Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Topics: Career Guidance, Disability

Sources: TCD - Trinity College Dublin

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Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Limited guidance for children with intellectual disabilities impacting progression into workforce and further/higher education

Research published by Trinity College Dublin today, ‘Post-School Transitions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities’ has found that there is limited guidance for children with intellectual disabilities in Ireland as they prepare to leave school, contributing to a significant underrepresentation within the workforce and further and higher education in the State.

The research, conducted by the Trinity School of Education and the Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities, found that there are a number of contributing factors, including the lack of a consistent approach in schools and concerns that there are not enough appropriate supports in further/higher education to support students with intellectual disabilities. Policy recommendations include the implementation of a whole-school approach to guidance provision and an expansion of post-school options from traditional health-based settings to further and higher education.

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