Introduction of training of tutors for job placement of persons with autism spectrum disorders: medical-theoretical and practical aspects

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https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4984.2017.112331

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professional education, competences, teenagers, autism spectrum disorders, tutor for job placement

Abstract

Job placement of persons with special needs is a problem in Ukraine, because of absence of qualified tutors for accompaniment at a workplace. The aim of the article is presentation and development of the institute of tutorship, necessary for the effective job placement of persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Tutors must solve two important tasks:

1) the diagnostics of professional competences of persons with ASD;

2) the support of persons with ASD at job placement and at the primary stage of their work.

Using the method “Adolescent and Adult Psychoeducational Profile” (AAPEP) there were studied professional competences of 30 teenagers with ASD from Lviv workshop “Kolping business”. The results demonstrated the high level of independence, satisfactory behavior at a workplace, middle level of professional mastership and low level of social interaction in teenagers with ASD. The obtained data indicate the necessity of introduction of the post of a tutor for supporting persons with ASD at a workplace. There was elaborated the curriculum for training tutors for job placement of persons with invalidism. The educational program includes 22 credits of theoretical and practical courses and also probations that must be introduced by the development of dual education

Author Biographies

Kateryna Ostrovska, Ivan Franko Lviv National University Universytetska str., 1, Lviv, Ukraine, 79000

Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of Department

Department of correctional pedagogy and inclusion 

Igor Ostrovskii, Ivan Franko Lviv National University Universytetska str., 1, Lviv, Ukraine, 79000

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of correctional pedagogy and inclusion 

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2017-10-31

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Ostrovska, K., & Ostrovskii, I. (2017). Introduction of training of tutors for job placement of persons with autism spectrum disorders: medical-theoretical and practical aspects. ScienceRise: Pedagogical Education, (10 (18), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4984.2017.112331

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No. 10 (18) (2017)

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Pedagogical Education

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