title: Placement into nonsheltered employment: findings from national employment surveys.
abstract: Data from two (1984-1985 and 1985-1986) national surveys of facilities providing vocational services to adults with developmental disabilities were used to analyze employment placement patterns and client-referenced outcomes. Most of these adults were working in sheltered environments; however, 17 to 19% of those served were placed into nonsheltered settings during the respective survey periods. Effects of individual and environmental characteristics on a variety of individual and facility-level employment outcomes were examined. Research and policy implications were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hastings College, NE.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schalock
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McGaughey
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kiernan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012759:Sheltered Workshops; D012931:Social Environment