This paper presents a model that job coaches may use to teach self-management to employees with severe disabilities, in order to promote independent performance in supported employment settings. The model is based upon an emerging literature that demonstrates that supported employees can learn to assume responsibility for their own work behavior. The individual steps of the model include: (a) identifying the problem through evaluation; (b) verifying the problem through observation; (c) establishing a range of acceptable behavior; (d) assessing the work environment for naturally occurring stimuli and reinforcers; (e) selecting self-management procedures; (f) training self-management skills by withdrawing external assistance; and (g) evaluating the effects of self-management.
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