Turnbull, Ann PTurnbull, RutherfordFrancis, Grace L.2014-09-252014-09-252013-05-312013http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12647https://hdl.handle.net/1808/15102This dissertation consists of four individual, but related chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to competitive employment for people with disabilities who have individualized support needs and the Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT). This chapter also provides a general overview of the other chapters in this dissertation. Chapter 2 is a research study that examined the expectations and knowledge of participants who attended FEAT in 2010-2011. This study also explored families' perceptions of FEAT. Chapter 3 is a second research study that evaluated participants' behavior, employment outcomes, and perceptions of FEAT's influence. Chapter 4 is a third research study that explored families' perceptions of barriers to competitive employment.178 pagesenThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.Special educationVocational educationDisabilityEmploymentTraining programDissertationhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-9430openAccess