Barriers to Employment for Transition-age Youth | Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center

Authors:	Nuechterlein, K. H., Subotnik, K. L., Turner, L. R.,Ventura, J., Becker, D. R., & Drake, R. E.
Year Published	2016
Publication	Administration and Policy in Mental Health
Volume	44
Number	3
Pages	354-358
Publisher	Springer
Background	Youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities face substantial vocational challenges, even after receiving employment services. This study examined employment barriers for 280 transition-age youth with disabilities enrolled in supported employment in eight community rehabilitation centers.
Purpose	Youth with disabilities encounter many barriers to employment. Awareness of these barriers may help employment programs anticipate challenges and develop strategies.
Setting	Eight Programs in the evaluation of the Illinois Balancing Incentive Program supported employment project.
Sample	The sample of the current study consisted of 280 youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities from 8 of the 10 programs in the evaluation of the Illinois Incentive Program.
Data Collection	Responses from eight Individual Placement Support programs (four serving youth with developmental disabilities and four serving youth with psychiatric disabilities) were aggregated.
Control	There was no control for this study.
Findings	Common barriers for youth with developmental disabilities were lack of work experience, transportation problems, cognitive problems, disengagement from the IPS program, and lack of social skills. Common barriers for youth with psychiatric disabilities were transportation problems, failure to engage in the IPS program, poor control of psychiatric symptoms, and lack or work experience.
Conclusions	Though both groups benefited from Individual Placement Support programs, addressing common barriers is imperative. Transportation problems, lack of work experience, engagement issues, and lack of family support were barriers present in both groups.
URL	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-016-0773-y
Disabilities	No specific disability
Populations	Male & Female
Outcomes	Employment acquisition
NIDILRR Funded	No
Research Design	Qualitative
Peer Reviewed	Yes

Year Published

2016

Publication

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volume

44

Number

3

Pages

354-358

Publisher

Springer

Background

Youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities face substantial vocational challenges, even after receiving employment services. This study examined employment barriers for 280 transition-age youth with disabilities enrolled in supported employment in eight community rehabilitation centers.

Purpose

Youth with disabilities encounter many barriers to employment. Awareness of these barriers may help employment programs anticipate challenges and develop strategies.

Setting

Eight Programs in the evaluation of the Illinois Balancing Incentive Program supported employment project.

Sample

The sample of the current study consisted of 280 youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities from 8 of the 10 programs in the evaluation of the Illinois Incentive Program.

Data Collection

Responses from eight Individual Placement Support programs (four serving youth with developmental disabilities and four serving youth with psychiatric disabilities) were aggregated.

Control

There was no control for this study.

Findings

Common barriers for youth with developmental disabilities were lack of work experience, transportation problems, cognitive problems, disengagement from the IPS program, and lack of social skills. Common barriers for youth with psychiatric disabilities were transportation problems, failure to engage in the IPS program, poor control of psychiatric symptoms, and lack or work experience.

Conclusions

Though both groups benefited from Individual Placement Support programs, addressing common barriers is imperative. Transportation problems, lack of work experience, engagement issues, and lack of family support were barriers present in both groups.

URL

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-016-0773-y

Disabilities

No specific disability

Populations

Male & Female

Outcomes

Employment acquisition

NIDILRR Funded

No

Research Design

Qualitative

Peer Reviewed

Yes