Predicting Skills and Behaviors Necessary for Post-School Employment and Education for Students With Disabilities

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Understanding Self-Determination, Lived Experiences, and Future Paths in Transition (Table 16)

Abstract

Helping students achieve their post-school goals has been a focus of transition education. Researchers have identified two large categories of skills and behaviors necessary for positive post-school outcomes: self-determination skills from a motivational perspective and work-related skills from a vocational rehabilitation perspective. Transition assessments should help educators write transition goals for both categories of necessary skills. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which scores from the TAGG-HS predict self-determination and work-related behaviors as measured by the AIR and EITA assessments. Results of this study show that predicting those skills necessary for positive post-school outcomes, providing additional validity evidence for TAGG-HS scores as they relate to other variables. Implications are forwarded.

Authors

• Maeghan N. Hennessey, University of Oklahoma

• Sydnee Fox, University of Oklahoma

• Ainslie Hartmann, University of Oklahoma