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Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities

Pre-Employment Assessments for Students with Disabilities. Shawn Sheehan, Norman High Akili Atkinson, DRTC 7 th Annual OTI – November 8 th , 2012. Introduction. How it started – The Life of a Military Spouse/Job Coach/Student We define ourselves by our career. Getting Started.

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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, Norman High Akili Atkinson, DRTC 7th Annual OTI – November 8th, 2012

  2. Introduction • How it started – The Life of a Military Spouse/Job Coach/Student • We define ourselves by our career

  3. Getting Started • Literature Review • Setting & Participants…

  4. Participants

  5. Procedure • Pre- Post- Design • The Assessments • Employment Questionnaire – Appendix A • Pre-Employment Assessment – Appendix B • Tough Questions: 21, 24, 27 • Most-missed: 26, 32, 36 • The Lesson: “Honest-Best Philosophy” • The Follow-up

  6. Results Bar graph indicating student test scores • Figure 1. Pre- and Post- Employment Questionnaire Scores

  7. Results Bar graph indicating student test scores • Figure 2. Pre- and Post-Employment Assessment Scores

  8. 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

  9. Discussion • What are they really assessing? • Increased assessment use; decreased evaluation • What’s working? • Your students need your help… • What’s next?

  10. Questions? • ShawnSheehan.com • NormanTransition.com • DRTC.org • Shawn Sheehan ssheehan@norman.k12.ok.us • Akili Atkinson aatkinson@drtc.org

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