Preparing youth with disabilities for employment: An analysis of vocational rehabilitation case services data.
BACKGROUND: Despite national efforts to improve post-school outcomes, many students with disabilities are unprepared to enter the workforce. Coordination with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) can offer opportunities for improved employment outcomes. OBJECTIVE: This study examined OregonVRdata to ident...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 209 - 225 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=121330227&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 121330227 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10522263 3O2 jtl: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation issn: 10522263 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 46 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 121330227 121330227 121330227 10.3233/JVR-160857 121330227 ppf: 209 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Preparing youth with disabilities for employment: An analysis of vocational rehabilitation case services data. aug: au: Poppen, Marcus Lindstrom, Lauren Unruh, Deanne Khurana, Atika Bullis, Michael affil: Department of Teaching and Learning, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA sug: subj: Employment of Persons with Disabilities Rehabilitation, Vocational Utilization Program Implementation Program Evaluation Human Adolescence Sex Factors Logistic Regression Oregon Self Care Transitional Programs Certification Employment, Supported Adolescent: 13-18 years ab: BACKGROUND: Despite national efforts to improve post-school outcomes, many students with disabilities are unprepared to enter the workforce. Coordination with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) can offer opportunities for improved employment outcomes. OBJECTIVE: This study examined OregonVRdata to identify predictors of positive closure status for youth with disabilities. METHODS: Researchers used logistic regression to explore the effects of individual, in-school, post-school and contextual factors on VR case closure status among 4,443 young adults with disabilities who received and completed services from Oregon VR between 2003 and 2013. RESULTS: Being female, having a mental illness, traumatic brain injury, multiple disabilities, interpersonal or self-care impediments to employment, receiving SSI, and closing with VR in periods of high unemployment reduce the likelihood of a positive VR closure. Participating in a collaborative transition program, earning a high school completion certificate, receiving a greater number of VR services, closing below the median number of days to closure, and closing in low unemployment periods increase the likelihood of a positive VR case closure status. CONCLUSION: These findings highlight specific barriers to employment for vulnerable groups of young adults with disabilities, and identify service and contextual factors that can support positive employment outcomes. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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