| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 特殊教育學系輔助科技碩士班 === 105 === This study was to explore the internship experiences of students with intellectual disabilities in special education school, and what employment supported services included. In this qualitative research of the study, the researcher employed purposive sampling, and selected two students with intellectual disabilities which were arranged to the workplace interned by school during their third grade in high vocational from a special education school in Tainan City as the research participants. The researcher acted as a participating observer, analyzed the data from the interviews with stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers, vocational counselors, and the staff of workplace. The personal information of two students was also collected. Then described the internship experiences of two major research participants, and inducted the influencing employment supported services. According to the results of this study, employment supported services had the following connotations:
1.Both psychological counseling and real assistance are critical for employment supported services, especially the motivation and self-efficacy for work.
2.The stakeholders including students’ parents, teachers, vocational counselors and the staff of workplace play a crucial role in the internship process. The cooperation of supporters are critical to establish a comprehensive support network.
3.The fit of students’ characteristics into the workplace can contribute to adaptation in the work place.
4.The application of assistive technology in internship in current is restricted.
5.The internship experiences is the preparation for the upcoming employment, and therefore in the future lots of efforts could be put on.
Hence, according to the conclusion of the study, the researcher provided advice for the special education schools, parents with intellectual disability children, employers of internship workplace, and government department to make recommendations for reference.
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