Career Ready: Using the Customized Employment Process to Break Down Barriers to Employment for People with Development Disabilities

The objective of this project is to determine if the customized employment process can be an effective strategy in addressing the barriers that people with developmental disabilities experience in gaining meaningful employment in a rural community.
This project includes the design, pilot, and evaluation of a customized employment program for adults living with developmental disabilities who are actively supported by a not-for-profit agency. The intended outcome is to develop a customized employment toolkit of best practices that the partner agency can implement, and share with networks, on a continual basis.
This research will work to uncover and address inequalities that people with developmental disabilities experience when it comes to employment and poverty, while also meeting the organizational needs of developmental services agencies that are often underfunded.

Faculty Supervisor:

Doug Utting

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Partner:

Community Living Belleville & Area

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Loyalist College

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