Vocational Rehabilitation Outcome in Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury

This research provides an analysis of the relationship between demographic information and between specific vocational rehabilitation services and employment outcome in RSA consumers with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The findings suggest that these is a relationship between a consumers' race (i.e., White, Black, Hispanic, and Hawaiian), level of education, and presence of substance abuse. No relationship was identified between a consumers' gender, age, or race of Asian or American Indian consumers. When specific services of assessment, job placement, job search, and diagnosis/treatment were provided consumers were more likely to obtain employment. The specific services of job placement, job search and diagnosis/treatment also predicted consumers' employment outcome. Only three of these services, job placement, job search, and diagnosis/treatment were significantly related to consumers' weekly earnings at case closure. Diagnosis/Treatment was positively related, while job placement and job search were negatively associated.

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Special Education & Rehabilitation

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Arizona.

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Schonbrun, Staci

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Kampfe, Charlene
• Moore, Susan
• Erin, Jane
• Liaupson, Carl

• traumatic brain injury
• vocational rehabilitation
• employment outcome

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.

Language dc:language.iso

EN

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194675

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/194675