A5044988852- Disability Education and Employment
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Education Systems and Policy
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Child Therapy and Development
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
Virginia Commonwealth University
2016-2025
Military Health System
2019
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
1992-2017
Christian Health Association of Nigeria
2015
Dillard University
2015
Alimera Sciences (United States)
2015
New York Institute of Technology
2012
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2012
Yale University
2012
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
2004
The transition from school services to adulthood can be particularly difficult for many adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although some individuals ASD are able successfully transition, most faced significant obstacles in multiple areas as they attempt negotiate their way into college, work, community participation, and independent living. This article contains a review of research related the youth education, employment, living, integration. These key process crucial success...
Youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience poor outcomes in the areas of independence, employment, and postsecondary education. This article provides a critical review key aspects transition process identifies recommendations for policy practice. The highlights literature explores across manifold elements this transition, including social psychological development, high school curriculum, work, college. Five are outlined employment education, inclusion nondisabled peers,...
Supporting youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the transition to adulthood is challenging. This article provides a description of how Project SEARCH, model program for disabilities, was used help ASD gain competitive employment. includes two case studies and thorough additional supports provided increase successful employment on graduation from high school. Key SEARCH components include setting goal employment, providing successive intensive internships community business, assuring...
Progress toward competitive integrated employment (CIE) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) over the last 40 years has been mixed. Despite evidence showing that supported interventions can enable adults IDD to effectively get keep jobs, national rates of remain below a third working-age population. is being made improve these outcomes. Pathways have identified lead CIE through employment, customized internship experiences, postsecondary education. The recent...
The purpose of this study was to develop and investigate an employer-based 9-month intervention for high school youth with autism spectrum disorder learn job skills acquire employment. modified a program titled Project SEARCH incorporated the use applied behavior analysis plus Autism Spectrum Disorder Supports. A randomized clinical trial compared implementation Supports special education services as usual. Participants were 49 high-school-aged individuals between ages 18 21 years diagnosed...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effect supported employment intervention on outcomes transition-age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by public vocational rehabilitation system using a case-control design. Data for were extracted from Rehabilitation Services Administration Case Service Report (RSA-911) database fiscal year 2009. sample included 23,298 aged between 16 25 years old at time application. classification regression tree (CART)...
The purpose of this paper is to present a three-stage vocational transition model for handicapped youth as they move into adulthood. characterized by the need secondary programs which reflect functional curriculum, integrated services, and community-based instruction. process should be initiated well before graduation, involve parents adult service representatives, formalized. Postsecondary alternatives paid employment outcomes there diversity options available mildly, moderately, severely...
As children become teenagers and move into early adulthood, there are many transitions they face. For young people with disabilities, this is no different except that invariably additional complex challenges must be overcome. Evidence-based research the foundation for best transition practices, but too studies seem abstract, distant, far removed from their classroom or school world. This article seeks to overcome abstract by describing evidence-based recent findings. Teachers’ needs...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects supported employment in securing and maintaining competitive for people with autism spectrum disorder, a group that has typically been found be underemployed or unemployed. This prospective followed collected data on 33 individuals disorder as they progressed through model, working one-on-one an specialist. Of included study, 27 successfully obtained employment, total 29 positions secured. successful results were achieved use model skilled...
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the extent to which demographic characteristics, Social Security disability benefits, and vocational rehabilitation (VR) services influence competitive employment outcomes for transition-age youth with autism spectr