Document Type
Honors Project
First Advisor
Dr. Laura Desportes
Degree Award Date
Spring 2001
Keywords
Duration of Education, Transition, Educable Mentally Retarded, School to Work, Valley Association for Independent Living, Vector Industries, survey
Disciplines
Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Special Education and Teaching
Abstract
This pilot study is laying the foundations for a research project that would try to determine if the duration of education has any effect on the transition of EMR students into work and the community. The research is focusing on the duration of education as an independent variable because it is something that, if found to have a positive effect on transition, can be easily implemented by all school systems. The independent variable of duration of education of the EMR participants will be divided into four groups ( dropouts, graduates, graduates with failure, and age-outs). Transition success will be measured by the dependent variables of employment, salary, benefits, post-secondary education, mobility, and recreational/social domains. The data was gathered from the Valley Association for Independent Living (VAIL) as well as a local sheltered workshop, Vector Industries. Each participant was interviewed in person and only three secondary guardian surveys were collected. The data was found to be insignificant due to low numbers of participants. As a pilot study the research was effective in learning more about the survey instrument that was created in order to conduct a larger project in the future.
Recommended Citation
Driver, Sarah G., "The Effects of Duration of Education on the Transition of the Educable Mentally Retarded from School to Work" (2001). Honors Projects. 436.
https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/honors_projects/436