The creation and implementation of an employment participation pathway model for youth with disabilities

Hartman, Laura; McDougall, Carolyn; D'Alessandro, Danielle; Campbell, Jeannette; Curran, C. J.

doi:10.1080/09638288.2022.2140846

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“…They found a job after approximately 1 year of searching, starting at minimum wage and moving to a salaried position ($45,000) in the finance field after 5 years. In the moderate outcome scenario, the person participated in Pathway programs ( Bowman et al, 2023 ; Stakeholder Input) during high school and worked during part of the summers for minimum wage during high school and university. They obtained a salaried position ($55,000) after university graduation in their preferred field of finance.…”

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“…Our model is not exhaustive. The most notable limitation is the assumption of effectiveness of the presented interventions ( Wehman et al, 2020 ; Bowman et al, 2023 ), and the applicability of our constructed personas. As outlined in the introduction, the research-based evidence and our expert collaborators’ input indicate high correlation between early employment participation interventions and employment participation, particularly paid employment.…”

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“…This requires multi-level considerations to create workers, workplaces, and workforce structures that are inclusive and appropriate. For the people with disabilities themselves, some of the strongest evidence-based best practices for labor force attachment include a ‘start-early’ approach (initiating workforce participation interventions during high school) ( Liu et al, 2014 ; Wehman et al, 2015 ; Krahn and Chow, 2016 ; Kohler et al, 2017 ; Bowman et al, 2023 ). The benefits of the start-early approach are the initiation of skill-building during a developmentally relevant period, and increasing the lifetime workforce attachment and resulting benefits seen by individuals, employers, and society (as outlined above).…”

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Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model

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Doucet

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Early engagement in employment-related activities is associated with greater lifetime labor force attachment, which correlates with positive health, social, and quality of life outcomes. People with disabilities often require vocational intervention to enter and remain in the workforce and reap the employment-related health and social benefits. Their labor force attachment brings about the added societal-level benefits of increased tax contributions and reduced social assistance funding. Reason and evidence both support the need for early intervention to facilitate young people with disabilities’ workforce entry. Based on available evidence and best practices, and in conjunction with expert input, a cost–benefit model was constructed to provide support for public investment in early employment intervention by demonstrating the societal-level benefits that could be projected. Results indicate the potential benefits for investment in early, targeted employment intervention at a societal level. Two personas were crafted to demonstrate the lifetime societal-level impact of investment in intervention for an individual with disabilities. The results provide relevant arguments for advocates, policy makers, program directors, and people entering adulthood with disabilities to understand the benefits of investing in interventions with the goal of long-term public savings.

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Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model

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“…The result of this team-based person-centered Employment Planning Meeting and the completion of the Tool is that students are provided necessary assistance to connect to a paid job that meets both their desires and strengths. Trying jobs allows students to refine their long-term employment goals and test and improve their skills as well as build an understanding of skills they may still need to develop (Bowman et al, 2022; Schutz et al, 2023). Well before students near school exit, consider holding an Employment Planning Meeting and using the Tool as a mechanism to bring together current and new members of the support team to create a plan and begin to connect students to paid employment opportunities.…”

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Connecting Students With Significant Support Needs to Employment: A Tool to Structure Employment Planning Meetings

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One powerful way to prepare students with significant support needs for employment in adulthood is to ensure they experience employment during high school. To assist students with significant support needs in developing their employment goals and connecting to and sustaining a job, we developed a person-centered planning meeting focused centrally on employment—the Employment Planning Meeting. During the meeting, an Employment Planning Meeting Tool (The Tool) is used to guide and provide structure and organization for a team supporting a student. It serves as a living document of the student’s interests, needs, and goals as they relate to employment during and after high school. This article describes each step of the meeting and how to use the Tool with students and their support team members. In addition, we share the experiences of professionals who organized and facilitated Employment Planning Meetings with a student with significant support needs and their families.

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“…To date, research and program evaluation outputs included 49 conference presentations and 9 peer-reviewed journal publications. For example, a recent publication concerned pathways to employment for youth with disabilities (37).…”

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A case study of a strategic initiative in pediatric rehabilitation transition services: An insiders' perspective on team principles and practices

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AimsThe aim was to describe an innovative initiative that took place in a pediatric rehabilitation hospital. The goal of this organization-wide strategic initiative, called the Transition Strategy, was to improve service delivery to children/youth with disabilities and their families at times of life transition. The research question was: What are the key elements that have contributed to the success of the Strategy, from the perspective of team members? The objectives were to describe: (a) the guiding principles underlying team functioning and team practices, (b) key enablers of positive team functioning, (c) the nature of effective team practices, and (d) lessons learned.MethodsA holistic descriptive case study was conducted, utilizing historical documents, tracked outcome data, and the experiences and insights of multidisciplinary team members (the authors). Reflecting an insiders' perspective, the impressions of team members were key sources of data. The perspectives of team members were used to generate key teamwork principles, enablers of team functioning, team practices, and key learnings.Findings and DiscussionTeam members identified four guiding humanistic principles (respect, support, partnership, and open communication). These principles underpinned three novel practices that contributed to team effectiveness in the eyes of team members: supportive relational practices, human-centered co-design, and solution-focused communication. Key enablers were the relational style of leadership, and a team climate of innovation, autonomy, and trust, supported by the organizational vision. This team climate fostered a sense of psychological safety, thereby encouraging both experimentation and learning from failure.ConclusionsThis article provides information for other healthcare organizations interested in understanding the Strategy's value and its implementation. It provides a practical example of how to adopt a humanistic approach to health care, leading to both innovative service development and thriving among team members.

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The creation and implementation of an employment participation pathway model for youth with disabilities

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Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model

Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model

Connecting Students With Significant Support Needs to Employment: A Tool to Structure Employment Planning Meetings

A case study of a strategic initiative in pediatric rehabilitation transition services: An insiders' perspective on team principles and practices

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