Supported Employment in Business: Expanding the Capacity of Workers with Disabilities.
Edited by Paul Wehman. This definitive reference book covers all the cutting edge issues of supported employment in 322 pages.
Career Recovery: Best Practices in the Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Serious Mental Illness.
Michael S. Shafer, Anne Middaugh, Marshall Rubin, & Rosemary Jones. A state-of-the-art resource on helping people with psychiatric disabilities obtain employment, this book comes at a time when people with mental illness are experiencing the highest unemployment rates of ANY group in the US. 109 pages.
Facing the Future: Best Practices in Supported Employment.
A cutting edge compilation of 32 articles written by leaders and participants in supported employment from throughout the US. 131 pages.
Conversion: Making Community a Reality – Video.
The video can education families, boards, staff, and people with disabilities about the movement toward supported employment and away from sheltered work. 18 minutes.
It’s All Part of the Job: Social Skills Training for the Workplace – Video.
Four real-life workers with developmental disabilities and their employers discuss and demonstrate the social skills needed for job success. 21 minutes.
Overcoming the Odds: Supported Employment Success Stories.
Profiled are eight individuals who have succeeded in supported employment
despite significant disabilities. A valuable resource for transition coordinators,
job coaches, and parents. 80 pages.
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