Paths 2 the Future (P2F): Testing the Efficacy of a Career Development Curriculum for High School Girls with Disabilities, Oregon, 2015-2019

Young women with disabilities often experience limited career options and opportunities. The "Paths 2 the Future" (P2F) curriculum is designed to meet the unique career development needs of young women with disabilities. P2F includes seventy-five (75) lessons covering topics of self-awareness, disability knowledge, gender identity, and career and college readiness. A randomized controlled trial was conducted between 2015-2020 to examine the effects of the P2F curriculum on career and college readiness of high school female students with disabilities. Twenty-six (26) participating high schools were matched on school characteristics and randomly assigned to the intervention or control conditions. In the intervention condition, students received lessons from the P2F curriculum daily. In the control condition, students received business as usual career and transition services. Survey data were collected from three hundred sixty six (366) young women with learning, health, intellectual, and emotional disabilities who participated at four time points (pre-intervention, post-intervention (2 collection periods), and follow-up).