Transition Planning: A Review of Vocational Training for Persons with Intellectual Disability

Abstract

Vocational training is very important to make oneself independent. It is important for everybody especially if we talk in context of Persons with Intellectual Disability it is very important for them to lead a better life. It is essential to make a transition plan at prevocational stage that will develop functional academics and some job readiness skills and will lead a person towards different job setups like open employment, supported employment, self-employment, group employment. This review aims to analyse existing literature and identify gaps in vocational training and recommend some strategies to strengthen skill development. This is a narrative review approach in which articles, journals, thesis, government publications published between 2015 to 2025 were searched through databases such as Scopus, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, using keywords like vocational training, skill development, prevocational skills, employment for persons with disabilities. A total of 10 relevant studies were shortlisted that were based on inclusion criteria (focus on employability of persons with disability, placement in jobs, skill-based education). These reviews highlights that there were many factors like individual, societal, environmental that will impact education and employability of persons with intellectual disabilities and that will create a gap in vocational training and this will become a reason behind job mismatching among persons with intellectual disabilities. The research gap seen in policy making what policy makers promise and what beneficiaries experience. If policy makers address barriers faced by persons with intellectual disabilities and design policies that will cater the needs of persons with Intellectual disabilities, implementation of reasonable accommodation, transition planning from prevocational to vocational.