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State-level differences in public vocational rehabilitation closures among transition-aged youth with traumatic brain injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2020

Charles Edmund Degeneffe ,
Mark Tucker  and
Zaccheus James Ahonle
Charles Edmund Degeneffe*
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Department of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Mark Tucker
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Department of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Zaccheus James Ahonle
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, & Foundations, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA
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*Corresponding author. Email: cdegenef@sdsu.edu
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Abstract

This study aimed to understand state-level variation in participation in the State/Federal Vocational Rehabilitation (State VR) System in the United States among transition-aged youth (persons under the age of 22 years at application for State VR services) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Federal Fiscal Year 2016. A weighted least squares regression analysis was conducted to determine the relationship of state-level population size, unemployment rate, and per-capita income to the number of State VR closures in each state for transition-aged youth with TBI. Population size and per-capita income significantly predicted closures, while there was no relationship between closures and unemployment rate. Research is needed that further explores and explains state-level disparities in participation among transition-aged youth with TBI.

Keywords

Vocational rehabilitationtraumatic brain injuryschool to work transitionservice disparitiesadolescence
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , December 2020 , pp. 136 - 142
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press and The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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