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