title: Supported employment as an intervention package: a preliminary analysis of functional variables.
abstract: In this two-experiment investigation, the long-term (at least 6 months) employment of 51 moderately mentally retarded clients who were placed into 64 supported employment positions was first evaluated relative to 10 training and posttraining components that comprised a supported employment training package. In Experiment 1, chi-square analyses were used to identify three components that differentiated successful (employed for at least 6 months) from unsuccessful clients. In Experiment 2, 4 successful clients were further evaluated in a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design to determine whether the three variables identified during the group analysis (client advocate, collateral behavior, and follow-up plan) were included in the training packages. These results are discussed in terms of the need to establish better the functional variables of supported employment training programs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Developmental Disabilities, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wacker
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fromm-Steege
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*