For years, vocational rehabilitation literature has discussed “dual-customer” strategies, where both businesses and consumers with disabilities are considered customers. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act now requires agencies to invest …
Effective Strategies for a Dual-Customer Approach
For years, vocational rehabilitation literature has discussed “dual-customer” strategies, where both businesses and consumers with disabilities are considered customers. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act now requires agencies to invest …
How to Support Employment Goals of Youth with Autism
Researchers examined positive employment outcomes for youth with autism to learn if self-determination, social skills, job search skills, and transportation were all critical to supporting them to get and keep …
Social Skills Training for Students with Disabilities: Does It Work?
Research shows that a lack of appropriate social skills training for people with disabilities contributes significantly to this population’s high unemployment rate. This study reviewed 920 research articles about social …
An Aging Workforce: Preparing Job Seekers and Employers
Getting a job often hinges on a person’s ability to get themselves to and from work. Cars are costly to buy and maintain, and rural job seekers have few other …
Tips to Increase Transportation Access for People At-Risk
Getting a job often hinges on a person’s ability to get themselves to and from work. Cars are costly to buy and maintain, and rural job seekers have few other …
The Case for Hope
People both with and without disabilities are more likely to achieve their goals when they have hope. Often thought of as an intangible concept, this study shows how hope is …
Psychological Practice in Rural Settings: At the Cutting Edge
A combination of factors – close-knit relationships, mental health stigma, and privacy concerns – make getting and providing mental health care more challenging in rural areas. Despite these obstacles, use …
The Elephant in the Room: Poverty, Disability, and Employment
Research has shown that adults with even severe disabilities are often able to have successful careers and be self-sufficient. But, many of these people are un- or under-employed and living …
The Poverty Disability Model: 4 Groups of Risk Factors
The Poverty Disability Model proposes four groups of poverty risk factors that could cause or worsen disability: It’s important for vocational rehabilitation counselors to provide consumers in poverty with supporting …