Health Care

Supported Employment

Paid work for mentally or physically disabled persons, taking place in regular or normal work settings. It may be competitive employment (work that pays minimum wage) or employment with subminimal wages in individualized or group placement situations. It is intended for persons with severe disabilities who require a range of support services to maintain employment. Supported employment differs from SHELTERED WORKSHOPS in that work in the latter takes place in a controlled working environment. Federal regulations are authorized and administered by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Paid work for mentally or physically disabled persons, taking place in regular or normal work settings. It may be competitive employment (work that pays minimum wage) or employment with subminimal wages in individualized or group placement situations. It is intended for persons with severe disabilities who require a range of support services to maintain employment. Supported employment differs from SHELTERED WORKSHOPS in that work in the latter takes place in a controlled working environment. Federal regulations are authorized and administered by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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1 entry terms
  • Employment, Supported

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

full or part-time employment program for the disabled

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92

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Previous Indexing

  • Rehabilitation, Vocational (1988-1991)

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  1. N01.824w.245w.350w
  2. N02.421.784.644w.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Supported Employment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016832. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016832
  2. Supported Employment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supported_employment
  3. Supported Employment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499074