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Domin, Daria; Butterworth, John – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Based on the 2010-2011 National Survey of Community Rehabilitation Providers, findings are presented on people with all disabilities and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who are served in employment and nonwork settings by community rehabilitation providers. Findings suggest little change over the past eight years in…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Rehabilitation Programs
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Chen, Chao-Chien; Lin, Shih-Yen; Cheng, Chia-Hsin; Tsai, Chia-Ching – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of service quality and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on customer satisfaction, and customer satisfaction toward post-purchase intentions from sheltered employment institutions. Work experience plays an important role in career development for those people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Business, Social Responsibility, Sheltered Workshops, Mental Retardation
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Simonsen, Monica L.; Neubert, Debra A. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013
Community employment outcomes were examined for 338 transitioning youth with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in one state 18 months after exiting public school. All transitioning youth received ongoing Developmental Disability agency funding. The majority of transitioning youth (57.1%) were engaged in sheltered or nonwork…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Employment Opportunities
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Buys, L.; Aird, R.; Miller, E. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Considerable attention is currently being directed towards both active ageing and the revising of standards for disability services within Australia and internationally. Yet, to date, no consideration appears to have been given to ways to promote active ageing among older adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs). Methods:…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
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Flores, Noelia; Jenaro, Cristina; Orgaz, M. Begona; Martin, M. Victoria – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: This paper examines the perceived quality of working life of workers with intellectual disabilities. Specifically, this paper looks at participants' perceptions in relation to perceived job demands and resources and their impact on experienced job satisfaction. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, 507 workers with intellectual…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Quality of Working Life
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Verdonschot, M. M. L.; de Witte, L. P.; Reichrath, E.; Buntinx, W. H. E.; Curfs, L. M. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Study design: A systematic review of the literature. Objectives: To investigate community participation of persons with an intellectual disability (ID) as reported in empirical research studies. Method: A systematic literature search was conducted for the period of 1996-2006 on PubMed, CINAHL and PSYCINFO. Search terms were derived from the…
Descriptors: Social Life, Mental Retardation, Community Involvement, Sheltered Workshops
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Kowalski, Christoph; Driller, Elke; Ernstmann, Nicole; Alich, Saskia; Karbach, Ute; Ommen, Oliver; Schulz-Nieswandt, Frank; Pfaff, Holger – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Background: Many people working in human services in Western countries suffer from burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal performance. Prevention of emotional exhaustion (the first phase of burnout) constitutes a great challenge because emotional exhaustion may cause increasing turnover rates in…
Descriptors: Human Services, Fatigue (Biology), Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation
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Henriksen, Anne; Degenhardt, Sven – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities have a high probability of visual impairment. This study revealed the effects of deficits in the appropriate diagnosis of vision and medical treatment, as well as the lack of necessary refraction correction and support, specifically for adults with intellectual and developmental…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Visual Impairments, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
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Crites, Steven A.; Howard, Barbara H. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Individuals with severe disability exiting school are likely to be enrolled in day activity and sheltered workshops at least as often as in supported employment. Such facilities are often staffed by paraprofessionals who may not have the skills to engage clients in meaningful activities. This article describes a 3-phase staff training…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Severe Disabilities, Autism, Sheltered Workshops
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Martorell, A.; Gutierrez-Recacha, P.; Pereda, A.; Ayuso-Mateos, J. L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Access to employment for people with intellectual disability (ID) has become a social priority. The aim of the present study is to try to determine which variables [sociodemographic variables, intelligence quotient (IQ), presence or absence of a psychiatric disorder, functioning, self-determination, and behavioural problems] could most…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Employment, Mental Retardation, Intelligence Quotient
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Dudley, James R.; Schatz, Mona Struhsaker – Mental Retardation, 1985
In an ethnographic study, 16 mentally retarded clients of a sheltered workshop were consulted about their work roles and program. The findings reveal their confusions about the workshop's role in helping them and describes their perspectives on whether to leave the workshops for "outside jobs." (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Ethnography, Mental Retardation, Sheltered Workshops
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Pallotta-Cornick, M. Angela; Martin, Gary L. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1983
A self-instruction manual to develop a production supervisory strategy (PSS) was examined as an aid for supervisors of 80 retarded persons in sheltered work settings. Average hourly production increased for 77 clients under PSS compared to baseline, with an average increase of 68 percent. Error rates were not affected. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Mental Retardation, Productivity, Sheltered Workshops
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Melstrom, Margaret A. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1982
Turnover, reasons for termination, productivity, and number of hours worked as a function of demographic data, workshop settings, and measures of sociability for mentally disabled adults at six sheltered workshop settings were examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation, Productivity
McNally, Richard J.; And Others – Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 1984
A package comprising self-monitoring, self-administrative reinforcement, and performance feedback significantly increased the production rate of 13 mentally retarded adults in a sheltered workshop. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Productivity, Self Control
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Brickey, Michael; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1982
Job placement histories of 73 mentally retarded sheltered workshop employees placed in Projects With Industry (PWI) or competitive jobs in calendar year 1978 were examined during a 30-month period. Job variables such as structure appear to be more important to job success than employee demographic variables such as IQ. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Job Performance, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Retardation
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