Opinions of teachers and school administrators of a vocational school about job placement of individuals with mental retardation

The purpose of the present study was to determine the opinions and suggestions of teachers and school administrators about job placement of individuals with mental retardation. The study was conducted with 17 teachers who were working in Av. Lütfi Ergökmen Elementery School and Vocational School. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants and the data were presented with frequencies.The results of the study revealed that job opportunities appropriate fort he individuals with mental retardation should be determined and job skills related to those jobs should be taught to these individuals. Besides, schools should follow up the places where their students were placed was one of the important findings. Also, another finding of the study was that government should control the application of the laws related with the job placement of individuals with special needs. Parents should be a part of their child?s education and job placement as well.