Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
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National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

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Effectiveness of Transitional and Follow-Up Programmes to Community Integration of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (YAWID) in Kiambu County, Kenya

  • Margaret W. Makanya Postgraduate Student (Author) Kenyatta University image/svg+xml
    Margaret Makanya-Postgraduate student at Kenyatta University. She is a specially trained teacher of children with intellectual Disabilities for more than ten years in Kenyan schools. She is in charge of sports for children with intellectual disabilities in one of the Kenyan counties. Margaret is a researcher and a wide experience having worked with various NGOs in the country.
  • Dr. Mary Runo (Author) Kenyatta University
    Dr. Mary Runo is the current chairperson, in the department of Special Needs Education at Kenyatta University. She is an assessor of children with special needs and a researcher in special needs education. She is currently supervising more twenty Masters and five Ph.D Students. Margaret is one of her students who have completed a masters course. Mary is coordinating three projects in the university and she also participates in several committees within the university. She has presented papers both in local and international forums. Mary is also active in the community in where she takes active roles as motivational speaker and patron of clubs.
  • Dr. Violet Wawire (Author) Kenyatta University
    Dr. Violet Wawire is a lecturer in the department of Educational Foundation at the Kenyatta University. She has participated in several researches, funded locally and internationally. She has presented academic papers at various forums both locally and internationally. She has several students she is supervising both at Masters and Ph.D levels.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.243
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.
Keywords
Audio Equipment, Case Studies, Check Lists, Coding, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability
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How to Cite
Makanya, M. W., Runo, M., & Wawire, V. (2014). Effectiveness of Transitional and Follow-Up Programmes to Community Integration of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (YAWID) in Kiambu County, Kenya. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 9(2), 87-106. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.243

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