This volume discusses the effects of supported employment on persons with developmental and other severe disabilities, by assembling the results of research investigations conducted by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment. Papers included are: "Supported Employment in Virginia: 1980-1988" (John Kregel and others); "Supported Employment: Promises Deferred for Persons with Severe Handicaps" (John Kregel and Paul Wehman); "The Effect of Consumer Characteristics and Type of Employment Model on Individual Outcomes in Supported Employment" (John Kregel and others); "Employment Outcomes of Persons Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Preinjury, Postinjury, and Supported Employment" (Paul Wehman and others); "Supported Employment: An Alternative Model for Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Severe Neurologic, Psychiatric, or Physical Disabilities" (Paul Wehman and others); "Fringe Benefits Earned by Supported Employment Participants" (Michael West and others); "An Analysis of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Costs To Provide Supported Employment Services" (W. Grant Revell and others); "The National Supported Employment Initiative and Its Impact on Rehabilitation Counselors" (Michael Shafer); "Social Integration in the Workplace: An Analysis of the Interaction Activities of Workers with Mental Retardation and Their Co-Workers" (Wendy Parent and others); "Quality Indicators of Effective Vocational Transition Programs" (Paul Sale and others); "An Analysis of the Job Duties Performed by Supported Employment Program Managers" (Valerie Brooke and others); and "Supported Employment: Job Retention" (Michael West and Trudie Hughes). References accompany most chapters. (JDD)