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John Butterworth
Director of Employment Systems Change and Evaluation Senior Research Fellow
B.A., Bowdoin College
M.S., George Peabody College for Teachers
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
John is the Principal Investigator of Access to Integrated Employment, a 25 year national data collection project on day and employment services for people with developmental disabilities, is ICI’s Project Director for the State Employment Leadership Network, and directs research and technical assistance initiatives focused on employment and transition from school to employment. He has over 30 years of experience as a manager of community-based day and employment services, trainer, consultant, and researcher. John's interests include organizational and systems change, employment outcomes, employment policy, transition, natural supports, person-centered planning, and program management.
- Email: john.butterworth@umb.edu
- Phone: 617/287-4357
ICI publications by John Butterworth
StateData: The National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes
The StateData employment report is a product of Access to Integrated Employment, a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, supported in part by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under cooperative agreement #90DN0216. The opinions contained in this report are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders. (5/2012)
Employment Data Systems : Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities
The increasing emphasis on government accountability at the state and federal levels has increased interest in and use of outcome data. Moreover, research has found that high performing states in integrated employment generally have a clear and visible data collection system that provides individual outcome data (Hall et al, 2007). But what are the most important elements in designing and using a system? Stakeholders have raised questions regarding creating effective data collection systems, identifying variables with the most utility for influencing policy, and using data as a strategic planning tool. This series is intended to shed light on the successes and challenges of day and employment systems across several states and to provide strategies for other states as they examine their own data collection systems and their impact on their employment priorities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD). (3/2011)
The Maine Employment Curriculum: Delivering Best Practices for Employment Support Professionals
Promising Practices: Maine (1/2009)
Innovations in Employment Supports: New Hampshire's State Division of Developmental Services
Between 1988 and 2001, New Hampshire's Division of Developmental Services transformed the state's day and employment services from a facility-based model to an inclusion model that supports 94% of its individuals in the community. This brief highlights several factors contributing to New Hampshire's employment outcomes. (5/2004)
Innovations in Employment Supports: Washington State's Division of Developmental Disabilities
As evidence of the positive outcomes associated with integrated employment develops it is important to identify policy and practices at the state level that expand access to employment opportunity. This brief presents findings from Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) case study research focused on state agencies that support individuals with developmental disabilities. (8/2003)
Select outside publications by John Butterworth
Inge, K. J., Wehman, P., Revell, G., Erickson, D., Butterworth, J., & Gilmore, D. S. (2009). Survey results from a national survey of community rehabilitation providers holding special wage certificates. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 30(2), 67-85.
Winsor, J., & Butterworth, J. (2008). Participation in integrated employment and community-based non work services for individuals supported by state disability agencies. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 46(2), 166-168.
Boeltzig, H., Timmons, J.C. & Butterworth, J. (2008). Entering Work: Employment Outcomes of People with Developmental Disabilities. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 31(3), 217-223.
Migliore, A. & Butterworth, J. (2008). Trends in outcomes of Vocational Rehabilitation Services serving adults with Developmental Disabilities: 1995-2005. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 52(1), 35-44.
Sulewski, J.S., Butterworth, J., & Gilmore, D.S. (2008). Community-Based Non- Work Supports: Findings from the National Survey of Day and Employment Programs for People with Developmental Disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 46(6), 456-467.
Butterworth, J., & Boeltzig, H. (2008). Supporting employment and personal choices: A response to Weikle. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 46(1), 61-63.
Hall, A.C., Butterworth, J., Winsor, J., Gilmore, D., & Metzel, D. (2007). Pushing the Employment Agenda: Case Study Research of High Performing States in Integrated Employment. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 45(3), 182-198.
