MR/DD¹

agencies

Sheltered workshops.

Large conferences.

Local coalitions cease when funding stops.

Treat the person as "charity."

Don't oversolicit businesses.

Meaningless jobs.

Segregated worksites.

Persons with severe disabilities need more than just "natural supports."

Grants: when payments are made before services are rendered.

Work crews (these should only be used as a last resort).

Persons with severe disabilities require more than "natural supports."

Training without job development.

Begging for jobs.

Granting money to groups.

Program-based approach, rather than person centered planning concept.

Offering too many financial incentives.

Lack of transition services.

Use of vocational assessment tools and tests.

Non-supportive parents.

Pre-vocational training models.

Local advisory groups tend to fall apart.

Slotting.

Too much paperwork; bureaucracy got in the way.

Tax credit paperwork is difficult.

Overanxious expectations.

Employer not taking the time to train.

Poor job matching.

Harsh treatment, reprimands.

Inventing/ making up work to keep the person busy.

Unwillingness of the employer to "carve out" an appropriate job for the person with a developmental disability.

High pressure jobs with stress and heavy production schedules.

Inadequate screening. Poor fit between person and job.

Poorly organized small businesses with unsafe working conditions.

Placing a person before they are ready.

Lack of individual attention. "One size fits all" thinking.

Jobs which involve a lot of change or which demand mastery of many tasks.

Jobs at less than minimum wage.