State news: Pennsylvania: Job coach program launched

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Turkington ◽  
Keyword(s):  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hoffmann

ZusammenfassungMit der Einführung des Supported Employment wurde in der beruflichen Wiedereingliede-rung psychisch beeinträchtigter Menschen in die freie Marktwirtschaft ein Paradigmawechsel vollzogen, der sich in den USA und mittlerweile auch in Europa bewährt hat. Die wissenschaftliche Evidenz ist mittels zahlreicher randomisiert kontrollierter Studien erhärtet, weshalb Supported Employment in den Leitlinien als dem pre-vocational Training überlegen und somit als Methode der Wahl vorbehaltlos empfohlen werden kann. Supported Employment leistet zudem einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Inklusion und Teilhabe psychisch beeinträchtigter Menschen.Für eine erfolgreiche Implementierung und Weiterverbreitung im deutschsprachigen Raum braucht es gewisse Adaptionen, einheitliche Qualitätsstandards, Anreize für die Arbeitgeber sowie noch zu verbessernde gesetzliche Grundlagen und Finanzierungsmodelle, die u.a. die unbefristete Begleitung durch einen Job Coach ermöglichen. Letzteres ist ein zentraler Faktor für den nachhaltigen Erfolg des Supported Employments.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Hailee Baer ◽  
Kristen Welker ◽  
Carol Cox

BACKGROUND: School-to-work transition planning for students with intellectual disabilities should include community-based early work experiences to prepare for possible future integrated employment. Employers have noted job performance levels and appropriate use of supports as important for maintaining employment. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess work performance and support needs of students with intellectual disabilities attending a short summer early work experience. METHOD: A small group of secondary-level school students with intellectual disabilities attended a summer-long vocational rehabilitation program where they worked with a job coach at a work setting. Student participants and their job coaches rated their perceptions of the students’ work performance quality and support needs on the Job Observation and Behavior Scale pre-post program. RESULTS: The groups deviated significantly in their pre-assessment and post-assessment ratings. Job coaches and students both reported significant increases in perception of quality of student performance. In addition, job coaches reported students needing significantly less employment supports by program end. Student participants also reported needing less employment supports by program end; however, results were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: When both student and job coach realistically view student work performance and supports needed, the school-to-work transition can be improved.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Jefferies ◽  
Maree Johnson ◽  
Daniel Nicholls ◽  
Shushila Lad

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Loy Melville ◽  
Janine Bailey ◽  
Jason Moss ◽  
William Bryan ◽  
Judith Davagnino ◽  
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OBJECTIVE: To describe recommendations made by geriatric clinical pharmacists within an innovative care model focusing on patients with dementia living at home. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Outpatients in a tertiary care Veterans Affairs health care system. PARTICIPANTS: Veterans who underwent a Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program assessment and had at least one medicationrelated recommendation made by a geriatric clinical pharmacist. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary endpoint was the number and category of medication-related recommendations made by a geriatric clinical pharmacist at the initial COACH program assessment. Secondary endpoints were recommendation acceptance rates and change in potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) at six months. RESULTS: There were 104 patients included. The mean age was 81 years and the majority of patients were male and Caucasian. At baseline, patients were receiving a mean of 12 medications/person, and 59% of patients were receiving at least one PIM. There were 248 total medication recommendations made, with a mean of 2.4 recommendations/person (range 1-5). The three most common recommendation categories were to discontinue a drug, decrease the dose, and switch to a potentially safer alternative. Providers accepted 110 (44%) recommendations within six months. Patients were receiving a mean of one PIM/person at baseline, and no change was observed at six months.CONCLUSION: This study describes recommendations made through medication reviews by geriatric clinical pharmacists within an innovative care model for patients with dementia living at home. These data may provide information to other clinical pharmacists implementing consult services in similar settings.


Author(s):  
Carsten Brausch ◽  
Christian Bühler ◽  
Andreas Feldmann ◽  
Miriam Padberg

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-82
Author(s):  
Eunho Jo ◽  
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JooYoung Lee ◽  
Youngsil Jeon ◽  
Seong-Hoon PARK ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen S. Fabian ◽  
Richard G. Luecking

Recent limitations identified in the job coach model of supported employment have stimulated interest in the use of natural workplace supports as a means of facilitating competitive employment opportunities for individuals with severe disabilities. The authors describe one approach to natural workplace supports called the internal company support approach to supported employment, using existing employer-sponsored training programs in the workplace. Examples of employer-sponsored training activities are provided, as well as implementation suggestions based on the authors' experience.


1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Rogan ◽  
David Hagner ◽  
Stephen Murphy

This article presents four case examples that illustrate various strategies used by agency personnel to promote job supports for employees with disabilities while minimizing the intrusion of supported employment personnel. Specific strategies include: (a) using personal connections to enhance social support, (b) matching individual preferences and attributes to work-site social climates, (c) collaborating with work-site personnel to develop adaptations and modifications, (d) facilitating and supporting the involvement of work-site personnel; and (e) providing general consultation focused on person-environment factors that promote both the success of the supported employee and the overall business. Each of these strategies is discussed within a natural support framework in relation to reexamining job coach roles. The implications of the four case examples are discussed and areas for further research are suggested.


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