Affiliations: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department
of Special Education College of Education, 288 Education Building, 1310 South
Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820-6990, USA. Tel.:+1 217 333 0260; Fax: +1 217
333 6555; E-mail: [email protected] | Shelby Residential and Vocational Services Memphis,
Tennessee, USA. Fax: +1 901 276 1338; E-mail: [email protected] | University of Illinois at Urbanna-Champaign,
Transition Research Institute, 113 Children's Research Center, 51 Gerty Drive,
Champaign, IL, USA. Tel.: +1 217 333 2325; Fax: +1 217 244 0851
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between
10 pairs of supported employees who had been involved in co-worker
interventions and were judged to be either successfully or unsuccessfully
integrated into work settings. This study was part of a larger national survey
study designed to examine the variables that predict successful social
integration efforts. The results from this study revealed that of the five
categories of variables that could have had an impact on social integration
(i.e., Agency, Supported Employee, Service Provider, Workplace, and
interventions), only Workplace Characteristics and Interventions differentiated
the two groups.
Keywords: social integration, natural supports, co-workers, mental retardation, social skill interventions
