The impact of customized employment on the competitive integrated employment outcomes of transition age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A randomized controlled trial study.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.3233/WOR-246003

Katherine J Inge, Paul Wehman, Lauren Avellone, Michael Broda, Jennifer McDonough

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Abstract

Background: Customized employment (CE) is recognized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (2014) as a strategy for promoting competitive integrated employment. However, the existing body of evidence supporting CE is mainly descriptive rather than experimental research.

Objective: This study examined the impact of CE on the employment outcomes, hours worked per week, and wages of transition-age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Method: The outcomes of transition-age youth participating in a CE intervention were compared to those receiving treatment-as-usual using a randomized controlled trial design.

Results: Participants receiving CE were significantly more likely to secure competitive integrated employment than controls who received treatment-as-usual. Participants in the intervention and control conditions earned similar wages. Participants in the control condition worked more hours per week than those in CE.

Conclusion: The findings from this study demonstrate the effectiveness of CE to assist transition-age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in obtaining competitive integrated employment, but future research is needed to examine factors impacting weekly hours and wages of participants in CE.

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定制就业对智力和发育障碍过渡年龄青少年竞争性综合就业结果的影响：随机对照试验研究。

背景：劳动力创新与机会法案》（2014 年）将 "定制化就业"（Customized employment，简称 CE）视为促进具有竞争力的综合就业的一种策略。然而，支持定制就业的现有证据主要是描述性而非实验性研究：本研究探讨了 CE 对智力和发育障碍过渡年龄青少年的就业结果、每周工作时间和工资的影响：方法：采用随机对照试验设计，将参与 CE 干预的过渡年龄青少年的结果与接受常规治疗的过渡年龄青少年的结果进行比较：结果：与接受常规治疗的对照组相比，接受 CE 干预的参与者获得竞争性综合就业的可能性明显更高。干预条件和对照条件下的参与者赚取的工资相似。对照组参与者的每周工作时间多于接受 CE 的参与者：本研究的结果表明，CE 能有效帮助智力和发育障碍的过渡年龄青少年获得有竞争力的综合就业，但未来的研究还需要对影响 CE 参与者每周工作时间和工资的因素进行研究。

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Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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739

期刊介绍： WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary, international journal which publishes high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts covering the entire scope of the occupation of work. The journal''s subtitle has been deliberately laid out: The first goal is the prevention of illness, injury, and disability. When this goal is not achievable, the attention focuses on assessment to design client-centered intervention, rehabilitation, treatment, or controls that use scientific evidence to support best practice.