title: Work readiness tools for young adults with chronic conditions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Young adults with chronic health conditions can experience barriers to work performance, ability, and their present and future worker roles.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Work readiness resources can expand individuals' work skills, abilities, and interests.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five work readiness tools are presented (1) building an occupational profile, (2) generating environmental strategies, (3) on-the-job strategy use, and exploration of online tools (4) O*NET® and (5) O*NET® Interest Profiler, along with two theories (Knowles's Andragogy and Lawton's Ecological Model) to guide tool use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Use of these tools can assist young adults to better manage their health and expand their vocational identities for success at work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These approaches and tools support health professionals, community partners, and vocational organizations in their efforts to help young adults with chronic conditions.
authors.affiliation: St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Metzinger
authors.affiliation: Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D014830:Vocational Guidance / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: O*NET®; Vocational exploration; adult learning theory; environmental press; guided discovery