Employment for adults with autism spectrum disorders: A retrospective review of a customized employment approach
| Autor: | Jennifer McDonough, Alissa Brooke, Stephanie Lau, Whitney Ham, Lauren Avellone, Valerie Brooke, Hannah E. Seward, Paul Wehman, Carol Schall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Employment Male 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Inservice Training Job selection Autism Spectrum Disorder 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Employment Supported mental disorders Agency (sociology) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Psychiatry Supported employment Retrospective Studies Retrospective review 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Vocational Middle Aged medicine.disease Clinical Psychology Autism Female Tracking (education) Vocational rehabilitation 0305 other medical science Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Research in developmental disabilities. |
| ISSN: | 1873-3379 |
| Popis: | Over the past few decades, there has been an increase in prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and those children are now becoming young adults in need of competitive integrated employment (CIE). Customized employment (CE) is one pathway to employment that has been successful for other individuals with developmental disabilities (DD), though research has been very limited on the effectiveness with individuals with ASD. This paper provides a retrospective review of 64 individuals with ASD who came to our program from 2009 to 2014 for supported employment services as referred by the state vocational rehabilitation services agency. Employment specialists engaged in situational assessment, discovery, job development, customized job descriptions, on-site training and support, positive behavioral supports, and job retention techniques. The employment specialists were responsible for tracking their actual time spent working directly with or for the jobseeker with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). All vocational rehabilitation clients with ASD served during this time successfully secured CIE, and maintained their employment with ongoing supports, with intensity of support time decreasing over time. The majority (63/64, 98.4%) of individuals successfully secured CIE through the use of supported employment, in 72 unique employment positions. Of the majority of the individuals who secured employment, 77% (50) individuals indicated that they had never worked before and additional 18% (12) reported having short intermittent histories of employment. Despite this lack of employment experience, in all cases the jobseeker directed the job search and ultimately the job selection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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