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Employment
The prediction of vocational success following brain
injury has recently received considerable attention in the literature.
The majority of the studies have focused on work re-entry of individuals
who were employed at the time of the injury. However, thirty-five to fifty
percent of persons sustaining brain injury were not employed at the time
of the injury. Given the relatively young age of the population, many
of these individuals would have been preparing to enter the workforce
at the time of the injury. Others may not have been working due to other
reasons.
Projects conducted via the Ohio Regional TBI Model System have examined
work entry for individuals who were not employed prior to their injury
(link to TBI Model System project on Work Entry). We have also examined
the "natural history" of use of the state-federal vocational
rehabilitation program following inpatient rehabilitation for TBI.