Title

More Job Services—Better Employment Outcomes: Increasing Job Attainment for People With IDD

Department/School

Social Work

Date of this version

2016

Document Type

Article

Keywords

employment outcomes, job-related services, job placement, job search, on-the-job support, intellectual and developmental disabilities, vocational rehabilitation

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-54.6.402

Abstract

Job search, job placement, and on-the-job supports are valuable services provided to many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to obtain work in the community. Investigating those who were unemployed at the time of service entry, this study seeks to extend understanding about the effect of services. Using extant data, a sample of 39,277 people with IDD using Vocational Rehabilitation services were studied to understand the potential cumulative effects of these job-related services and individual characteristics on job attainment. Findings showed people with IDD of different demographic groups had different outcomes. Also, those receiving three job-related services were 16 times more likely to obtain employment than the reference group. This study has wide implications for research, policy, and practice.

Volume

54

Issue

6

Published in

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Citation/Other Information

Nord, D., & Hepperlen, R. (2016). More job services – Better employment outcomes: Increasing job attainment for people with IDD. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(6), 402-411. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-54.6.402

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