TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Barriers to employment for transition-age youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities
JO  - Administration and policy in mental health
A1  - Noel, Valerie A.
A1  - Oulvey, Eugene
A1  - Drake, Robert E.
A1  - Bond, Gary R.
SP  - 354
EP  - 358
VL  - 44
IS  - 3
N2  - Youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities encounter significant vocational challenges, even when they receive supported employment services. We examined the barriers to employment for 280 transition-age youth with disabilities enrolled in supported employment in eight community rehabilitation centers. Employment team members identified each youth's top three barriers to employment using a 21-item checklist. Lack of work experience, transportation problems, and program engagement issues represented common barriers for both youth with developmental disabilities (53, 36, and 25%) and youth with psychiatric disabilities (20, 33, and 26%). Additional common barriers among youth with developmental disabilities included cognitive problems (32%) and lack of social skills (23%) and among youth with psychiatric disabilities included poor control of psychiatric symptoms (23%). Despite receiving evidence-based employment services, youth with disabilities encounter many barriers to employment. Awareness of typical barriers for transition-age youth, including those specific to different disability groups, may help employment programs anticipate challenges and develop strategies that avoid these barriers and their effects on employment opportunities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-587X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0773-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -