Effectiveness of Transitional and Follow-Up Programmes to Community Integration of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (YAWID) in Kiambu County, Kenya
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Date
2014
Authors
Wawire, Violet
Runo, Mary
Makanya, Margaret W.
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JAASEP
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how vocational education and transitional services
offered in vocational institutions helped young adults with intellectual disabilities (YAWID)
attain full community integration. The study objectives included investigate the effectiveness of
transitional services and follow-up programs towards aiding their community integration. The
study employed both quantitative and qualitative approach. Quantitative analysis was applied for
the purpose of clarification, strengthening, explaining and supporting qualitative information.
The research design for this paper was a descriptive case study. The target population comprised
all young adults with intellectual disabilities in Kiambu County. The sample of the study
included 10 young adults with intellectual disabilities. Other respondents were a head
teacher/employer, 2 vocational teachers and 9 parents. Data collection was completed via use of
interview guides, note taking, audio recording and an observation checklist. The actual data
collection took 30 days. Data from interviews and observation text were coded and codes created
according to the themes of the study. Qualitative data analysis was by use of Atlas ti software
computer programme. Quantitative data analyses were completed manually through tallying the
frequency of segmented responses. Further, the findings revealed that in as much as young adults
with intellectual disabilities were offered vocational skills in the special school, what they were
engaged in was not relevant to the skills they trained in. This led to some of them disliking the
kind of jobs they had as avenues of community integration. It was evident that a well-specified
vocational transitional services for persons with intellectual disabilities was lacking.
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Research paper