Direct Support in Supported Employment and Its Relation to Job Typicalness, Coworker Involvement, and Employment Outcomes

Mank, David; Cioffi, Andrea; Yovanoff, Paul

doi:10.1352/0047-6765(2000)038<0506:dsisea>2.0.co;2

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“…and the job environment (places, co-workers, etc.) are similar to those of co-workers without a disability in the same company (Mank 1997;Mank et al 1997aMank et al ,b, 1998Mank et al , 1999Mank et al , 2000Olson et al 2000;Jenaro et al 2002). It is defined according to the four elements that comprise it: job acquisition and hiring, job characteristics, management of human resources and social aspects.…”

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confidence: 57%

Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

Verdugo¹,

Urries²,

Río³

et al. 2006

J Appl Res Int Dis

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AimThis study investigate what characteristics of supported employment increase quality of life and whether quality of life is higher in supported employment workers or the sheltered ones in Spain. Typicalness, the degree to which the characteristics of a job are the same as those of co-workers without a disability in the same company, was considered as one of the supported employment characteristics in the analysis. Method Two groups were put together to obtain the data using two questionnaires that were administered by trained professionals. Correlational analysis of the data and manova were also employed. Results No differences were found between the two groups regarding quality of life but results indicate that in supported employment, high levels of typicalness are associated with a higher quality of life and that the handling of certain characteristics of support and the job, for example the hours of direct external support, are related to the enhancement of quality of life of the workers. Conclusions Workers in supported employment show the same quality of life as those in sheltered employment centers. In Spain, the greater the typicalness of the employment, the higher the quality of life. The implications of this for the amount of direct external support for workers with disability is that such support should be used only when absolutely necessary -the minimum support necessary to encourage development.

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confidence: 57%

Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

Verdugo¹,

Urries²,

Río³

et al. 2006

J Appl Res Int Dis

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“…For example, the norms themselves may reflect less than adequate service systems. This may be the case with congregate day-treatment programs for adults with severe disabilities in light of the professional consensus that this population is usually better served in supported employment settings with people who do not have disabilities (Mank et al, 2000). Nonetheless, most adults with severe disabilities who regularly attend day activities outside their residences continue to participate in congregate daytreatment settings (West et al, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The most common treatment setting for adults with severe disabilities is congregate programs involving other individuals with disabilities. Although professional consensus usually endorses the benefits of communitybased supported employment relative to segregated congregate day programs (Mank, Cioffi, & Yovanoff, 2000;Rusch & Hughes, 1989), most adults with severe disabilities attend day activity centers, sheltered workshops, or adult education classrooms of a congregate nature (Lecher & McDonald, 1996). Further, congregate day-treatment programs continue to be developed around the United States (West et al, 2002).…”

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Improving Day‐treatment Services for Adults With Severe Disabilities: A Norm‐referenced Application of Outcome Management

Parsons

Rollyson

Reid³

2004

J of App Behav Analysis

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We evaluated an outcome management program for working with staff to improve the performance of adults with severe disabilities in a congregate day-treatment setting. Initially, observations were conducted of student task involvement and staff distribution of teaching interactions across students in four program sites. Using recent normative data to establish objective goals for student performance, management intervention was warranted in two of the sites. A six-step outcome management program was then implemented in the two sites. The program involved defining desired student and staff outcomes, systematic monitoring of the outcomes, staff training, and supportive and corrective feedback. The outcome management program was accompanied by increases in student on-task behavior and staff distribution of teaching interactions in both sites. The increases brought the levels of on-task behavior above the normative average; on-task behavior was maintained above the baseline average for over 1 year in both sites. These results are discussed in terms of the benefits of relying on normative data for objectively evaluating and improving service delivery systems. Discussion of future research needs focuses on applying the outcome management program to other settings and services for people with disabilities.

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“…If individuals with disabilities have a job that matches their interests, desires, and skills, it is quite likely that they will need less support from others. Mank, Cioffi, and Yovanoff (2000) have stated that the type of support selected for an employee with disabilities should be secondary to a good job match. Although there are many variables that should be considered for making a good job match (e.g., social climate, supervisor style), the assessment of specific work-task preferences is also important.…”

Section: Choosing Vocational Tasksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Jacobson¹,

Mulick²,

Rojahn³

2007

Issues on Clinical Child Psychology

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Direct Support in Supported Employment and Its Relation to Job Typicalness, Coworker Involvement, and Employment Outcomes

Cited by 30 publications

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Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

Improving Day‐treatment Services for Adults With Severe Disabilities: A Norm‐referenced Application of Outcome Management

Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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