Assessment of Vocational Behavior of Persons with . Mental Retardation in Addis Ababa
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The participants of this study were thirty two students (mild males=9, mild females =3
,moderate males=J2 and moderatefemales=8), six teachers, two principals of the center, and
one Ministry of Labor and Social Affair team leader of persons with disabilities. Except the
students all of them were selected using pwposive sampling method; hence the students were
selected by random sampling. Four data collection instruments were used, namely, competency
rating scale, questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. In order to analyze the data
both qualitative and quantitative analysis were used
The result showed that in center of mental retardation there are ten varieties of prevocational
adaptive skills and prevocational skills training given for students with mental retardation.
The majority of the students were competent in these skills training, except in functional
academics and petty trading; and their first vocational skill training choice was janitorial
activity. Moreover, the performance on prevocational adaptive skill was correlated with
prevocational skill training. On the other hand, the pelformance on these skills training
analyzed by sex seems to appear in favor of males, where as in the case level of retardation,
mild students performed bener than those of moderate with some exceptions.
The results also showed that persons with mental retardation have higher rates of
unemployment comparing with persons with and with out disabilities. In addition, the finding
indicated that the main challenge of the implementation policy was financial shortage, lack of
skilled persons, and lack of awareness.
This study concluded that students with mental retardation are able to perform different tasks
of vocational skills training options with appropriate order and supervision. Despite this
demonstration of competency, many persons with mental retardation are underemployed
However, few of them have job in non-governmental organizations Suggestions and
recommendations based on this study are included
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focused on assessing the vocational behavior