title: Positive behaviour support and supported employment for adults with severe disability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Functional assessments and supported employment procedures have the potential to enhance quality of life factors for adults who have historically been isolated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Functional assessments and supported employment procedures were used to assist four adults with severe disability who exhibited challenging behaviour, to achieve community access and employment. Hypothesis-driven interventions were used to decrease problem behaviours and increase access to job-related activities in the community.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants met criterion on task analysed job performance. When participants were involved in community settings and job training, an immediate and complete absence of problem behaviour occurred within those settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings emphasise the importance of positive behavioural supports and community access in the lives of adults who have historically been isolated.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3600, USA. eawest@uw.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Holly Ann
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Patton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis