Twenty years of employment for persons with significant disabilities: A retrospective

Callahan, Michael J.; Griffin, Cary; Hammis, Dave

doi:10.3233/jvr-2011-0565

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“…This would require a national comprehensive shift in practices and thinking as well as a total organizational change for service providers. It was reported by Callahan, Griffin and Hammis (2011), that although the number of individuals with significant disabilities has remained consistent over the past several years, the percentage of individuals being placed in integrated employment has decreased. The Employment First initiative should serve as evidence that individuals with disabilities have the ability to participate in integrated, community based employment and to be contributors to our democratic society.…”

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Customized Employment: A Systematic Approach To Community Integration And Strategies To Obtain Competitive Employment

Edeiken_Cooperman¹

2017

ASSRJ

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The purpose of this qualitative, multimethod study was to investigate the role of an agency that implements a systematic planning approach to assisting individuals with disabilities to integrate into the community and to obtain competitive or customized employment. The agency that was part of this study has implemented the philosophy of Employment First and has found that the experience of customized employment maximizes the independence and self-determination of the individual while at the same time promoting a positive self image. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and direct non-participant and participant observations with the intent to exemplify that customized employment is a successful, alternate strategy for job seekers with significant disabilities when the demands of integrated employment become a barrier. The results revealed that a national initiative related to Employment First is a necessity in order to promote the successful employment of all individuals with disabilities earning minimum wage or higher.

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Customized Employment: A Systematic Approach To Community Integration And Strategies To Obtain Competitive Employment

Edeiken_Cooperman¹

2017

ASSRJ

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“…By meeting with the individual, family, friends, and support staff and observing the individual's skills and interests in a natural environment, a VR practitioner 'discovers' both the strengths and challenges faced by the job seeker, replete with complexities seldom captured through psychometric testing, interest interviews, or structured evaluations (Griffin, Hammis, Geary, & Sullivan, 2008). Utilizing this information, the VR practitioner produces a robust narrative profile to guide employment matching (Callahan, Griffin, & Hammis, 2011).…”

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Achieving competitive, customized employment through specialized services (ACCESS)

Smith

Ching

Weston

et al. 2019

JVR

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BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of research regarding employment services for adults with autism. Interventions typically focus on adapting behaviors of the person rather than customized approaches and environmental adaptations that may improve employment matching and ongoing, competitive employment rates. OBJECTIVE: The ACCESS intervention protocolizes the customized employment (CE) process and has the potential to optimize employment outcomes in adults with autism. Lessons learned during the implementation of the Phase I open trial are presented. METHODS: The study utilizes a randomized pre-test post-test experimental control group design. Phase I-open trial (N = 10) of the study tested feasibility and acceptability of the ACCESS intervention. Phase II-randomized controlled trial (N = 30) will test preliminary efficacy of an amended intervention protocol. RESULTS: Findings from the open trial suggest the need for a revised recruitment strategy and an extended timeframe for the intervention. Thorough screening of practitioners and assessing participants' work motivation may reduce attrition. CONCLUSION: An evidence-based, user-friendly process that employs well-trained practitioners is critical to successful implementation of CE services with fidelity and consistency. A collaborative approach to training, implementation, documentation, evaluation, and pre and post-employment supports is essential to promote an effective and sustainable intervention.

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“…CE is described as a ‘person-centred’ approach that begins with identifying a person's needs, aspirations, talents and skills. Job carving is a strategy that aims to move beyond the demands of job descriptions that might be out of reach for some job seekers (Callahan et al , 2011).…”

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Contrasting Supply-side, Demand-side and Combined Approaches to Labour Market Integration

Frøyland¹,

Andreassen²,

Innvær

2018

J. Soc. Pol.

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In social policy discussions about activation or ALMP (Active Labour Market Policies), most attention is paid to supply-side approaches, directed towards jobless individuals. In these discussions, little attention is given to demand-side approaches aimed at activating employers, or combined workplace-oriented approaches that combine supply and demand-side elements. The aim of this article is to introduce demand-side and combined approaches developed within the fields of disability policy and vocational rehabilitation to scholarly discussions about activation and ALMP.By comparing these three approaches, we show that demand-side and combined approaches challenge key assumptions underlying the dominant supply-side approaches. They do so by representing different views of a) work – as a right instead of a duty; b) the problem of reduced work capacity – not as individual failure, but rather as a prejudice in attitudes among employers or as a gap between capacities and demands; c) the employers and the labour market – as transformable instead of fixed.Supply-side, demand-side and combined workplace-oriented approaches share the aim of labour market integration; however, their developments seem to have taken place largely in isolation from each other. We argue that when brought together they could form a more comprehensive base for further development of labour market integration.

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Twenty years of employment for persons with significant disabilities: A retrospective

Abstract: This article provides a retrospective of twenty years of employment for persons with significant disabilities detailing trends, short-comings and promising practices. The article coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Cited by 34 publications

References 9 publications

Customized Employment: A Systematic Approach To Community Integration And Strategies To Obtain Competitive Employment

Customized Employment: A Systematic Approach To Community Integration And Strategies To Obtain Competitive Employment

Achieving competitive, customized employment through specialized services (ACCESS)

Contrasting Supply-side, Demand-side and Combined Approaches to Labour Market Integration

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