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Programs With Emerging Evidence for Improving School Completion and Post-School Employment for Students With Disabilities
Sat, April 18, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
This session describes four evaluations of school interventions targeting social, personal, academic, and employment skills for students with disabilities. The first presentation will describe an evaluation of the impact of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools, a whole-school social inclusion program, on graduation rates of students with disabilities. The second and third presentations will describe the impact of Jobs for Maine’s Graduates – a dropout prevention and school to career program targeting at-risk students – on students with disabilities’ high school graduation and later life employment. The fourth study will describe the impact of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training implemented within the transition curriculum for students with disabilities. The session will conclude by linking the evidence from these programs to previous successful practices.
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Impact of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools Program on High School Completion - Michelle Yin, Northwestern University; Garima Siwach, American Institutes for Research; Yulia Belyakova, American Institutes for Research
Impact of Jobs for Maine's Graduates on Graduation and Dropout of At-Risk Students With Disabilities - Burhan Ogut, American Institutes for Research; Garima Siwach, American Institutes for Research; Michelle Yin, Northwestern University
Long-Term Impact of Jobs for Maine's Graduates on Employment Outcomes of Students With Disabilities - Garima Siwach, American Institutes for Research; Michelle Yin, Northwestern University
Effectiveness and Implementation of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training in Transition-Age Youth With Disabilities - Matthew J. Smith, University of Michigan; Kari Sherwood, University of Michigan; Marc Atkins, University of Illinois at Chicago; Neil Jordan, Northwestern University; Justin Smith, Northwestern University