Institute for Community Inclusion/University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2012 Jun;50(3):207-18. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-50.3.207.
We investigated the extent to which employment consultants implemented job development practices recommended in the literature when assisting job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabilities. We contacted 83 employment consultants from 25 employment programs in Minnesota and Connecticut. Fifty-nine participants were eligible and completed surveys. We found inconsistencies between the employment consultants' practices and the job development literature in areas such as involvement of family members and acquaintances, observation of job seekers in work and nonwork environments, analyses of employers' needs, development of customized jobs, and assistance with work incentives planning. We recommend a system-wide effort for supporting employment consultants in implementing promising job development practices. This effort needs to involve funding agencies, employment programs, accreditation agencies, training programs, and researchers.
我们调查了就业顾问在协助智障或发育障碍求职者时，实施文献中推荐的工作开发实践的程度。我们联系了明尼苏达州和康涅狄格州 25 个就业项目的 83 名就业顾问。59 名参与者符合条件并完成了调查。我们发现就业顾问的实践与工作开发文献在一些方面存在不一致，例如家庭成员和熟人的参与、在工作和非工作环境中观察求职者、分析雇主的需求、开发定制工作以及协助工作激励计划。我们建议在全系统范围内努力支持就业顾问实施有前途的工作开发实践。这一努力需要涉及资金机构、就业项目、认证机构、培训项目和研究人员。
