • IRB – check • Lit Review – check • Setting & Participants…

  6. Participants

  7. Procedure • Pre- Post- Design • The Assessments • Employment Questionnaire • Pre-Employment Assessment • Tough Questions: 21, 24, 25 • Most missed: 26, 32, 36 • The Lesson: “Honest-Best Philosophy” • The Follow-up

  8. Results • Figure 1. Pre- and Post- Employment Questionnaire Scores

  9. Results • Figure 2. Pre- and Post-Employment Assessment Scores

  10. Results • Pre-Employment Assessment = small effect • Pre-Employment Questionnaire = large effect • 3 students (C, E & F) • C: OHI, African-American, Female • Same on assessment; increase questionnaire • E: ED, African-American, Male • Decreased on both • F: LD, Hispanic, Female • Increased both

  11. Discussion • What are they really assessing? • Increased assessment use; decreased evaluation • Students need our help • Future Research: • Let’s hear from the professionals (if possible) • How does self-determination factor in? • Implementation in the classroom • Fight fire with fire

  12. Questions? • ShawnSheehan.com

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