Zihinsel Yetersizliği Olan Bireylerin İş - Meslek Eğitimi ve İstihdamlarına Yönelik Türkiye’de Yapılan Araştırmaların Gözden Geçirilmesi

Today, providing vocational skills and employment for individuals with intellectual disabilities is regarded as one of the main aims of special education in Turkey. Although there has been an increase in the number of studies carried out in the area of employment and vocational skills of such individuals, there is no study reviewing and synthesizing these studies descriptively. Therefore, this study aims at reviewing the scientific studies conducted on teaching vocational training to the individuals with intellectual disabilities and their preparation for employment in Turkey descriptively. For this purpose, 25 related studies conducted between 1990 and 2010 have been examined under four main categories. Twelve studies on “teaching pre-vocational skills, vocational and employment skills to the individuals with intellectual disabilities” six on “the preparation of these individuals for employment”, two on “the transition of these individuals to work”, and five on “their employment status” have been compiled and interpreted. In addition, this study provides some suggestions for practice and future studies.