The Israeli Ministry of Education, Jerusalem 91911, Israel .
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 31;17(11):3904. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113904.
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of the transdisciplinary "Successful Pathways to Employment for youth at Risk" (SUPER) program to raise the transition readiness of youth at risk (YAR) from school into participation in adults' responsibilities and employment. More than 10% of adolescents are at risk of dropping out of school following poor academic attainments. Schools appraise academic merit but do not develop relevant educational programs to prepare youth to transition into adult working life. The SUPER program addresses a range of knowledge and skills required for this transition. Sixty YAR from three high schools participated in the 18-week SUPER program. Comparing the pre- and postintervention results revealed that the students' engagement with responsibilities, objective knowledge about the work world, and self-rated self-advocacy skills improved as did their supervisor-rated work performance capacity. This study confirms the contribution of the SUPER model. Its concepts, tools, principles, and community labor-market involvement through workplace internships were effective and could apply in other contexts. The SUPER model provides evidence-based knowledge translation that can bring conceptual and practical changes towards successful transition and participation of YAR in adult working roles.
本文描述了跨学科“风险青年成功就业途径”（SUPER）项目的开发、实施和评估，该项目旨在提高风险青年（YAR）从学校过渡到承担成人责任和就业的准备程度。超过 10%的青少年由于学业成绩不佳而有辍学的风险。学校评估学业成绩，但不制定相关的教育计划，为青年过渡到成人工作生活做准备。SUPER 项目涵盖了这一过渡所需的一系列知识和技能。来自三所高中的 60 名 YAR 参加了为期 18 周的 SUPER 项目。比较干预前后的结果表明，学生对责任的参与度、对工作世界的客观知识以及自我评估的自我倡导技能都有所提高，他们的主管对工作表现能力的评价也有所提高。本研究证实了 SUPER 模式的贡献。其概念、工具、原则以及通过工作场所实习与社区劳动力市场的参与是有效的，并可适用于其他情况。SUPER 模式提供了循证知识转化，可为 YAR 成功过渡和参与成人工作角色带来概念和实践上的改变。
