NCVER - Connecting the dots: A successful transition for deaf students from vocational education and training to employment

Item:	1798
Title:	Connecting the dots: A successful transition for deaf students from vocational education and training to employment
Authors:	Catherine Clark
Publication date:	12 December 2007
Type:	Research report
Themes:	Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > General
	Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Pathways to work
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Access and equity groups
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Students with a disability
ISBN:	978 1 921170 16 4 print; 978 1 921170 22 5 web

This study identifies and evaluates the pathways available from school to vocational education and training and to work, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Research involved interviews with seven young people from Victoria who had either just completed secondary school and were enrolling in a VET course, or had completed a course and were looking for work. The study found that only when they undertook apprenticeships and traineeships did students find employment related to their field, and that more emphasis needs to be placed on developing strategies to assist deaf students to overcome attitudinal barriers in the workplace.

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