The effects of peer tutoring interview skills training with transition-age youth with disabilities

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Bobroff, Sheryl ^a   Sax, Caren L ^b  

^a Institute for Effective Education   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disabilities; Peer tutoring; self determination; transition age youth; vocational skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 78649503752     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2010-0523     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. C. Blake, W. Wang, G. Cartledge and R. Gardner, Middle school students with serious emotional disturbances serve as social skills trainers and reinforcers for peers with SED, Behavioral Disorders 25 (2000), 280-298.
2. M. Burks, Effects of classwide peer tutoring on the number of words spelled correctly by students with LD, Intervention in School and Clinic 39 (2004), 301-304.
3. E.W. Carter, K.L. Lane, M.R. Pierson and B. Glaeser, Selfdetermination skills and opportunities of transition-age youth with emotional disturbance and learning disabilities, Exceptional Children 72 (2006), 333-346.
4. E.W. Carter, L.G. Sisco, M.A. Melekoglu and C. Kurkowski, Peer supports as an alternative to individually assigned paraprofessionals in inclusive high school classrooms, Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities 32 (2007), 213-227.
5. S.R. Copeland, J. McCall, C.R.Williams, C. Guth,E.W. Carter, S.E. Fowler, J.A. Presley and C. Hughes, High school peer buddies: A win-win situation, Teaching Exceptional Children 35 (2002), 16-21.
6. General Accountability Office (GAO), Helping California youths with disabilities transition to work or postsecondary education (Publication No. GAO 06-759 sp), 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from www.gao.gov/new.items/d06759sp. pdf
7. M. Karcher, Increases in academic connectedness and selfesteem among high school students who serve as cross-age peer mentors, Professional School Counseling 12 (2009), 292-299.
8. E.M. Levinson and E.J. Palmer, Preparing students with disabilities for school-to-work transition and postschool life, 2005. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from (Counseling 101) www.nasponline.org
9. National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, After high school: A first look at the postschool experiences of youth with disabilities, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2009, from http:// www.nlts2.org
10. National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, Employment of youth with disabilities after high school, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2009, from www.nlts2.org/reports/2005-04/ index.html
11. J.B. Ryan, R. Reid and M.H. Epstein, Peer-mediated intervention studies on academic achievement for students with EBD, Remedial and Special Education 25 (2004), 330-341.
12. V.G. Spencer, Peer tutoring and students with emotional or behavioral disorders: A review of the literature, Behavioral Disorders 31 (2006), 204-222.
13. D.M. Stenhoff and B. Lignugaris/Kraft, A review of the effects of peer tutoring on students with mild disabilities in secondary settings, Exceptional Children 74 (2007), 8-30.
14. The Institute for Effective Education, School accountability report card (SARC), 2008. Retrieved on August 17, 2009, from http://tiee.org/sarc.htm
15. N. Tournaki and E. Criscitiello, Using peer tutoring as a successful part of behavior management, Teaching Exceptional Children 36 (2003), 22-29.
16. M.L.Wehmeyer, Self-determination, vocational rehabilitation and workplace supports, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 19 (2003), 67-69.