PROJECT NAME: Youth to Work Coalition (YWC) CONTACT: Website FUNDING SOURCE: The Youth to Work Coalition (YWC) evolved from the 2003 Federal Agency/Foundation Initiative, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF). SERVICES PROVIDED: YWC brings together foundation executives and… Read More »»
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Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.: Young Entrepeneurs Project (YEP)
February 22, 2012
Lucy Bayard 617-727-7440, ext 27331 800-322-2020 (TTY) Website PROJECT NAME: Young Entrepeneurs Project (YEP) PROJECT LOCATION: Western Massachusetts ADMINISTERING ORGANIZATION: Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. (PYD), which empowers youth with physical, sensory and learning disabilities to reach their personal, educational and career goals by providing one-toone and group mentoring programs where adult mentors with disabilities… Read More »»
American Association of People with Disabilities: National Disability Mentoring Day (NDMD)
February 22, 2012
PROJECT NAME: National Disability Mentoring Day (NDMD) PROJECT LOCATION: Worksites nationwide ADMINISTERING ORGANIZATION: American Association of People with Disabilities CONTACT: Ollie Cantos, General Counsel and Director of Programs American Association of People with Disabilities, 800-840-8844 Website FUNDING SOURCE: US Department of Labor POPULATION SERVED: Students and job seekers with disabilities SERVICE TYPE: A day for… Read More »»
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition at the University of Minnesota (NCSET): Connecting to Success
February 22, 2012
PROJECT NAME: Connecting to Success PROJECT LOCATION: Institute on Community Integration, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. ADMINISTERING ORGANIZATION: National Center on Secondary Education and Transition at the University of Minnesota (NCSET) It was joined at the inception by the Presidential Task Force on the Employment of Adults with… Read More »»
Substance Abuse and Persons with Disabilities: Employment Strategies
February 22, 2012
This item contains information from the REGIONAL INFORMATION UTILIZATION INSTITUTE (RIUI), REGIONS II &III, Program SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES. Visit Website
Community Integration Research: Mental Illness & Employment
February 28, 2011
Gainful employment reduces stigma toward people recovering from schizophrenia. Perkins DV, Raines JA, Tschopp MK, Warner TC. Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. dperkins@bsu.edu Community Ment Health J. 2009 Jun;45(3):158-62. Epub 2008 Jul 24. Stigma impedes the social integration of persons recovering from psychiatric disability, especially those with criminal histories.… Read More »»
Social integration in employment settings: application of intergroup contact theory.
February 27, 2010
This study used a survey of 106 employment specialists to test the ability of intergroup contact theory to explain social integration outcomes of employees with disabilities. Contact theory suggests that coworkers are more accepting of employees with disabilities if they have sufficient opportunities to interact with them, equal status and interdependent working relationships, and supervisors… Read More »»
Disability Etiquette: Employers
February 16, 2010
Disability Awareness: Increasing Employers Understanding of the ADA, Accommodations and Other Supports in the Workplace. Disability Etiquette: How to Accommodate Virginia Commonwealth University RRTC on Workplace Supports and Job Retention Format Online course This online course includes a fact sheet of information and an accompanying short online test at the end with questions… Read More »»
Assistive Technologies Research: Employment
February 27, 2008
Assistive technology and employment: experiences of Californians with disabilities. Yeager P, Kaye HS, Reed M, Doe TM. California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, Sacramento, CA, USA. patricia.yeager@unco.edu Work. 2006;27(4):333-44. For people with disabilities, work remains the best route to independence and enacting one’s own choices. Assistive technology (AT) is often crucial in removing barriers to employment, and in enabling workers with… Read More »»
Assistive Technologies Research: Employment for Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries
February 27, 2008
Assistive technology and computer adaptations for individuals with spinal cord injury. McKinley W, Tewksbury MA, Sitter P, Reed J, Floyd S. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. wmckinle@hsc.vcu.edu NeuroRehabilitation. 2004;19(2):141-6. Spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly occurs in individuals during important years for formation of vocational goals, resulting in low… Read More »»
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