RRTC on Employment of Transition Age Youth with Disabilities 2024-2029

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Web site:   https://transition.vcurrtc.org

The Center is organized around six studies, including Employment in High School for Students with Autism, PSE students, Native American Youth, Court Involved/ At-Risk Youth (MSU), Peer Mentoring Blind/Deaf-Blind and Visual Impairment, and Foster Care Youth (UIUC).

Four research studies are being conducted by VCU:

Research Study #1

Study Lead: Whitney Ham

Study Title: Effect of Paid Employment During High School on Competitive Integrated Employment & Community Engagement in Adulthood: Scale-Up Evaluation Study for Youth with Autism & Related Conditions

Research Study #2

Study Lead: Jaclyn Camden

Study Title: Toward Higher Education for all Youth with Disabilities: An Efficacy Study

Research Study #5

Study Lead: Rachel McDonald Hurford

Study Title: Mentoring for the Future: An Intervention Development Study Promoting Career Development and Customized Employment for Blind, Deaf-Blind, and Low Vision Youth

Award / grant number:
90RTEM0014
Funding agency:
Administration for Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Collaborators:

Michigan State University, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign

PI(s):
Paul Wehman
Key personnel:
Carolyn Cage, Jaclyn Camden, Hannah Carignan, Vila Chheang, Shannon Jones, Rachel McDonald Hurford, Megan Reynolds, Kendel St. John