Date of Award
8-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Curriculum and Instruction
Committee Chair/Advisor
Hodge, Janie
Committee Member
Katsiyannis , Antonis
Committee Member
Bridges , William
Committee Member
Deaton , Cynthia
Abstract
For decades, youths with disabilities have had consistently poor postschool engagement outcomes in terms of employment and postsecondary education and training. Student-, school-, and district-level factors have impacted these outcomes in varying degrees. Using three years of postschool outcome data from the South Carolina Department of Education Office of Exceptional Children, this study examines engagement outcome differences for youths with high incidence disabilities (emotional and behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, and learning disabilities) using a logistic regression model. Findings indicated the student-level factors of age, race, high incidence disability, and special education exit reason were significant in predicting the postschool outcomes of employment and postsecondary education. At the school-, district-, and combined levels, only district retention rates were significant in the prediction model.
Recommended Citation
Prince, Angela, "POSTSCHOOL ENGAGEMENT OF YOUTHS WITH DISABILITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA: ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES ACROSS THREE YEARS" (2013). All Dissertations. 1180.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1180