Integrating Competency Identification Digital Tools in Employment Counselling to Help Identify Competencies and Build a Relevant Career Plan for People With Disabilities

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Title: Integrating Competency Identification Digital Tools in Employment Counselling to Help Identify Competencies and Build a Relevant Career Plan for People With Disabilities
Language: English
Authors: Clémence Brun (ORCID 0000-0001-6880-6674), Alexis Akinyemi (ORCID 0000-0002-6027-675X), Yvonne Joret (ORCID 0009-0006-3812-7295), Laurène Houtin (ORCID 0000-0002-7619-5639)
Source: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 2025 38(3).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Disabilities, Career Counseling, Competence, Career Planning, Foreign Countries, Ability Identification, Intellectual Disability
Geographic Terms: France
DOI: 10.1111/jar.70071
ISSN: 1360-2322
1468-3148
Abstract: Background: People with disabilities face persistent employment difficulties, mainly because of a lack of recognition of their competencies, especially people with intellectual disabilities. As employment counsellors need to identify the competencies of beneficiaries, a public competencies identification service has been developed and funded by the French Ministry of Labour, Diagoriente. Method: We compared the impact of a competencies identification session using Diagoriente (N = 48) to a more classic session using a text document (N = 47), with a sample composed mainly of people with intellectual disabilities (75.5%). Results: Participants who used Diagoriente felt better able to identify and explain their competencies and to create a relevant career plan than those who had followed a classic session. Conclusions: Our results suggest that Diagoriente, and as we suggest, employment support digital tools, when adapted to the specific needs of people with intellectual disabilities, can provide additional keys to help them build their career plans.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1475269
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Background: People with disabilities face persistent employment difficulties, mainly because of a lack of recognition of their competencies, especially people with intellectual disabilities. As employment counsellors need to identify the competencies of beneficiaries, a public competencies identification service has been developed and funded by the French Ministry of Labour, Diagoriente. Method: We compared the impact of a competencies identification session using Diagoriente (N = 48) to a more classic session using a text document (N = 47), with a sample composed mainly of people with intellectual disabilities (75.5%). Results: Participants who used Diagoriente felt better able to identify and explain their competencies and to create a relevant career plan than those who had followed a classic session. Conclusions: Our results suggest that Diagoriente, and as we suggest, employment support digital tools, when adapted to the specific needs of people with intellectual disabilities, can provide additional keys to help them build their career plans.
ISSN:1360-2322
1468-3148
DOI:10.1111/jar.70071