TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of job development practices
AU - Migliore, Alberto
AU - Butterworth, John
AU - Nord, Derek
AU - Cox, Monica
AU - Gelb, Amy
PY - 2012/12/21
Y1 - 2012/12/21
N2 - We investigated the extent to which employment consultants implemented job development practices recommended in the literature when assisting job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabilities. We contacted 83 employment consultants from 25 employment programs in Minnesota and Connecticut. Fifty-nine participants were eligible and completed surveys. We found inconsistencies between the employment consultants' practices and the job development literature in areas such as involvement of family members and acquaintances, observation of job seekers in work and nonwork environments, analyses of employers' needs, development of customized jobs, and assistance with work incentives planning. We recommend a system-wide effort for supporting employment consultants in implementing promising job development practices. This effort needs to involve funding agencies, employment programs, accreditation agencies, training programs, and researchers.
AB - We investigated the extent to which employment consultants implemented job development practices recommended in the literature when assisting job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabilities. We contacted 83 employment consultants from 25 employment programs in Minnesota and Connecticut. Fifty-nine participants were eligible and completed surveys. We found inconsistencies between the employment consultants' practices and the job development literature in areas such as involvement of family members and acquaintances, observation of job seekers in work and nonwork environments, analyses of employers' needs, development of customized jobs, and assistance with work incentives planning. We recommend a system-wide effort for supporting employment consultants in implementing promising job development practices. This effort needs to involve funding agencies, employment programs, accreditation agencies, training programs, and researchers.
KW - Employment specialist
KW - Evidence-based
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Job development
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U2 - 10.1352/1934-9556-50.3.207
DO - 10.1352/1934-9556-50.3.207
M3 - Article
C2 - 22731970
AN - SCOPUS:84868652840
SN - 1934-9491
VL - 50
SP - 207
EP - 218
JO - Intellectual and developmental disabilities
JF - Intellectual and developmental disabilities
IS - 3
ER -