This project targets federal, state, and private agencies and organizations that provide services to beneficiaries and recipients with disabilities including Community Rehabilitation providers, Mental Health Centers, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Independent Living Centers, One-Stop Centers and high schools. SEC is administered by the Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports. Its membership includes, Indiana University, the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Boston Children's Hospital Institute for Community Inclusion, TransCen Incorporated, the University of Montana Rural Institute on Disabilities, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, as well as a cadre of additional national specialists experts. The Indiana Institute's role is primarily the exploration of natural supports, policy analysis, and evaluation addressing the current state of supported employment in relation to the impact of Rehabilitative Services Administration funding of state systems change projects. The goal of the forum is to frame a discussion around the implications of the research for practitioners, organizations, and state systems.
Workplace supports, functioning, and integration outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Analysis of the typicalness of supported employment jobs, natural supports, and wage and integration outcomes. Patterns of support for employees with severe disabilities. The impact of coworkers involvement with supported employees on wage and integration outcomes. Mental Retardation .