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Economic Conditions and the Employment of Mildly Retarded School Leavers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Pat Lake  and
Keri Wilton
Pat Lake
Affiliation:
Burnside High School, Christchurch
Keri Wilton*
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
*
Department of Education, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand
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Abstract

An examination was made of the employment patterns of school leavers who had graduated from the four Christchurch work-experience programmes for mildly retarded children during a 4-year period in the current economic recession. Contrary to expectations, no differences were found in the employment patterns for graduates of each of the four years. In each year-group, levels of employment were high as were meantimes in employment since graduation, and frequencies of job changes were low. Several methodological problems which cloud interpretation of the results are discussed and the need for comprehensive and consistent monitoring of the employment patterns of mildly retarded school-leavers over the next few years is emphasised.

Type
Research and Review
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , May 1980 , pp. 5 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1980

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