CAREER PLACEMENT PROJECT - A CAREER READINESS PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY-COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

This study examines the effect of a Career Placement Project using enh anced career services specifically designed for community college stud ents with disabilities. The 4 areas of services provided by the projec t were career exploration, job readiness, job-seeking skills, and job shadowing. A pretest-posttest design using a participant group and a c ontrol group measured change in career readiness. Based on the data, i t seems that the Career Placement Project was effective in increasing the career preparedness of participating students with disabilities.