Natural Supports in the Workplace: A Reexamination of Supported Employment

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Nisbet ◽  
David Hagner
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Job Coaches ◽  
Job Sharing

The purpose of this article is to examine some of the basic premises of supported employment initiatives. In particular, the role of agency-sponsored job coaches in supporting employees with severe disabilities in integrated work environments is discussed. A broader concept of supported employment is proposed, based on studies of the supports and informal interactions characteristic of natural work environments. Alternative support options, entitled the Mentor Option, the Training Consultant Option, the Job Sharing Option, and the Attendant Option, which involve the active participation of supervisors and co-workers, are presented with suggestions for implementation.

Job Satisfaction Research: Implications for Supported Employment

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Moseley
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Meaning Of Work ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
Administrative Structures

Increased emphasis is being placed on providing integrated and normalizing work experiences for people with severe disabilities through supported employment. As more individuals are offered training in nonsheltered situations, it is important to consider the nature of the typical environments they will be moving into and the elements of work that make it a meaningful and satisfying experience for typical workers. The literature on supported employment has been primarily concerned with outcome studies of demonstration projects, the efficacy of training strategies, and the development of administrative structures and funding systems. In contrast, studies of work for nondisabled individuals have focused on job satisfaction and what the experience means to the worker, and for the most part have ignored those who have disabilities. This review examines supported employment in light of the literature on the experience of work by nondisabled people, with particular reference to the meaning of work in the lives of persons with disabilities. There is discussion of worker satisfaction, the meaning of pay, the effect of the task itself, and the role of the culture of the workplace on the behavior of the workers. Implications for the establishment of supported employment opportunities in typical businesses are presented.

Participant, Employer, and Rehabilitation Resources in Supported Employment: A Collaborative Support Approach

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Flexer ◽  
Gene Goebel ◽  
Robert Baer ◽  
Thomas Simmons ◽  
Elizabeth Martonyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Ecological Principles ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Case Basis ◽  
Supported Employment Programs

Employer participation and natural supports are recent topics in the supported employment literature. This article traces the potential role of employers in the development and implementation of supports while describing the experience of the authors with employer assistance in supported employment programs. Ecological principles are applied to issues of support provision, and a collaborative approach is suggested in which active employer participation on a case by case basis can inform the support development process. Service delivery and marketing issues are outlined to sensitize the reader to implications of an ecological approach to support provision.

Strategies and Barriers in Facilitating Natural Supports for Employment of Adults with Severe Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hagner ◽  
John Butterworth ◽  
Geraldine Keith
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Human Service Providers ◽  
Descriptive Information ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Adult Service

The concept of facilitating natural supports as a resource for obtaining and maintaining employment has received considerable attention, and a number of strategies for facilitating natural supports from an individual's network of family and friends and an employee's co-workers and employers on the job have been proposed. Interviews were conducted with key personnel in 17 schools and 16 adult service organizations in Massachusetts to obtain descriptive information regarding which practices are currently used and what barriers exist to the implementation of such practices. Each organization was nominated as representing current best practices. Results indicate wide use of some practices as well as much confusion about the concept of natural supports and the role of human service providers in facilitating involvement.

Auditing the Systems Understanding Aid Project: An Integrative Assignment for Accounting Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Swanger ◽  
Beth H. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
External Work ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Independent Auditors ◽  
Course Integration

ABSTRACT Accounting educators strive to prepare graduates for work in their chosen field. Various teaching methods can be employed to best accomplish this goal. One valuable tool is the use of active learning tasks that simulate external work environments. This paper describes the collaboration between an AIS and an Auditing professor who used an integrative task that spanned their two classes over two semesters. The authors had their AIS students complete Arens and Ward's Systems Understanding Aid (SUA) project (Arens & Ward, 2008). The following semester, students in the auditing class audited the records and financials that had been generated by students the previous semester. The project was designed to facilitate course integration and teamwork by having groups of students play the role of corporate accountants, then act as independent auditors.

scholarly journals Good fences make good neighbors: Collaborating with families to create employment opportunity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Bethany Chase
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Success ◽  
Job Match ◽  
Employment Supports ◽  
Job Coaches ◽  
Employment Specialists

BACKGROUND: Collaboration between supported employment providers and parents/guardians of job seekers with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is key to employment success. However, parents are often concerned about the efficacy of employment supports or the capacity of the professionals providing the service. Likewise, job coaches may consider certain kinds of parent involvement as detrimental to a successful job match. OBJECTIVE: This article provides context for why parents/guardians may be distrustful of the employment process, as well as why employment specialists may struggle to build strong partnerships with parents/guardians. METHODS: This article will discuss how to implement practices that not only welcome the critical input of families, but also maintain healthy and well-defined boundaries that affirm the autonomy, professionalism, and competence of the worker.

scholarly journals Keterlibatan Masyarakat Urban dalam Pengolahan Sampah Rumah Tangga

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 729
Author(s):  
Yosica Mariana
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Regional Governments

Generally, activities conducted by people generate waste. The waste which increasingly rises causing a big problem. Therefore, the role of community in waste management will strongly support the process of solving the waste problem in the community. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of engagement and active participation of citizens, as reflected in the attitude of citizens in the activities related to the response to the waste problem in the community. A descriptive method was used in this study to describe the involvement and participation in the prevention of waste. The result showed that the paradigm of PSBM (community-based waste management) appeared sporadically and has not yet received the maximum support from regional governments. A paradigm which is “people pay, the government manages“, has grown within the community for years. It would hardly change people’s behaviour patterns in solving the waste problem in the community since changing the city into a city that is clean, comfortable and healthy involved many parties, including the community.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF USING SOCIOLOGICAL DISCOURSE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5(74)) ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
G.A. Siyaeva
Keyword(s):  
Active Participation ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Sociological Discourse

This article analyzes the role of sociological discourse in the development of the socio-economic life of the country and emphasizes the need for the active participation of citizens in the management of society and the state in carrying out reformsin updating process

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