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Putting Participation into Practice: An Ethnographic Study of Sheltered Workshops in the Netherlands and Portugal
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Sebrechts, Melissa; Tonkens, Evelien – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Full participation is recognized as fundamental for the inclusion and wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities. Only few studies have identified subjective meanings of participation from the perspective of people with intellectual disabilities themselves. Three cross-cutting themes that arise in the few studies that have are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Sheltered Workshops, Mild Intellectual Disability
Cost Comparison of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Treatment as Usual for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Netherlands
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Peters-Scheffer, Nienke; Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert; Matson, Johnny – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) may result in improved cognitive, adaptive and social functioning and reductions in autism severity and behavioral problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For a subset of children, normal functioning may be the result. However, due to the intensity (20-40 h per week for 3 years with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Foreign Countries, Costs
Turnover among New Employees with Physical and Mental Disabilities because of Unsuccessful Socialization in Sheltered Workshops.
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Dijkstra, Atze – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
The study investigated the relationship between prognosis of turnover (before placement) and actual turnover within two years after placement for new handicapped employees (N=1948) in Dutch sheltered workshops. The clinical judgment of rehabilitation professionals proved to be the best predictor variable controlling for all other explanatory…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Sheltered Industrial Employment. Emerging Issues in Rehabilitation.
Vash, Carolyn L. – 1977
Major research findings are synthesized and innovations of current concern to vocational rehabilitation professionals are reported in this document, which covers the area of sheltered industrial employment. It is intended to provide a state-of-the-art review of worldwide experience and conceptualizations regarding accommodated or sheltered…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business, Change Strategies, Definitions