Empowerment and Choice in Supported Employment: Helping People to Help Themselves

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie F. Olney ◽  
Paul R. Salomone
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Service System ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Vocational Success

This article describes the personal, professional and service system barriers that may impede consumer choice and personal control in obtaining vocational success. As rehabilitation counselors and other practitioners in the rehabilitation service delivery system have assumed more proactive placement and advocacy roles for persons with severe disabilities the tendency to manage decision-making more closely, so as to expedite planning progress, has increased. A number of clinical interventions to promote client self-sufficiency and self-esteem are recommended.

Ethics in Supported Employment

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Boland Patterson ◽  
Jay Buckley ◽  
Michael Smull
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Ethical Concerns

The ethical issues in the delivery of supported employment services encompass many of the same ethical concerns rehabilitation counselors have had to address in providing any rehabilitation service. In addition, there are ethical issues which are unique to supported employment and the recipients of supported employment services. This article includes an overview of the personal and professional factors which influence ethical behavior, examples of common ethical issues within the phases of supported employment services, and recommendations for identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas in supported employment.

At the Crossroads: Supported Employment a Decade Later

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wehman ◽  
John Kregel
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Consumer Empowerment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Program Capacity ◽  
First Time ◽  
Competitive Economy

Supported employment has grown rapidly within the past decade, fueled by the consumer empowerment and inclusion movements. The program has resulted in thousands of people with severe disabilities entering the labor force for the first time. Many consumers have expanded their vocational expectations, and employers have developed a new appreciation of the potential contribution individuals with disabilities can make to the workforce. Unfortunately, despite these dramatic gains, the supported employment movement appears to have lost much of its early momentum and is increasingly at a crossroads. This article addresses major challenges that consumers and professionals alike must face. Conversion of day programs to integrated work options, expansion of program capacity, the need to insure consumer choice and self-determination, and the achievement of meaningful employment outcomes in a highly competitive economy are among the challenges that those dedicated to the supported employment movement must solve in the years ahead. Specific recommendations are offered to meet each challenge. Ultimately, the way to expand and reenergize the supported employment initiative will be to educate and empower more consumers and families.

Benefits and Benefits Protection for Persons with Severe Disabilities Entering Supported Employment: A Guide for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Moore ◽  
Thomas H. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
Integrated Employment ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
Supported Employment Programs

Integration has become a major focus for people with severe disabilities. One method of achieving integration is via supported employment programs. However, with supported employment comes the concern that the benefits gained by gainful employment may not match the benefits already being provided from public sources. In many cases these benefits need not be lost when a person with disabilities enters competitive, integrated employment. This article describes those public source benefits and describes how vocational rehabilitation counselors can maintain and protect those benefits for their consumers with severe disabilities who are in supported employment programs.

Supported Employment Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Unmet Promises and Future Challenges for Rehabilitation Counselors

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Edmund Degeneffe
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Service Option

This article reviews the performance of supported employment as a service option for persons with developmental disabilities. In many ways, supported employment has not met its promises as a preferred vocational rehabilitation option, in such areas as choice, empowerment, and addressing the vocational needs of persons with severe disabilities. This article reviews ways in which rehabilitation counselors need to address supported employment’s shortcomings, both in service delivery and social action.

Supported Employment in Rehabilitation Counseling: Issues and Practices

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna Mora Szymanski ◽  
Randall M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Employment Training ◽  
Transitional Employment

Supported employment and time-limited, transitional employment training are among the services that can be provided by rehabilitation counselors to facilitate employment and community participation of people with severe disabilities. In this article we describe the provision of supported employment services within the context of the professional practice of rehabilitation counseling. An ecological framework for supported employment in rehabilitation counseling in described, issues affecting supported employment in rehabilitation counseling practice are presented, and the implications of supported employment for the profession of rehabilitation counseling are discussed.

Achievements and Challenges I: A Five-Year Report on Consumer and System Outcomes from the Supported Employment Initiative

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael West ◽  
W. Grant Revell ◽  
Paul Wehman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Virginia Commonwealth University ◽  
Primary Service ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Training ◽  
Individual Placement

This article presents results from the 1990 fiscal year survey of state supported employment implementation conducted by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a longitudinal analysis of findings from the 5-year course of this investigation. State vocational rehabilitation agencies reported a total of 74,657 supported employment participants and 2,647 provider agencies for 1990. Persons with mental retardation continue to be the primary service group, but there has been a dramatic increase in the proportion of supported employment participants with mental illness. Among participants with mental retardation, those with mild retardation continue to be the primary recipients of services. Use of the individual placement model has also increased substantially, with a corresponding decrease in the use of most group options. The availability of extended services funding was found to be limited across a number of disability groups. Findings are discussed in relation to the achievements of the states in implementing supported employment, and challenges to the states for improving service access and delivery for individuals with severe disabilities.

THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ESTEEM AND PERSONAL CONTROL ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB INSECURITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Orpen
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
External Control ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Impact

129 employees of an Australian manufacturer completed measures of job insecurity, self-esteem, personal control and psychological well-being. Using hierarchical regression analysis, it was shown that the personal attributes of self-esteem and personal control moderated the impact of job insecurity on psychological well being, as predicted, with low self-esteem and external control employees being significantly more adversely affected by insecurity than their high self-esteem and internal control counterparts.

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