How far can social role valorisation theory help in transition planning for a school‐leaver with significant special needs?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Connaughton ◽  
Tony Cline
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Transition Planning ◽  
Social Role ◽  
School Leaver

Child Care Workers’ Perspectives on Transition Services for Pre-school Children with Special Needs in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selena K. W. Lo ◽  
Mantak Yuen ◽  
Ryder T. H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Transition Planning ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Child Care Workers ◽  
Special Child ◽  
Care Workers

Transitions that all young children have to make (including children with special needs) involve: starting school, moving from kindergarten to primary school, and sometimes moving from one school to another. With increasing awareness of the importance of early childhood education and intervention, transition planning for young children is attracting much more attention and action. Research suggests that there is a relationship between children’s successful transitions and the outcomes of their development in cognition, literacy, social adjustment, and adaptive skills. However, the perspectives of teachers in transition planning were not sufficiently explored in the literature in the Chinese context. This paper focuses on the experiences, ideas, and perspectives of pre-school child care workers on the vertical transition of children from pre-school special centres to other educational institutions in Hong Kong. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with child care workers who work in special child care centres. Importance of transition planning for children with special needs, the role of pre-school special child care workers, challenges in the process, and suggestions for improvement are discussed. In particular, methods for facilitating the parents’ choice of appropriate primary schools are shared.

Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a Referral Resource for School-to-Work Transition Planning: One State's Review

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Sonja Feist-Price ◽  
Kasundra Cyrus ◽  
Debra Ann Harley
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Transition Planning ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
School Life ◽  
Exceptional Children ◽  
School To Work Transition ◽  
Work Transition

The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation is a resource available to children with special needs who are transitioning to post-school life. However, this resource often remains untapped by students until later in life. Steps have been taken in this southeastern state to promote the use of Department of Rehabilitation prior to school completion. This article identifies knowledge and perceptions of Exceptional Children Coordinators or Special Educators regarding the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a referral resource in school-to-work transition planning for children with special needs.

From Volunteering to Academic Programming: A Case Example

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Gill ◽  
Sneha Bharadwaj ◽  
Nancy Quick ◽  
Sarah Wainscott ◽  
Paula Chance
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Charitable Organization ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

A speech-language pathology master's program that grew out of a partnership between the University of Zambia and a U.S.-based charitable organization, Connective Link Among Special needs Programs (CLASP) International, has just been completed in Zambia. The review of this program is outlined according to the suggested principles for community-based partnerships, a framework which may help evaluate cultural relevance and sustainability in long-term volunteer efforts (Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998).

Fit and Congruency

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-156
Author(s):  
Mary Hogue ◽  
Lee Fox-Cardamone ◽  
Deborah Erdos Knapp
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Role Congruity ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract. Applicant job pursuit intentions impact the composition of an organization’s applicant pool, thereby influencing selection outcomes. An example is the self-selection of women and men into gender-congruent jobs. Such self-selection contributes to a lack of gender diversity across a variety of occupations. We use person-job fit and the role congruity perspective of social role theory to explore job pursuit intentions. We present research from two cross-sectional survey studies (520 students, 174 working adults) indicating that at different points in their careers women and men choose to pursue gender-congruent jobs. For students, the choice was mediated by value placed on the job’s associated gender-congruent outcomes, but for working adults it was not. We offer suggestions for practitioners and researchers.

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