Transition of persons with developmental disability from extended sheltered employment to competitive employment.
The proposition was tested that persons with developmental disabilities randomly assigned to a supported work program would obtain more employment in the competitive labor market than would a randomly assigned group of control subjects receiving conventional workshop services. A measure of association (chi-square) conducted between the two groups and three categories of work showed that the experimental group obtained significantly more employment.
Goldberg
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Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, and Psychologist, Westborough State Hospital, MA 01581.
McLean
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LaVigne
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Fratolillo
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Sullivan
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012759:Sheltered Workshops; D012917:Social Adjustment