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Abstract: This study examined differences in closure status, occupational
placements, weekly earnings, hours worked each week, expenditures, and time in
rehabilitation for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on the
provision of supported employment services. Participant race, education level,
age, marital status, gender, prior work experience, and disability severity
were controlled for all dependent variables but occupational placements.
Participants were 1,073 public vocational rehabilitation clients with TBI whose
cases were closed in the Southeastern United States. Seventy eight participants
received supported employment services during the vocational rehabilitation
process. Significant differences were found in closure status when comparing
consumers who received supported employment services to those who did not. Most
competitively employed participants in both groups were working in
miscellaneous occupations at case closure. For competitively employed
consumers, significant differences were found in weekly earnings, hours worked
per week, and expenditures when comparing the two groups.
Keywords: traumatic brain injury, vocational rehabilitation, TBI and supported employment
