Assessing Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement of People With Disabilities

Dutta, Ankita; Chan, Fong; Kundu, Madan; Kaya, Cahit; Brooks, Jessica; Sánchez, Jennifer; Tansey, Timothy N.

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“…Transition-VR engagement. Transition-VR engagement (the dependent variable in this study) was assessed with the 7-item version of the Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement Scale developed by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Evidence-Based Practice in VR (Dutta et al, 2017). This scale assesses level of engagement in rehabilitation services.…”

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“…Enhancing self-determination and agency among transition-age youth with disabilities has become a priority in the fields of vocational rehabilitation (VR) and special education. Interventions promoting self-determination have been advocated to encourage people with disabilities to be active, self-motivated, and engaged in all aspects of their services (Corrigan et al, 2012;Dutta et al, 2017). Although the term self-determination has been conceptualized in a number of ways, one of the most widely studied is Deci and Ryan's (1985) self-determination theory.…”

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“…According to the authors, they preferred to use working alliance as a relatedness variable because it is a modifiable variable and in-service training, such as motivational interviewing, can be provided to counselors, teachers, and transition specialists to increase their working alliance skills. Findings from these studies indicate that working alliance helps to increase the self-determination and self-efficacy of adults with disabilities, leading to higher motivation and preparedness to engage in VR services (Dutta et al, 2017;Iwanaga et al, 2018;Tansey et al, 2017). The concept of working alliance has received much attention in the psychotherapy and counseling literature and has also been applied in the special education and VR fields (Test, Fowler, Kohler, & Kortering, 2016).…”

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“…Although external factors-such as a lack of exposure to the world of work, discrimination, racism, disability stigma, and access to resources and supports-account in part for these outcome discrepancies, internal factors (e.g., motivation) also play a role. In fact, a number of studies have found internal motivation to have a stronger effect on compliance and treatment outcomes than external factors (Dutta et al, 2017;Ng et al, 2012). In addition to addressing environmental barriers to employment and postsecondary education for minority youth with disabilities, understanding effective strategies for fostering motivation and engagement is an important step in promoting successful transition for this population.…”

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Transition Engagement of African American Youth With Disabilities: A Serial Mediation Model

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The purpose of this study was to draw from self-determination and self-efficacy theories to evaluate psychological constructs (autonomous motivation, competency, and outcome expectancy) as mediators of the relationship between working alliance and engagement in transition–vocational rehabilitation (VR) services among African American students with disabilities. A serial multiple mediation analysis was computed to evaluate the mediators of transition-VR service engagement in a sample of 88 African American high school students with disabilities. We found that working alliance was positively associated with active engagement in transition-VR services (total effect), whereas the direct effect of working alliance on engagement was not significant after controlling for the effects of autonomous motivation, competency, and outcome expectancy, supporting significant mediation effects. Findings suggest that a strong working alliance between students and rehabilitation counselors and transition specialists can foster autonomous motivation, competency, and outcome expectancy, resulting in higher levels of engagement in transition-VR services.

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“…Factors such as motivation, employment history, accommodations, and family support may play a role in whether an individual is employed or successfully engages with the VR system, but these factors have not been successfully examined quantitatively. One exception is Dutta et al (2017), a study of 277 individuals with disabilities across eight states which provides some evidence how motivation or engagement is an important factor in the VR process (Dutta et al, 2017). Emerging evidence suggests that receipt of workplace accommodations is associated with better employment outcomes (Anand & Sevak, 2017; Chow, 2012; Cook, Burke-Miller, & Gray, 2015; Hill, Maestas, & Mullen, 2016; Kristman, Shaw, Boot, Delclos, & Sullivan, 2016; Sevak & Khan, 2017).…”

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Personal and Contextual Factors Associated With Successful Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Outcomes

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O’Neill

2018

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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Some individuals with disabilities have relatively better labor outcomes than others. If vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors can better understand what factors are correlated with positive outcomes, they could better identify what clients are at risk for poor outcomes and then intervene early to improve chances for success. Unfortunately, until recently VR survey and administrative data have had insufficient information to investigate these questions. We use a survey of 932 Ohio VR clients combined with administrative earnings data to examine the barriers and facilitators associated with employment and earnings outcomes. The survey data are from the 2014 Survey of Disability and Employment, a survey of VR applicants in three states. We compare VR case status and earnings through 2016, by demographics, functional limitation status, employment history and attitudes, and reasons stated for not working in the survey. We find that about 25% of survey respondents exited the program employed or had at least one quarter of average monthly earnings above the Social Security Administration's substantial gainful activity amount. Pain, depression or anxiety, longer duration of job separation, personal and familial attitudes about work, and not working because of personal and health reasons were associated with poorer outcomes among survey respondents.

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Working Alliance and Stages of Change for Employment: The Intermediary Role of Autonomous Motivation, Outcome Expectancy and Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement

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Purpose Working alliance is one of the most important common factors for successful counseling/psychotherapy outcomes. Based on the empirical literature about working alliance, it seems that self-determination and self-efficacy theory (SDT/SET) can potentially be used as a motivational model to explain the relationship between working alliance and vocational rehabilitation (VR) outcomes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate three primary SDT/SET constructs, autonomous motivation, expectancy and engagement, as mediators for the relationship between working alliance and stages of change (SOC) for employment. Methods A serial multiple mediation analysis (SMMA) was computed to evaluate autonomy, outcome expectancy, and VR engagement as mediators of the relationship between working alliance and SOC for employment in a sample of 277 people with chronic illness and disability (CID) receiving services from state VR agencies in the United States. Results The SMMA results indicated that working alliance was positively associated with SOC for employment (total effect), while the direct effect between working alliance and SOC for employment was not significant after controlling for the effects of the mediators, indicating significant mediation effects. The mediation effects were estimates of the indirect effects for working alliance on SOC for employment through (a) autonomous motivation, (b) outcome expectancy, (c) VR engagement, and (d) autonomous motivation, outcome expectancy and VR engagement together. Conclusions The results indicated that a strong working alliance has the benefit of helping consumers develop autonomous motivation to work and increasing their vocational outcome expectancy and engagement in VR services, leading to employment.

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Assessing Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement of People With Disabilities

Abstract: Empowering individuals to actively engage in their own treatment is increasingly considered a cornerstone of highquality health care and rehabilitation services (Barello,

Cited by 15 publications

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Transition Engagement of African American Youth With Disabilities: A Serial Mediation Model

Transition Engagement of African American Youth With Disabilities: A Serial Mediation Model

Personal and Contextual Factors Associated With Successful Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Outcomes

Working Alliance and Stages of Change for Employment: The Intermediary Role of Autonomous Motivation, Outcome Expectancy and Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement

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