RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
The following resource has been recommended by the Ohio SAMI CCOE.
Title: Working Life for People with Severe Mental Illness, A
Author(s): Deborah R. Becker & Robert E. Drake
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher City: New York
Publisher Name: Oxford University Press
ISBN#: 0-19-513121-5
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Abstract & Review:
Highly Recommended!
Traditional approaches to vocational rehabilitation, such as skills training classes, job clubs, and sheltered employment, have not been successful in helping people with severe mental illness gain competitive employment. Supported employment, in which clients are placed in jobs and then trained by on-site coaches, is a radically new conceptual approach to to vocational rehabilitation designed for people with developmental disabilities. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) method utilizes the supported employment concept, but modifies it for use with the severely mentally ill. It is the only approach that has a strong empirical research base: rates of competitive employment are 40% or more in IPS programs, compared to 15% in traditional mental health programs (Source: Oxford University Press web site).
