Abstract
Recent national and state-level policy changes have created an imperative for service providers to transform from sheltered work to competitive integrated employment. The current study sought to understand the impact of participation in a 1-year, comprehensive technical assistance pilot designed to support service providers to transform away from sheltered workshops towards encouraging competitive integrated employment and delivering job development supports. Findings showed competitive integrated employment is attainable if given the appropriate organizational emphasis and when effective job development practices are implemented to a strategically identified group. Implications highlight the values of slowly preparing individuals for competitive integrated employment; facilitating an active, person-centered job placement process; engaging key stakeholders in job development; and focusing on individual job placement in the context of organizational transformation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 234-245 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2022 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Medicine
Keywords
- integrated employment
- intellectual and developmental disabilities
- provider transformation
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