What approach is described as collaborating with the employee, employer, co-workers, and support team to develop and implement a plan with strategies for fading supports?

• A. Isolated effort by the employer without input
• B. Collaboration with employee, employer, co-workers, and support team to develop and implement a plan with strategies for fading supports
• C. Projects assigned by outside consultants
• D. Only the supervisor sets fading plans

Answer: (B)

This item tests a collaborative, team-based approach to fading supports in the workplace. Fading supports means gradually reducing assistance as the employee gains competence, and doing so with input from the employee, the employer, co-workers, and the support team ensures the plan fits real job tasks and workplace dynamics. This approach uses natural supports in the environment and builds ownership among all stakeholders, making it more likely that the employee can sustain progress once formal supports are reduced.

Other approaches—where the effort is isolated to the employer without input, or where outside consultants or only the supervisor set fading plans—don’t engage the employee or the workplace network, which can limit relevance, practicality, and long-term sustainability.