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Manuscript: Using data-enabled performance feedback and guidance to assist employment consultants in their work with job seekers: An experimental study

The success of job seekers with disabilities in achieving their employment goals depends in large part on the quality of employment supports that they receive from employment consultants. This article describes a study testing the effectiveness of data-enabled performance feedback to assist employment consultants in implementing standards of effective employment supports.

Supplementing Individualized Supports with a Virtual Support Group for Those Not Working Due to COVID-19 (Massachusetts)

The ICI's Employment Services Team worked to provide high-quality remote supports to individuals impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak in innovative and creative ways.

SEEC’s Stay-At-Home Curriculum (Maryland)

Seeking Equality, Empowerment and Community (SEEC), a Maryland-based provider, has implemented a broad online curriculum as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak called Stay At Home to assist clients to engage in their community and workplace.

Leveraging Natural Supports for Essential Workers During COVID-19 (Massachusetts)

This promising practice outlines how the ICI’s Employment Services Team (EST) has been able to leverage for essential workers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The EST’s core strategy of cultivating of natural supports at the time of job placement has enabled staff to continue to easily provide any necessary supplemental support remotely.

Strategies for Remaining Employed or Returning to Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Utah)

TURN Community Services, a service provider in Utah, developed strategies to support individuals who received employment supports and remained on the job during Utah’s Stay At Home, Stay Safe directive period and during the state’s reopening phases.

Virtual Community Life Engagement

This brief applies the Four Guideposts for Community Life Engagement to identifying virtual opportunities for interaction and engagement and supporting people with IDD to access such opportunities.

Developing Interagency Agreements: Four Questions to Consider

Interagency collaboration can be a powerful tool in expanding the ability of state systems to provide effective supports that lead to real change for individual citizens. This brief provides a summary of how to develop a good interagency agreement. Download brief here.

Progressive Policies to Support People with Intellectual Disabilities in Meaningful Competitive Employment

This document outlines comprehensive data gathered from protection and advocacy agencies about efforts around the country to establish progressive policies that improve the opportunities of people with intellectual disabilities to obtain meaningful competitive employment. Download the report here.

Investing in Our Future: Youth, Employment and Post-Secondary Opportunities

The purpose of this report was to collect information about advocacy, capacity building, and systems change activities by state developmental disabilities councils specific to employment and post-secondary education opportunities for youth with developmental disabilities. Download the report here.

What Matters Most: Research on Elevating Parent Expectations

This brief outlines the impact of parental expectations on the employment and education outcomes of children with disabilities. It also offers suggestions for practitioners on how to encourage parents to explore and identify community based transition outcomes. Download the brief here.

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