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Publication Date: 2019-May
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Integrated Visual Supports in a School-Based Microenterprise for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Fields, C. J.; Demchak, MaryAnn
Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, v42 n2 p128-134 May 2019
School-based microenterprises and vocational training opportunities represent an effective approach to developing transferable vocational skills in students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The authors describe the implementation of an online, school-based microenterprise at a rural high school that emphasizes functional digital literacy and uses an integrated system of visual supports to increase the autonomy of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a workplace setting.
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Skill Development, Job Skills, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Rural Schools, Online Courses, Technological Literacy, Visual Stimuli, Personal Autonomy, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Web Sites
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Language: English
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