The consulting of executive practitioners in participative cooperation

Author(s)
Maximilian Husny, Helga Fasching
Abstract

The transition of youths with disabilities from mandatory schooling into further education or vocation is still a major challenge for inclusive measures in the Austrian transition system. In the last decade, projects from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), including 'Participatory experiences in the vocational biography of persons with intellectual disabilities' and 'Cooperation for an inclusive education transition', have undertaken research into how youths with disabilities can achieve a successful transition and which factors limit or prohibit this process. Since continuous cooperation between transition professionals, parents and youths has been shown to be the most promising approach, this article considers and analyses the views of experts on the transition process. The research methodology is located within basic research, as it explores the notion of 'participative cooperation', which has not yet been explicitly addressed. Through three Reflecting Team-modified group discussions, the various professionals and the research team maintained a continuous three-year research cooperation. The main concerns of the professionals are the plethora of jurisdictions, actors with different degrees of power and intentions, coaches with too many assigned youths, the lack of incentives for youths with disabilities to seek work in the general labour market, and the lack of cooperation of parents.

Organisation(s)
Department of Education
External organisation(s)
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Journal
European Journal of Special Needs Education
Volume
37
Pages
206-219
No. of pages
14
ISSN
0885-6257
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2020.1862338
Publication date
2020
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
503026 Orthopaedagogy
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Health Professions (miscellaneous)
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/the-consulting-of-executive-practitioners-in-participative-cooperation(03bd4766-bffe-499b-bfa5-92ed59c7b946).html