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Kiernan, William E.; Schalock, Robert L.; Butterworth, John; Sailor, Wayne – 1993
This guide promotes the use of natural supports to assist individuals with severe disabilities. The first two sections review the development of natural supports in the workplace, including changes in perspectives on the role of persons with disabilities, utilization issues, and the definition of natural supports. A seven-step process reflecting…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Services, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Butterworth, John; Gilmore, Dana S.; Kiernan, William E.; Schalock, Robert – 1999
This monograph summarizes national and state level changes in employment patterns for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. It presents longitudinal data from state mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) agencies covering 8 years between FY88 and FY96, and for federal/state vocational rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Data Analysis, Employment
Kiernan, William E.; Marrone, Joe; Butterworth, John – 1999
This report discusses recommendations from a national summit that met to address the need for employers to consider the implications of the changing characteristics of the American workforce, to examine alternative approaches for fully engaging members of populations who are new or returning to the workforce, to identify innovative approaches that…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, Corporate Support