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Source: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
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1. Shandra, Carrie L.
Hogan, Dennis P.
School-To-Work Program Participation and the Post-High School Employment of Young Adults with Disabilities
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 29,2 (January 2008): 117-130.
Also: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/p1w5n64231776046/?p=05209d2dc8af4b8499b8a73279550ade&pi=9
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: IOS Press
Keyword(s): Benefits, Disability; Benefits, Fringe; Disabled Workers; Employment, In-School; Employment, Youth; Probability judgments (also see Risk Perception); Transition, School to Work; Vocational Education; Vocational Guidance

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Previous research on the education-to-employment transition for students with disabilities has suggested that participation in school-to-work programs is positively associated with post-high school success. This article utilizes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) to extend these findings in several ways. First, we assess the efficacy of specific types of school-based and work-based initiatives, including job shadowing, mentoring, cooperative education, school-sponsored enterprise, technical preparation, internships, and career major. Next, we extend the usual focus on the employment outcomes of work status and financial compensation to consider job-specific information on the receipt of fringe benefits. Overall, results from longitudinal multivariate analyses suggest that transition initiatives are effective in facilitating vocational success for this population; however, different aspects of school-to-work programs are beneficial for different aspects of employment. School-based programs are positively associated with stable employment and full-time work while work-based programs most consistently increase the likelihood that youth with disabilities will be employed in jobs that provide fringe benefits. Analyses also indicate that - once individuals with disabilities are stably employed - they can be employed in "good" jobs that provide employee benefits.
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Shandra, Carrie L. and Dennis P. Hogan. "School-To-Work Program Participation and the Post-High School Employment of Young Adults with Disabilities ." Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 29,2 (January 2008): 117-130.