Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region

ISBN-13: 9789811544422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 326 str.

Mantak Yuen; Wendi Beamish; V. Scott Solberg

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Part I: Issues in Career Development and Transitions.- 

Chapter 1 Career Development Policy Strategies for Supporting Transitions of Students with Disabilities.-                                                                                                                                 

Chapter 2 Career Guidance for Students with Special Education Needs in New Zealand.-                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Chapter 3 Improving Transition-Focused Education for Students with Special Needs:  An Australian Approach.-                                                                                                                            

Chapter 4 Persons with Special Education Needs:  Applying Systems Thinking in Supporting their Career Development.-                                                                                                         

Chapter 5 Considering the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Preparation of Learners with and Without Disabilities.-                                                                                                         

Chapter 6 Career Development for Twice Exceptional Individuals.-                                           

Chapter 7 Webs of Support: The Role of Caring Relationships and Social Support in the School-to-Work Transition of Adversity-Immersed Youth.-                                                             

Part II: Strategies for Personnel Preparation and Parents Education.-  

Chapter 8 Strategies to Promote Effective Secondary Special Education and Transition Services into Teacher Preparation Courses.-                                                                                                                        

Chapter 9 How to Train Teachers to be Effective Life‐design Agents of Change?.-                                           

Chapter 10 Social Workers’ Strategies for Supporting the Career Transition of Underprivileged Girls with Dyslexia: A Heuristic Case Study Example of an Interest Development Class in Digital Drawing.-                                                                                                                                           

Chapter 11 Transition Planning for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities: The Power of Parents.-                                                                                                                                                           

Chapter 12 Fostering Career Exploration Among Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Social Cognitive Perspective.-

Part III: Effective Programs for Career Development and Transitions.- 

Chapter 13 Creating New Narratives to Give Hope and Optimism to At-risk Students in Singapore: A Case for Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling Intervention.-                      

Chapter 14 Views of Parents on a Career and Life Planning Program for Junior Secondary Students with Special Educational Needs: A Qualitative Study in Hong Kong.-                                   

Chapter 15 Career Counselling for Gifted Students in Hong Kong .-                                                                            

Chapter 16 Transition Support for Secondary Students with Special Educational Needs: Hong Kong Perspective.-                                                                                                                                      

Part IV: Policies and Policy-related Research Studies.-

Chapter 17 Supporting Postschool Transitions for Students with Special Educational Needs in Mainland China: Policies and Policy-Related Research .-                                                                            

Chapter 18 Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs in Universities in Hong Kong.-                                                                                                                                         

Chapter 19 At the Crossroads of School-to-Work Transition: Support for Students with Special Education Needs in Singapore.-

Part V: Useful Tools for Assessment and Intervention.-

Chapter 20 Transition Assessment and Goal Generator (TAGG): Useful Tool to Assess Non-Academic Behaviors.-

Chapter 21 Utilizing Screen Reader to Support the Transitions of Learners with Visual Impairment.-                                                                                                                                     

Chapter 22 Life Design, Inclusion and Sustainable Development: Constructs, Dimensions and New Instruments to Stimulate a Quality Future Design for All.-

Chapter 23 Assessing Career Life Skills Self-Efficacy of Students with Special Needs.

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Dr. Mantak Yuen is an Associate Professor and Director of the Laboratory/Program for Creativity and Talent Development of the Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He has worked as a secondary school teacher and an educational psychologist in the Special Education Section of the Hong Kong Government Education Bureau. He is a Fellow of Hong Kong Psychological Society and Fellow of the Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association. He received the Faculty Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award.  He coordinates the HKU Faculty of Education M.Ed. course in Guidance and Counselling as well as in Gifted Education and Talent Development. He served as the Director of the Doctor of Education Program (2014-2019). His academic and professional interests focus on guidance and counselling, life skills and talent development, gifted education, positive psychology, and special needs education. He is a prolific writer who has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters and has edited more than 10 journal special issues and books. His work has been published in Journal of Vocational Behavior, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, The Counseling Psychologist, and School Psychology.

Dr. Wendi Beamish is a special educator with 45 years of experience in the field of special education and early childhood intervention. She is a Senior Lecturer in Special Needs at the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, and Program Director of the online Graduate Certificate in Special Needs Education. Her research interests focus on recommended teacher practice in the areas of autism, educational transitions, early intervention, positive behavioural support, social-emotional competence, and inclusive education. 

V. Scott H. Solberg is a Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Applied Human Development at the Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development.  Dr. Solberg is working internationally and nationally on the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective career development programs and services, especially for high-need youth populations, including youth with disabilities. His research regarding the nature and promise of Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs), in collaboration with the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, is shaping the career development implementation policies and practices in the United States and around the world. This research is summarized in his recent book Making School Relevant with Individualized Learning Plans: Helping Students Create Their Own Career and Life Goals (Harvard Education Press). 

Blurb

This book addresses in detail a range of issues in connection with preparing individuals with disabilities or other special needs for gaining employment and planning a career path beyond school. It presents strategies for personnel preparation, parent education, effective programs for career development and transitions, policies and policy research, and useful tools for assessment and intervention. The clear explanations of essential theories, research findings, policies, and practices for career development ensure that readers gain a deeper understanding of all the issues involved. Most importantly, they will learn several strategies that can be used to prepare students for employment within global and Asia-Pacific regional contexts.