Although summer offers a natural context for adolescents to gain community-based work experience, little is known about the extent to which youth with disabilities are accessing these transition-relat

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Summer Employment and Community Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Severe Disabilities (2010) · doi

  Although early work experiences during high school represent one of the most consistent predictors of postschool employment for young adults with disabilities, little is known about how these adolescents might access these valuable transition experiences.

  Keywords: experiences early high school represent consistent predictors postschool employment young adults disabilities little known adolescents
• Community-Based Summer Work Experiences of Adolescents With High-Incidence Disabilities (2009) · doi

  Although summer offers a natural context for adolescents to gain community-based work experience, little is known about the extent to which youth with disabilities are accessing these transition-related opportunities.

  Keywords: summer offers natural context adolescents gain community based experience little known extent youth disabilities accessing
• Perspectives of Adolescents With Disabilities on Summer Employment and Community Experiences (2010) · doi

  Although summer represents an opportune time for adolescents to garner employment and community experiences that may further long-term transition goals, little is known about the expectations and needs of adolescents with disabilities during this break in the academic school year.

  Keywords: adolescents summer represents opportune time garner employment community experiences further long term transition goals little