ERIC Number: EJ1335287
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
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Preparing Job Coaches to Implement Systematic Instructional Strategies to Teach Vocational Tasks
Wenzel, John D., IV; Fisher, Marisa H.; Brodhead, Matthew T.
Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, v45 n2 p71-85 May 2022
Job coaches are not typically trained to implement systematic instructional strategies to teach vocational skills to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This study replicated and expanded the evaluation of a job coach behavioral skills training program designed by Brock et al. (2016) to teach participants to implement task analysis, simultaneous prompting, and system of least prompts to teach vocational tasks to students with IDD. We used a multiple probe design with probe conditions across strategies, replicated across three participants, to assess acquisition and generalization. Participants demonstrated mastery of the three instructional strategies in simulated assessments with actors and generalized use of the strategies to teach novel vocational tasks to student interns with IDD. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Coaching (Performance), Task Analysis, Prompting, Supported Employment, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Job Skills, Job Training, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Teaching Methods, College Students, Young Adults, Replication (Evaluation)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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