Employment Supports for Adults With Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Campbell Systematic Review

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Analysis of Needs and Processes: Social Skills Program for Unemployed People with Disabilities

“…Thus, the decisions made for the intervention planning, the continuous monitoring of the application and adaptation of the program to the participants' needs and context demands, the facilitator's experience, and the results achieved are important concerns in the search to frame this program among EBPPs. The identification of evidence-based practices in special education has been a significant advancement in the field, given that it contributes to generating more effective interventions and producing more positive results for the development of people with disabilities, as indicated by Cook and Odom (2013) and Tripney et al (2017).…”

“…The difficulties of including people with physical disabilities in the work world have attracted the attention of researchers and professionals (Coutinho, Rodrigues, & Passerino, 2017;Lorenzo & Silva, 2017;Tripney et al, 2017). Research has indicated that in relation to the representative number of working-age individuals with disabilities, a large portion are not included in the labor market (Brasil, 2017).…”

“…Given the possible risk factors associated with unemployment and the inclusion of people with disabilities in formal work, for example, lack of job opportunities, low wages, prejudice regarding potentiality, and inadequate working conditions (Coutinho et al, 2017;Lorenzo & Silva, 2017;Tripney et al, 2017), there is evidence of the importance of the use of Social Skills Programs (SSPs) for the professional development of these individuals (Lindsay, Adams, McDougall, & Sanford, 2012;Phillips, Kaseroff, Fleming, & Huck, 2014;Soresi & Nota, 2000).…”

“…Generally, the practices are more focused on basic skills (e.g., clothing, hygiene, punctuality, and frequency) than on more complex social skills such as cooperation and control of emotions (Chu & Zhang, 2015). Additionally, the data available in the literature show SSPs with different populations and diverse arrangements, including interventions of just a few days or several years in duration, in individual or group formats, and conducted in therapeutic environments or natural work situations (Campos & Almeida, 2010;Phillips et al, 2014;Tripney et al, 2017). Despite the heterogeneity of the interventions, even in the international literature, it is difficult to identify research that evaluates SSPs for people with physical disabilities who are searching for employment (Tripney et al, 2017).…”

“…In the search for the effectiveness of the interventions and the need to foster the methodological rigor of these studies (Tripney et al, 2017), the literature has been focusing on the importance of evidence-based psychological practices (EBPPs) (American Psychological Association, 2005). EBPPs apply principles in the planning of interventions that integrate scientific evidence of therapeutic or preventive practices with the evaluation of the characteristics of the person or target public, considering also their context and culture (American Psychological Association, 2005).…”