Statewide Employment Specialists: An Innovative Approach To Developing Relationships with Employers of People Who Are Visually Impaired.

Johnson, Gil; Laird, Mark; Maxson, John

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ERIC Number: EJ575331

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Statewide Employment Specialists: An Innovative Approach To Developing Relationships with Employers of People Who Are Visually Impaired.

Johnson, Gil; Laird, Mark; Maxson, John

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v92 n10 p710-13 Oct 1998

This interview between Mark Laird, statewide employment specialist with Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind, and Gil Johnson, director of American Foundation for the Blind West, describes an innovative rehabilitation model that forges relationships with businesses and has doubled the number of consumers with visual impairments who find jobs each year. (CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Employment Services, Interviews, Job Placement, Models, Program Effectiveness, Rehabilitation Programs, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Missouri

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