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Direct linkCimera, Robert Evert – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
This study explored the effect of utilizing natural supports strategies on the cost of supported employment in the state of Wisconsin. Data presented here suggest that the use of natural supports reduced annual per capita costs by 57.6%. Further, supported employees trained via natural supports generated cumulative costs of $5,063 over 6.04 fiscal…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Costs, Job Training, Disabilities
Peer reviewedBlack, John; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1987
Evaluation of pricing practices of sheltered workshops in Australia indicated that most workshops undercharge for their services with the consequence that they are unable to pay realistic wages to disabled employees. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedMeadows, Denis; Tehan, Gerry – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1985
Value questionnaires were developed and completed by 358 staff of activity therapy centers, which provide vocational and social training to disabled adults. Factor loadings of the questionnaire, designed to explore attitudes toward habilitation are reported. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Disabilities, Normalization (Handicapped)
Olshansky, Simon – Rehabilitation Literature, 1975
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedBrickey, Michael P.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1985
Personal interviews and agency records were used to examine month-by-month vocational histories of 53 sheltered workshop employees placed in competitive jobs. Most participants who were still employed after four to five years had parental support, while those who returned to the workshop or were unemployed did not. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedBrown, Louis F.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1978
The article delineates guidelines for use by a small sheltered workshop in obtaining contract employment for its handicapped clients. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Resources, Contracts, Disabilities
Download full textSyracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1988
The document is intended to help individuals, agencies, and states seeking information on supported employment for persons with disabilities. An introductory article (by Zana Lutfiyya, Pat Rogan, and Bonnie Shoultz) titled, "Supported Employment: A Conceptual Overview," describes supported employment as an alternative to sheltered…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Potential
PERKINS, DOROTHY C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THESE 126 ANNOTATIONS ARE THE THIRD VOLUME OF A CONTINUING SERIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES LISTING ARTICLES APPEARING IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE, RESEARCH, AND PROJECT REPORTS. LISTINGS INCLUDE TESTS, TEST RESULTS, STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMS, GUIDES FOR COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS, AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING, AND RELATE TO THE MENTALLY RETARDED, EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
Intended for staffs of sheltered workshops for handicapped individuals, the guide presents a plan for selling the workshop idea to industry, hints on meeting obstacles, and ideas for expanding and upgrading workshop contract promotion. Brief sections cover the following topics (example subtopics are in parentheses): finding work contract prospects…
Descriptors: Administration, Adults, Community Resources, Disabilities
STUBBINS, JOSEPH; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR 146 BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, FINAL REPORTS, AND CONFERENCE REPORTS FROM 1961 TO 1965 CONCERNING WORKSHOPS FOR THE HANDICAPPED. ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ARTICLE, "THE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COUNSELOR IN THE REHABILITATION WORKSHOP," IN WHICH GEORGE W. DUNCAN, JR. DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling
Peer reviewedFortune, Jon; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
A job training program in rural Wyoming is described in which 86 percent of the disabled clients served in a two-year period (N=57) were placed in employment after receiving sheltered workshop training in one of 10 vocational training modules. Among data reported are wages, success rates for training, and length of training. (JW)
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Job Placement, Job Training
Peer reviewedKregel, John – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Summarizes the present status of supported employment for people with disabilities, discusses major accomplishments of the initiative (such as positive results in benefit-cost analyses) and identifies challenges, including continuing high numbers of individuals in segregated programs, lack of supported employment services for individuals with…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Sinnott-Oswald, Mary; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Perceived quality of life was compared among 10 individuals with disabilities in supported community employment, 10 individuals in sheltered workshops, and 9 individuals without disabilities. Supported community employment was positively related to number of leisure activities, self-esteem, use of leisure time, involvement in activities, mobility,…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employees, Life Satisfaction
Gilmore, Dana Scott; Butterworth, John – Research To Practice, 1996
This fact sheet summarizes data on integrated employment (supported and competitive) and facility-based employment activities (sheltered workshops) from two national surveys of community rehabilitation providers (CRPs). The 1986 survey used a random sample of 952 CRPs from all states, while the 1991 survey used a stratified sample of 643 CRPs from…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Disabilities, Integrated Services
National Association of Sheltered Workshops and Homebound Programs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1966
Source material for the establishment and maintenance of sheltered workshop programs is arranged in chronological order. Aspects described include planning considerations, how to get started, program of services, operating the workshop, personnel, state and federal labor laws, workshop standards, and the future of the workshop. Appendixes provide…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Adults, Disabilities
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