Poster Session
Issue Date: July 2017
Published Online: July 01, 2017
Updated: April 30, 2020
Supports and Barriers to Effective Job Matching for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities
Andrew Persch, PhD, OTR/L, BCP; Beth Pfeiffer, PhD, OTR/L, BCP; Rebecca Weisshaar; Amy Darragh, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Dennis Cleary, OTD, OTR/L
Author Affiliations
  • The Ohio State University
  • Temple University
  • The Ohio State University
  • The Ohio State University
  • The Ohio State University
Article Information
Intellectual Disabilities / Health Services Research and Education
Poster Session   |   July 01, 2017
Supports and Barriers to Effective Job Matching for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 2017, Vol. 71, 7111510193. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2017.71S1-PO4080
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 2017, Vol. 71, 7111510193. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2017.71S1-PO4080
Abstract

Date Presented 3/31/2017

Several practices act as barriers, as supports, or as both to the job-matching process. Future research should focus on integrating these factors into a systematic procedure for matching persons with disabilities to long-term, competitive community employment.

Primary Author and Speaker: Andrew Persch

Additional Authors and Speakers: Beth Pfeiffer, Rebecca Weisshaar, Amy Darragh, Dennis Cleary