The project is led by a Doctoral Student Mason Blake specializing in Sport Psychology. He is studying and designing curriculum to support the career development of UK youth involved in Football academies. He is conducting an online survey of UK youth that will be used to assess their SEL and resiliency skills with respect to […]
The Institute of Educational Leadership (IEL) manages this 5-year grant awarded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and we are responsible for evaluating the technical assistant training. The project goals are to increase capacity among state Vocational Rehabilitation staff to more effectively support the career and workforce development needs of youth with disabilities as well as […]
In collaboration with Paul Trunfio, a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Physics, Drs. Solberg and Howard launched a new collaboration with a community-based organization in Boston that offers after-school enrichment for Latinx youth. Funded by the National Science Foundation, we work with Sociedad Latina to incorporate My Career and Academic Plan (MyCAP) activities […]
The transition from youth to adulthood is challenging for almost every young person. This is particularly true for young people with disabilities. Yet, it is in those critical transition-age years that a young person’s future can be determined. Part of a successful future includes finding and keeping work. The total employment rate is projected to […]
Other Career Development-Related Projects Using career narratives to understand processes associated with forming a career identity among adolescent youth Through a sample of 1,600 10th and 12th grade youth, this study involves a secondary qualitative analysis by using Howard and Walsh’s (2010) developmental model, Conceptions of Career Choice and Attainment (CCCA), and McAdams’s (1985) life-story […]