Jobs for youth program: An intervention to improve transition outcomes of former dropout minority youth

This study describes an intervention developed to implement several best transition practices with a high risk/high need population. In all, 116 students with disabilities from a charter school for dropouts participated. All students were interviewed at different points in time to track their progre...

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Published in:Career development and transition for exceptional individuals 2018-08, Vol.41 (3), p.166-174
Main Authors: Balcazar, Fabricio E, Awsumb, Jessica, Dimpfl, Shawn, Langi, F. L. Fredrik G, Lara, Jazmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abbruch
Academic achievement
At Risk Students
Behinderter
Behinderung
Benachteiligtenförderung
Benachteiligter Jugendlicher
Berufliche Rehabilitation
Berufseinmündung
Best practice
Best Practices
Best-Practice-Modell
Bildungsförderung
Certification
Charter Schools
Cohort Analysis
Continuation Students
Demography
Disabilities
Dropout Programs
Erfolgskontrolle
Ethnische Gruppe
Förderungsmaßnahme
Individual Development
Intervention
Interviews
Jugendlicher
Minderheit
Minority Group Students
Minority students
Outcomes of Education
Participant Characteristics
Participant Satisfaction
School dropouts
Schulabschluss
Schule
Sekundarbereich
Statistical Analysis
Transitional Programs
USA
Vocational rehabilitation
Youth Programs
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Summary:This study describes an intervention developed to implement several best transition practices with a high risk/high need population. In all, 116 students with disabilities from a charter school for dropouts participated. All students were interviewed at different points in time to track their progress as they completed the program. Records of participant’s activities and outcomes were collected. Results suggest a positive impact on students’ graduation rate (95%), enrollment in vocational rehabilitation (100%), proportion of students obtaining certificates for employment (56%), and paid internship (37%). Overall, 35% of the vocational rehabilitation cases were closed successfully with students meeting the 90-day employment requirement after graduation. Results inform future work on the implementation of interventions designed to help low-income minority youth with disabilities.
ISSN:2165-1442
2165-1434
2165-1442
DOI:10.1177/2165143417747225