An Action Research of the “Parent-Teacher Collaboration Project” on Enhancing the Career Transition for A Senior High Student with Autism Spectrum Disorder from the Special Education School

• Main Authors: Ming-Yen Wu, 吳明燕
• Other Authors: Mei-Hwei Ho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14654014546072595891

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === Researcher employed action research through qualitative data collection methods to promote a autism student(Douglas) ,who study at senior high school department of special education school, in career transition ability by collaborating with parent .Based on parent-teacher groups collaboration, teacher invited parents to evaluate Douglas’s need , the family’s need and demanding voluntarily. The goal of study participant’s adult career transition is made through communicating and discussing constantly. And it has been fulfilled by teacher and parent with the advantages of the family. This study concludes that: 1.Teacher collaborated with parents on proposing transition services plan ,with the advantages of the family , such as parents’ trust, approval of the teacher , positive attitude , and positive participations , which enabled the family to look for resources spontaneously. The family needs contained information and services of adult career transition , which would satisfy Douglas’s traits and provide a safe community sheltered workshop , to improve the ability of living independently . The difficulties of proposing transition services plan were the limited public transportation and community sheltered workshop. 2.The goal of parent-teacher groups collaboration was to improve life skills and live independently. To transit to community sheltered workshop , those strategies has been used : (1)transition visit to community sheltered workshop, (2)social internship to contact with the environment, (3)invite parents to engage in during the internship curriculum. 3.The family advantages of implementing parent-teacher groups collaboration on enhancing career services transition program were that : financially stable , positive attitudes and willing to engage in the program ,and Douglas’s traits . The family needs indicated limited safe community sheltered workshop and the needs of Douglas’s psychological development during the transition. The difficulties of implementing among the incorrect contact between school and sheltered workshop, Douglas’s distractions from work, lack of preliminary announcement to adjust to work environment, the population stereotypes to autism, few sheltered workshops and nurseries . 4.The results of parent-teacher groups collaboration on enhancing career services transition program were that: Douglas’s progress in employ, living skill ,social accommodation , the faith of parent to support Douglas in his adult life. 5.The following of the result were that: due to the quota of sheltered workshop been fulfilled , Douglas didn’t translate to community sheltered workshop until October. According to the result, the suggestions to educator and government are: (1) schools should provide a diverse student information, transferred to transfer title of the unit, to strengthen communication and cooperation with the transfer of title units , and enhance parent to engage in the program; (2)government should urge on setting up sheltered workshop;(3)labor and social affairs might set up single interface of the communication network.