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Download full textMeans, Bob; And Others – 1994
This document provides descriptions of employment interventions as a resource for use in initiating or expanding employment services for individuals with disabilities. The document presents abstracts of 40 employability/employment interventions and practices currently in use by independent living programs throughout the United States. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Wehman, Paul, Ed.; Hill, Mark, Ed. – 1982
The document contains nine papers reporting the effectiveness of Project Employability, a program to demonstrate and evaluate a training model providing job site training, advocacy, and long term followup for severely disabled individuals. In "Job Placement and Follow-Up of Moderately and Severely Handicapped Individuals--An Update After…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Followup Studies, Job Placement
Weissert, Carol S., Ed. – 2000
This book examines welfare reform, occasioned by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is based on research in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan that…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Fry, Ronald R., Ed. – 1997
This report focuses on approaches designed to strengthen the state-federal vocational rehabilitation partnership with private sector employers. Chapter 1, "Successful Partnerships: The Employer Speaks," is written by business people (businesses listed at the end of the chapter) and addresses the needs of the private sector employers, the structure…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adults, Business Communication, Counselor Training
Trach, John S. – 1998
This monograph contains eight studies on supported employment and transition conducted by graduate students in rehabilitation counselor training programs. Chapter 1, "Income Allowance Policies of State Medicaid Agencies as Work Incentives or Disincentives for ICR/MR Residents" (James A. Mayer and others), found in a survey of six…
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Rusch, Frank R., Comp. – 1990
This compilation of eight research papers covers various aspects of secondary-level special education and transitional employment involving individuals with mild to profound disabilities. Titles and authors of the papers are: "Parent Involvement in Transition Programs" (Jeff McNair and Frank R. Rusch); "Using a Cognitive-Process…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Definitions, Disabilities
Harrington, Thomas F., Ed. – 1997
This book discusses career planning strategies for students with special needs. It addresses the 13 competencies identified by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) as basic to effective performance by career development practitioners: career development theory, decision-making skills, consultation skills,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Career Counseling, Career Education
