title: Supported employment for persons with severe and profound mental retardation: a critical analysis.
abstract: An analysis of the employment outcomes of 109 persons with severe profound mental retardation was undertaken. The mean age of the group was 28 years and mean intelligence quotient (Stanford-Binet) was 30. The data were drawn from over 90 local community programmes in the United States. Results indicated that all persons were in supervised residential situations and that 93% of the total were competitively employed with the mean wage being $3.63 per hour. Mean hours of weekly employment were 22 hours. After 12 months of placement, 81.5% of the clients were still employed. Supported employment has provided new work opportunities for a group of people long reviewed as permanently unemployable.
authors: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2011.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Wehman
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kregel
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D012759:Sheltered Workshops; D012931:Social Environment; D012946:Social Welfare