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Direct linkKowalski, Christoph; Driller, Elke; Ernstmann, Nicole; Alich, Saskia; Karbach, Ute; Ommen, Oliver; Schulz-Nieswandt, Frank; Pfaff, Holger – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Background: Many people working in human services in Western countries suffer from burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal performance. Prevention of emotional exhaustion (the first phase of burnout) constitutes a great challenge because emotional exhaustion may cause increasing turnover rates in…
Descriptors: Human Services, Fatigue (Biology), Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation
Implementation of Systematic Instruction to Increase Client Engagement in a Day Habilitation Program
Crites, Steven A.; Howard, Barbara H. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Individuals with severe disability exiting school are likely to be enrolled in day activity and sheltered workshops at least as often as in supported employment. Such facilities are often staffed by paraprofessionals who may not have the skills to engage clients in meaningful activities. This article describes a 3-phase staff training…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Severe Disabilities, Autism, Sheltered Workshops
Olshansky, Simon; Beach, Dorothy – Rehabilitation Literature, 1975
Followed up was the employment status of 229 physically disabled persons served by a community workshop program. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Soloff, Asher; Bolton, Brian F. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Older Adults, Physical Disabilities, Rehabilitation Programs
Jackson, James L. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Legislation, Mental Retardation, Physical Disabilities
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, Inc., Downey, CA. – 1970
The original purpose of this project was to demonstrate that the use of intensive counseling services in a hospital workshop along with work activity could provide a basis for easing chronic unemployment among the physically handicapped. Phase II, which this report covers, concentrated on the same objective, but broadened the scope of the project…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Females, Personnel Evaluation, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedHirst, Michael – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1987
The study investigated vocational activities of 274 English young people between the ages of 15 and 21. Two-thirds entered occupational centers for disabled adults; only 5% found a job in open employment. The physically impaired experienced a more difficult transition but the mentally impaired faced a more limited range of vocational choices.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Potential, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
Tesolowski, Dennis G.; Halpin, Gerald – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1979
Results of this experiment indicate that instructional guidance, related to job-seeking skills and job-maintenance behaviors, enhances worker personality orientations of physically handicapped sheltered workshop employees. A strong positive change in agreeableness in getting along with co-workers and employers is indicated by the Agreeableness…
Descriptors: Instructional Programs, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods, Personality Development
Reingold, Jacob; Wolk, Robert L. – Industrial Gerontology, 1974
Descriptors: Facilities, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Older Adults
Download full textKimberly, John R. – 1967
Staffing patterns in 123 sheltered workshops in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are described through measures of professional density, and are related to varying organizational characteristics. Shops with no professionals serve fewer clients than those with professionals, and very little professional time is available per client. An…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Patterns, Mental Retardation, Neurological Impairments
GADLIN, WALTER; AND OTHERS – 1966
A NATIONWIDE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYED 490 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS SERVING THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. LISTINGS BY STATES OF SUCH CENTERS PROVIDE ADDRESSES, REFERRAL SOURCES, AGE RANGE OF CLIENTS, YEAR PROGRAMS BEGAN, NUMBER OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CLIENTS DAILY, NUMBER OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CLIENTS DAILY, AND TYPES OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Disadvantaged, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Retardation
Fry, Ronald R., Ed. – 1974
This annotated bibliography covers literature on work evaluation and adjustment for the period 1947 to 1973. The 801 entries include articles, speeches, research and demonstration reports, and unpublished papers related to work evaluation and work adjustment. Many of the entries concern the vocational evaluation of the physically and mentally…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Employment Services, Evaluation
Szyarto, Ruth; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1976
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Kimberly, John R. – 1968
The first section of this report provides descriptive information about the financial structure of a sample of sheltered workshops (n=123) in terms of the variety of their sources of income and their expenses during fiscal year 1966. The relationship between differences in financial structure and other organizational characteristics is examined in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Financial Policy, Financial Support, Income
Centre for Information and Documentation of the European Communities (CID), Luxembourg. – 1971
The proceedings of the European Symposium on Occupational Rehabilitation and Placement of the Disabled present a general survey of the problem of reintegrating disabled persons into working life. Member countries agreed that men and women must be rehabilitated as much as possible rather than pensioned off prematurely. To accomplish this the labor…
Descriptors: Conferences, Job Placement, Medical Services, Occupational Therapy
