| Citation: |
Dutta, A., Kundu, M., Johnson, E., Cha, F., Trainor, A., Blake, R., & Christy, R. (2016). Community conversations: Engaging
stakeholders to improve employment-related
transition services for youth with emotional
and behavioral disabilities.
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 45 8.
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| Title: |
Community conversations: Engaging
stakeholders to improve employment-related
transition services for youth with emotional
and behavioral disabilities |
| Authors: |
Dutta, A., Kundu, M., Johnson, E., Cha, F., Trainor, A., Blake, R., & Christy, R. |
| Year: |
2016 |
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Journal/Publication:
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Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| Publisher: |
IOS Press |
| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-160809
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| Research summary: |
https://projecte3.com/community-conversations/
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| Full text: |
http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabili...
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| Peer-reviewed? |
Yes
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| NIDILRR-funded? |
Yes
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Purpose:
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PURPOSE: To present the findings of World Café focused community conversations organized to identify existing and
needed resources for transition age youth with disabilities. |
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Setting:
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DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive research design. |
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Study sample: |
PARTICIPANTS: 52 professionals, parents, and students with disabilities with knowledge of transition services for youth
with disabilities residing in a medium size city in the southern U.S. |
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Findings:
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RESULTS: The results identified five important areas of service for transition age youth with disabilities. They are (a)
demand side focused vocational rehabilitation services, (b) transition services for building employment skills, (c) connecting
existing community based resources, (d) advocacy services, and (e) parent and family involvement in transition. |
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Conclusions:
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CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated the usefulness of community conversations in encouraging participants to think
critically and in generating action plans to address a social exigency. In the process this study re-established the need for
further investigation of the potential of community conversations to address key challenges facing diverse populations with
disabilities, their families and communities, service providers, educators, researchers, and policy makers. |
