The effect of mentoring versus job coach instruction on integration in supported employment settings

By: Lee, Mellanie et al.
Series: Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps 22 (3) 1997: 151-158.Publisher: 1997Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | COMMUNITY LIVING | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | EMPLOYMENT | EMPLOYMENT | INTEGRATION | INTEGRATION | SOCIAL INTERACTION | SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENTSummary: Thirty employees at Pizza Hut were observed to examine the effects of three training strategies on social integration. These were a) traditional job coach model b) a mentoring model and c) the use of management and coworkers to train new employees without disabilities. This research found that employees with severe disabilities trained using the mentor model had more interactions than those trained using the job coach model. The data also indicate that the nondisabled comparison group had more interactions than either the job coach or mentoring groups, and that the types of interactions did not vary among the three groups.
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Thirty employees at Pizza Hut were observed to examine the effects of three training strategies on social integration. These were a) traditional job coach model b) a mentoring model and c) the use of management and coworkers to train new employees without disabilities. This research found that employees with severe disabilities trained using the mentor model had more interactions than those trained using the job coach model. The data also indicate that the nondisabled comparison group had more interactions than either the job coach or mentoring groups, and that the types of interactions did not vary among the three groups.

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