Review 2011

The transition from school to the workplace for students with learning disabilities: Status quo and the efficiency of pre-vocational and vocational training schemes

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Gebhardt, Markus
 TT
Tretter, Tobias
 SS
Schwab, Susanne
 GB
Gasteiger-Klicpera, Barbara
European Journal of Special Needs Education
Journal · Vol. 26 · Issue 4 · pp. 443-459
Abstract

This article is concerned with the transition from school to the workplace for pupils with special educational needs in Germany. First, an outline of the standard system of professional training in Germany shall be given. Then, the initial conditions that adolescents are confronted with at the end of their time in school shall be examined. This review will then focus on studies and surveys of students with special educational needs who have graduated from school in Germany. It quickly becomes apparent that, after school, adolescents with special educational needs (SEN) most times visited a one-year school-based pre-vocational programme, and afterwards a state-funded school-based vocational programme; therefore the standard German dual-educational apprenticeship system generally doesn't apply. Looking at segregated schoolbased vocational training for students with SEN, it can be observed that the placement rate into the general labour market is not sufficient. Inclusive models play a minor role here, even if the analyses at hand suggest promising perspectives. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Vocational training Supported employment learning disability special needs Pre-vocational training Transition from school to workplace in Germany

Index Keywords

Employment human workplace Vocational education Germany review career work environment learning disorder school Social support high school follow up Absenteeism special education adolescent development priority journal prevocational training special educational need
Author Affiliations
Department of Education, Universität Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
Institute for Teacher Education, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Bayern, Germany
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