Service system collaboration in transition: An empirical exploration of its effects on rehabilitation outcomes for students with disabilities

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Study explored the effect of interagency collaboration on student vocational rehabilitation outcomes in a statewide model demonstration project for youth with disabilities. Using two different measures of perceptions of collaboration among inter-agency teams, results of the study were paradoxical. The findings suggested that instrumental or task-oriented perceptions of collaboration had a positive effect on vocational rehabilitation outcomes, while perceptions of team 'synergy' had a slight, but negative effect on vocational rehabilitation outcomes. The authors discuss the meaning of the construct of collaboration, and its implications for transition and rehabilitation personnel.

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