Effectiveness of Community-Based Vocational Instruction on Teaching Job Skills for Female Students with Intellectual Disability

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Community-Based Vocational Instruction (CBVI) to teach three young females with intellectual disability job skills (Writing Formal Letters Skill, and Formal Letters Coordination Skill). The methodology of this study was (Single-Subject Design) multiple baseline design, with three young females with mild intellectual disability, who graduated from high school and joined a vocational rehabilitation program in a daily care center. The results showed that CBVI were effective and efficient at teaching job skills to three young females with intellectual disability and showed that three young females maintained improvement in their performance due to the intervention. The study showed high social validity to CBVI with female students with intellectual disability. KeyWords: vocational Rehabilitation, transition services, Job Skills, Intellectual disability, Community Training