Exploring Gender-Sensitive Care in Vocational Rehabilitation Providers Working With Youth With Disabilities: Co-development of a Simulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (10) ◽  
pp. e106-e107
Author(s):  
Sally Lindsay ◽  
Kendall Kolne ◽  
Donna Barker ◽  
Angela Colantonio ◽  
Jennifer Stinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Youth With Disabilities

Vocational Rehabilitation Transition Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities From a Midwestern State

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Awsumb ◽  
Fabricio E. Balcazar ◽  
Francisco Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Transition Program ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
System Level ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Outcomes ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Gender Type

Purpose: To examine the outcomes (rehabilitated vs. nonrehabilitated) of youth with disabilities (ages 14–22 years) participating in the transition program from a midwestern state.Method: Five years of vocational rehabilitation transition data (N = 6,252) were analyzed to determine what demographic and system-level factors were related to rehabilitated or nonrehabilitated outcomes.Results: Postsecondary and employment outcomes were predicted by race, gender, type of disability, office region, total number of services, and case expenditure. Hispanic youth had the highest percentage of rehabilitation; males faired significantly better than females and participants in small towns were significantly more likely to be rehabilitated than participants living in large urban areas.Conclusions: Based on the data findings, it was recommended that the vocational rehabilitation agency alters and updates its transition program. Strategies to help youth with disabilities achieve positive employment and postsecondary educational outcomes are discussed.

Youth With Disabilities at the Crossroads

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd C. Honeycutt ◽  
Allison V. Thompkins ◽  
Maura E. Bardos ◽  
Steven N. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Social Security Administration ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Rehabilitation Services Administration

State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are well positioned to assist youth aged 16 to 24 years with disabilities who are transitioning from school to work. Using Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)-911 records matched to Social Security Administration (SSA) administrative records, this article adds to the knowledge about state VR agency provision of services to youth with disabilities and differences in outcomes based on SSA benefit receipt status. Although agencies’ statistics varied widely, almost one in six SSA beneficiaries who sought VR services had at least 1 month of benefit suspension due to work within 48 months of their VR applications, and about one in 10 VR applicants without SSA benefits at the time of their VR application received SSA benefits within 48 months. SSA beneficiaries received services from VR agencies at the same level as non-SSA beneficiaries, but the levels at which they were employed when they closed from services were lower. The results have two main policy implications. First, the level of resources to which agencies have access may be important in influencing the outcomes we measured. Second, agency differences in the proportion of SSA beneficiaries who eventually had benefit suspension due to work point to the potential for additional gains by agencies in this area.

Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes for Students Participating in a Model Transition Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Luecking ◽  
Ellen. S. Fabian ◽  
Kara Contreary ◽  
Todd C. Honeycutt ◽  
Debra Martin Luecking
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
Outcome Differences ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Case Closure ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Model Transition

The authors examined vocational rehabilitation service and outcome differences between youth with disabilities who participated in a model transition intervention and youth with disabilities who did not. The transition model featured research-supported components integrated into a single service model and implemented across 11 Maryland school districts from 2007 to 2013. Using administrative data extracted from the Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services, several major findings emerged. Model participants experienced a shorter time from eligibility to development of the Individual Plan for Employment, but longer open cases; received more job-related services and less assessment and diagnostic services; cost less to serve; achieved significantly higher employment rates at case closure; and worked slightly fewer hours and earned less per week at closure. These results signify implications for vocational rehabilitation practice with students and youth with disabilities, especially in the context of transition service requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Transition Practices of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Serving Students and Youth With Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra A. Neubert ◽  
Richard G. Luecking ◽  
Ellen S. Fabian
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Related Services ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Workforce Innovation ◽  
Local Education Agencies

Purpose:The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 mandates vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors play a greater role in providing transition-related services for students and youth with disabilities, such as pre-employment activities and increased collaborative efforts with state and local education agencies and American Jobs Centers to improve employment outcomes.Method:We surveyed 538 VR counselors in 13 high performing State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies to rate the importance of transition-related skills and their preparation to undertake these activities.Results:Overall, VR counselors rated the importance of all transition-related items highly, but rated their preparation to perform these practices significantly lower. Job exploration counseling was cited as the most important skill. In terms of preparation, working with employers was rated the lowest. In terms of barriers to serving youth, time and case management were cited most frequently. Implications for caseload specialization and preparation of VR counselors are discussed.Conclusion:The results of the study have implications for preparing VR counselors to comply with the WIOA mandates regarding transition services for students and youth with disabilities.

Jobs for Youth Program: An Intervention to Improve Transition Outcomes of Former Dropout Minority Youth

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-174
Author(s):  
Fabricio E. Balcazar ◽  
Jessica Awsumb ◽  
Shawn Dimpfl ◽  
F. L. Fredrik G. Langi ◽  
Jazmin Lara
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Graduation Rate ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Transition Outcomes ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Future Work

This study describes an intervention developed to implement several best transition practices with a high risk/high need population. In all, 116 students with disabilities from a charter school for dropouts participated. All students were interviewed at different points in time to track their progress as they completed the program. Records of participant’s activities and outcomes were collected. Results suggest a positive impact on students’ graduation rate (95%), enrollment in vocational rehabilitation (100%), proportion of students obtaining certificates for employment (56%), and paid internship (37%). Overall, 35% of the vocational rehabilitation cases were closed successfully with students meeting the 90-day employment requirement after graduation. Results inform future work on the implementation of interventions designed to help low-income minority youth with disabilities.

Preparing youth with disabilities for employment: An analysis of vocational rehabilitation case services data

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Poppen ◽  
Lauren Lindstrom ◽  
Deanne Unruh ◽  
Atika Khurana ◽  
Michael Bullis
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Youth With Disabilities
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