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A Case Study of Effective Employment Practices for Persons with Disabilities in a Large Multi-Site Health Care Organization
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McDonough, Jennifer; Wehman, Paul; Brooke, Alissa; Ham, Whitney; Wright, Travis; Ochrach, Chase; Thomas, Kathryn; Godwin, James C.; Junod, Paul – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this in-depth case study was to better understand how practices, policies, and structures contributed to a large health care organization's track record of hiring, training, and retaining persons with disabilities (PWDs). Method: We conducted in-depth interviews with 63 key informants across four hospitals in the hospital…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Job Training, Disabilities, Hospitals
Toward Competitive Employment for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What Progress Have We Made and Where Do We Need to Go
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Wehman, Paul; Taylor, Joshua; Brooke, Valerie; Avellone, Lauren; Whittenburg, Holly; Ham, Whitney; Brooke, Alissa Molinelli; Carr, Staci – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2018
Progress toward competitive integrated employment (CIE) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) over the last 40 years has been mixed. Despite evidence showing that supported employment interventions can enable adults with IDD to effectively get and keep jobs, national rates of integrated employment remain below a third…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Adults
Effects of an Employer-Based Intervention on Employment Outcomes for Youth with Significant Support Needs Due to Autism
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Wehman, Paul; Schall, Carol M.; McDonough, Jennifer; Graham, Carolyn; Brooke, Valerie; Riehle, J. Erin; Brooke, Alissa; Ham, Whitney; Lau, Stephanie; Allen, Jaclyn; Avellone, Lauren – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to develop and investigate an employer-based 9-month intervention for high school youth with autism spectrum disorder to learn job skills and acquire employment. The intervention modified a program titled Project SEARCH and incorporated the use of applied behavior analysis to develop Project SEARCH plus Autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students, Intervention