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The Ohio Supported Employment Coordinating Center of Excellence
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Biegel, David E.; Swanson, Sarah; Kola, Lenore A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
The Ohio Supported Employment Coordinating Center of Excellence is a joint project of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and the Department of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. The center is focused on helping to implement and evaluate evidence-based employment services provided to individuals with a severe mental illness.…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Supported Employment, Mental Disorders, Social Work
Self-Reported Training Needs of Supported Employment Program Managers in South Australia.
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Ford, Jerry; Ford, Christine – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
A survey of 21 supported-employment program-managers in South Australia found highest identified priority training needs focused on areas of systems development and evaluation, and technological skills. Few reported training needs in areas related to direct-service delivery, even though most had some professional duties in this capacity.…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Supported Employment Implementation Issues. A Summary of Discussions from the VCU RRTC-Employment Network Issues Forum: Future Directions for Supported Employment.
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Barcus, Michael, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This monograph aims to provide a blueprint for: (1) expanded supported employment implementation for individuals with disabilities; and (2) improvement in service delivery practices. It contains edited summaries of the discussions of five working groups from a major forum on national supported employment issues which was convened in Williamsburg,…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Financial Support
Achievements and Challenges: A Five-Year Report on the Status of the National Supported Employment Initiative. FY 1986-1990.
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Wehman, Paul – 1992
This report presents results from a fiscal year 1990 survey of supported employment funding and implementation in state vocational rehabilitation (VR) systems, and a 5-year longitudinal analysis of the national supported employment initiative. The report is based on a survey of representatives from the vocational service provider agencies from the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, Financial Support, Longitudinal Studies
Supported Employment Research: Expanding Competitive Employment Opportunities for Persons with Significant Disabilities.
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Wehman, Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1997
This manual includes articles that address many of the major issues affecting supported employment programs for individuals with severe disabilities. Articles discuss current trends in service delivery, the experiences of local community employment agencies, issues involved in funding supported employment, natural support implementation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Collaborative Approaches to Increasing the Participation and Outcomes of People with a Disability in Vocational Education and Training.
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Harrison, Craig; Barnett, Kate – 2001
One strategy to increase participation in vocational education and training (VET) by Australians with a disability involves intervention at the secondary school level to reduce early school leaving by providing structured VET learning and work placement opportunities. The Enterprise Career Education Foundation's Lighthouse initiative, which was…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agency Cooperation, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Planning