Communication Challenges and Supports in Pre-Employment Transition Services: Provider Perspectives.
Background: Employment outcomes for students with disabilities continue to lag behind those of their peers without disabilities. Although pre-employment transition services (pre-ETS) aim to improve these outcomes, communication challenges between pre-ETS providers (i.e., transition educators and voc...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 355 - 368 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Nov2025
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