Intervention: Individual placement and support (IPS): employment specialists worked with case managers, psychiatrists and the client to integrate employment services with treatment. Services included vocational assessment and identifying job interests, job finding, and support, and were provided away from the mental health centre. Psychosocial rehabilitation programme (PSR): skills training was...

Technology is a major part of the world today. For Americans without disabilities, technology makes tasks easier. For Americans with disabilities, technology makes things possible. Without consideration of technology during the evaluation process, vocational evaluators are allowing the individual’s current functional limitations to dictate vocational options and could be considered invalid and ...

Staffing ratios for professional personnel functioning in an intensive physical rehabilitation program at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, representing experience with treatment of patients with severe physical disabilities on the one hand and budget pressures and procedures on the other, are as follows:Physician to patients..... 1:33Nursing service per patient per day (including registered nurse, l...

People with inflammatory arthritis rapidly develop work disability, yet there is limited provision of vocational rehabilitation (VR) in rheumatology departments. As part of a randomized, controlled trial, ten occupational therapists (OTs) were surveyed to identify their current VR provision and training needs. As a result, a VR training course for OTs was developed which included both taught an...

State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies and other funding agencies purchase employment services from providers through a variety of purchase of service (POS) arrangements. Historically with supported employment, fee-for-service arrangements with hourly rates have been the predominant payment method utilized. Recently, a number of states have moved to a more outcome/results based payment a...