Interventions to support employment-related transferable skills for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Davis, Tonya Nichole, 1979- | |
| dc.creator | Wicker, Mackenzie R., 1995- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-30T12:42:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-30T12:42:28Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2023-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-07-30T12:42:29Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities display deficits in intellectual functioning, communication, and adaptive behavior that may impede their ability to obtain and maintain employment, especially in competitive employment settings. The use of evidence-based practices, such as those related to behavior analysis, are commonly implemented to support the skill development of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although behavior analytic interventions have demonstrated effectiveness across a variety of vocational skills, little emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of these interventions on supporting the transferable skills, or non-technical skills (e.g., social skills, problem solving, time management), relative to employment. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to summarize the current research regarding educational and behavioral interventions to support the acquisition of employment-related transferable skills for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The findings of the review and the implications for future research can be found in Chapter Two. While results indicate a variety of employment-related transferable skills were successfully taught to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a limited number of studies evaluated the use of an intervention on a transferable skill other than a social skill, such as problem solving. Of the studies that did evaluate the use of an educational or behavioral intervention to support problem solving in work environments, no studies evaluated its use with solving common customer service social problems. Thus, research in this area is warranted. As such, Chapter Three describes an experimental study that evaluates the use of a behavior analytic intervention (e.g., electronic flowchart) to solve social problem scenarios by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The results of the aforementioned study are described in Chapter Four. A discussion of the results and the implications for future research are provided in Chapter Five. Overall, the use of a behavior analytic intervention improved the social problem-solving skills for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities when presented with a customer service problem scenario. This study is not without limitations and thus, additional research in this area is warranted. | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2104/12860 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | No access – contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu | |
| dc.title | Interventions to support employment-related transferable skills for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| local.embargo.lift | 2028-12-01 | |
| local.embargo.terms | 2028-12-01 | |
| thesis.degree.department | Baylor University. Dept. of Educational Psychology. | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Baylor University | |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | |
| thesis.degree.program | Educational Psychology | |
| thesis.degree.school | Baylor University |
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