Meaningful employment opportunities for youth with disabilities in Bhutan: piloting an employment assessment toolkit

Lynch, P., Schuelka, M. J., Brown, R. , Johnstone, C. and Tshewang, S. (2023) Meaningful employment opportunities for youth with disabilities in Bhutan: piloting an employment assessment toolkit. International Journal of Educational Development, 101, 102820. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102820)

Abstract

This article presents the adaptation of a screening tool to help young persons with disabilities understand what they may need to do in in order to move closer to meaningful work. Using critical capabilities approach, we developed a toolkit to support the transition process from home, school, or other setting to formal or informal employment in Bhutan. Community Inclusion Coordinators were recruited to mentor 40 participants to gain confidence, appropriate work skills to get closer to being work-ready. We also evaluated the efficacy and utility of the toolkit which revealed that some of the participants valued having honest and open conversations about personal and professional issues.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Brown, Dr Rhona and Lynch, Dr Paul
• Authors: Lynch, P., Schuelka, M. J., Brown, R., Johnstone, C., and Tshewang, S.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Pedagogy Policy and Practice
• Journal Name: International Journal of Educational Development
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0738-0593
• ISSN (Online): 1873-4871
• Published Online: 06 June 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in International Journal of Educational Development 101:102820
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence