Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Intellectual Disability: Theoretical Framework, Approaches and Services
WANG Sheng-nan
QIU Zhuo-ying
SUN Hong-wei
ZOU Min
LI An-qiao
Abstract：Objective To establish the theoretical framework and approaches of services provision of vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with intellectual disability (ID) to promote the decent employment of people with ID.Methods The employment difficulties of people with ID had been analyzed using ICF, and the content and the procedure of VR for people with ID had been explored.Results According to ICF, the employment difficulties of people with ID included functioning, barriers of employment and environmental factors. VR services for people with ID included assessment of employment barriers and vocational capacity, vocational counseling, vocational skill development and training, vocational guidance, support and assistance service, VR and politics development and research. The procedures of VR services for people with ID included assessing employment difficulties and vocational abilities, establishing employment setting and target, planning and implementing individualized VR program, and follow-up services.Conclusion It is necessary to use ICF to develop structured and individualized VR framework and approaches of VR for people with ID.
Keywords：intellectual disabilityvocational rehabilitationindividualized supportsInternational Classification of FunctioningDisability and Health
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 22-28 )