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Book Synopsis Factors that are Associated with Parental Expectations for the Employment Outcomes of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities by :
Download or read book Factors that are Associated with Parental Expectations for the Employment Outcomes of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employment is a critical component for individuals with disabilities to build productive lives. Unfortunately, getting and maintaining a job is more difficult for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) than those with other disabilities. Limited cognitive ability and severe functional impairments make it difficult for young adults with I/DD to perform job tasks and maintain their jobs without additional supports in the workplace. Many parents of adolescents with I/DD rarely expect that their adolescent child will have a job. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that are associated with parental expectations about employment outcomes for young adults with I/DD, specifically youth with intellectual disability (ID) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in middle and high school. Both mail and electronic (i.e., survey monkey) surveys were used to collect information about potential predictors (i.e., adolescent characteristics, parent/family characteristics, and school programs/services) of parental employment expectations. An exploratory regression analysis was conducted to explore the validity of sets of characteristics of adolescents, parents/families, and school program/service as predictors of parents' employment expectations. The results suggested that adolescent demographic covariates accounted for 28% of variance in parents' employment expectations. Of the predictor variables, the most significant variables included SSI/SSDI benefits, Medicaid/Medicare benefits, and mild disability. Functional life skills accounted for 32% of variance in parents' employment expectations. Of them, only functional cognitive abilities were found as a significant predictor of parents' employment expectations. However, parent/family variables did not account for a significant amount of variance in parents' employment expectations. Furthermore, school program/service variables accounted for 33% of variance in parents' employment expectations. Of them, the most significant variables consisted of parental participation in the IEP meetings, school activities, and general education classroom settings. Findings from hierarchical regression analysis suggested that adolescent demographic covariates (i.e., Medicaid/Medicare benefits and mild disability), functional life skills (i.e., functional cognitive abilities), and school programs/services (i.e., school activities and general education classrooms) accounted for over 43% of variance in parents' employment expectations in this study. This study contributes to the literature by identifying the factors most associated with parental expectations for their adolescent child's future employment outcomes.