There is a growing urgency to equip transition-age students with intellectual and
developmental disabilities for competitive, integrated employment. Prior research …

Recent Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act legislation in the United States has
initiated increasingly complex and multi-tiered systems for program implementation in the …

BACKGROUND: Customized employment (CE) is positively correlated with competitive
integrated employment (CIE) outcomes and potentially supports transition-age youth in …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the US Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) on outcomes (competitive employment rates and median earnings) …

BACKGROUND: To date, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model is the only
vocational intervention that has been rigorously studied and shown to be effective with …

Abstract Introduction: The New Directions Report (1985) established open employment for
persons with a disability as a goal of disability service systems in Australia. Customised …

The passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (W/OA) in 2014 included,
among other mandates, Section 511 which limits the use of submin-imum wage. The Section …

The legal requirement for employers to compensate workers at standard market wages,
even if their work falls below competitive levels, is cited as a barrier to job entry for people …

E-mail: shermansissecuedu• have identified counseling practices (Leahy, Muenzen,
Saunders & Strauser, 2009; Fleming, Del Valle, Kim & Leahy, 2013; Wheaton & Berven …

Abstract Background/Purpose: Autism spectrum disorders encompass a group of
neurodevelopmental disorders whose defining features include deficits in social …