Some Additional Thoughts about Supported Employment Using Natural Supports

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Test ◽  
Wendy M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Natural Supports

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.

Natural Supports: Reconceptualizing Job Coach Roles

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Rogan ◽  
David Hagner ◽  
Stephen Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Work Site ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Job Coach ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
Natural Support

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.

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.

Utilizing Natural Supports to Lower the Cost of Supported Employment

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Evert Cimera
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
The State ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Cost ◽  
State Average

This study explored the effect of utilizing natural supports strategies on the cost of supported employment in the state of Wisconsin. Data presented here suggest that the use of natural supports reduced annual per capita costs by 57.6%. Further, supported employees trained via natural supports generated cumulative costs of $5,063 over 6.04 fiscal quarters (i.e., $838 per fiscal quarter). This is compared to the state average of $8,212 over 3.36 fiscal quarters (i.e., $2,444 per fiscal quarter).

Natural Supports in the Workplace: The Jury is Still Out

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Test ◽  
Wendy M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Potential Impact

The concept of natural supports was formally introduced to the field of supported employment in 1988. Since then, natural supports have been incorporated into supported employment policy as an extended service in the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments. At the same time, numerous definitions of natural supports, as well as, strategies based on the concept of natural supports have been suggested. Considering the potential impact of natural supports on both supported employment policy and practice, we conducted a review of the research literature to document the contributions of strategies based on the concept of natural supports to supported employment. Although findings indicated a number of promising strategies, research is still needed. Results are discussed in terms of separating the concept of natural supports from strategies based on the concept of natural supports, future research areas, and the potential problems of having natural supports as policy without empirical support for practice.

scholarly journals SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Chiner ◽  
◽  
Marcos Gómez-Puerta ◽  
María-Cristina Cardona-Moltó ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Training Models ◽  
The Core ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Preliminary Study

"Unlike other training models, supported employment promotes training and adjustment to the job in the workplace itself. Supported employment is considered one of the most appropriate strategies to promote labour inclusion in ordinary companies, especially in the case of people with intellectual disabilities. Likewise, it favours the supply of supports of varying degrees of intensity in a longitudinal manner, as well as the establishment of natural supports among other co-workers. The objective of this study was to examine the scientific production on supported employment of people with disabilities through a bibliometric analysis. The sample of 717 documents on this subject was obtained from the core collection of the Web of Science (WoS). Data analysis was performed using the bibliometric tools available at the WoS website. The results indicate a great interest on this subject in the last decades, being reflected in a great scientific production. However, this seems to have partially slowed down since the economic crisis of 2008. This being a preliminary study, it is advisable to continue with the bibliometric analysis of the data in order to achieve a better perspective of what has been published so far."

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