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Eichleay, Kristen; Pressman, Harvey – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Exemplary projects which help disabled people use technology (particularly computers) expand their employment opportunities include: Project Entry (Seattle); Georgia Computer Programmer Project (Atlanta); Perkins Project with Industry (Watertown, Massachusetts); Project Byte (Newton Massachusetts); Technology Relevant to You (St. Louis); Special…
Descriptors: Computers, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Job Development
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Acton, Norman – International Labour Review, 1981
Cites some examples of effective employment creation, but warns that this is likely to be more difficult in the future due to increasing unemployment and underemployment, demographic shifts, strains on social support systems, and changes in the nature of work. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Job Development
Culver, Jill Blair; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
The study attempted to identify activities performed by 47 job developers that positively or negatively influenced job placement. Variance in job placement was influenced by marketing activities, available job development time, use of specific client assessment procedures, frequency of use of trial job placements, and gender of the job developers.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Influences
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1988
This guidebook provides assistance in replicating jobs for persons with disabilities. Section One introduces the volume's format and briefly analyzes special training, job accommodations, and financial incentives for hiring employees with disabilities. Section Two contains descriptions of 53 jobs held by individuals with disabilities. The jobs are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Tindall, Lloyd W; And Others – 1987
This publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. The first section suggests ways to use the guide. Section 2 lists 70 job descriptions, each of which includes information on the following: the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Employment Opportunities
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1986
Intended for teachers, counselors, job placement specialists, employers, and disabled persons, this publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each of the 71 job descriptions presented specifies the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Owen, Mary Jane – 1984
This booklet offers suggestions to the handicapped individual for the use of volunteer experience to expand personal employment opportunities. Examples are offered of handicapped persons who have used volunteering to create an employment opportunity. Suggestions follow for approaching the volunteer market, finding and making contact with a…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Career Planning, Disabilities
Pressman, Harvey – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Parents of disabled children throughout the country are organizing to find appropriate employment opportunities for their children by: writing proposals and obtaining funding for employment programs; improving in- school vocational programs for special needs students; advocating earlier vocational education; preparing work settings for supported…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
This guide identifies resource organizations, agencies, and federal publications that provide information on employment of and employment services for handicapped persons. The first three sections contain brief summaries of (1) programs to assist disabled persons in obtaining employment, (2) programs creating job opportunities for disabled…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Employment, Employment Opportunities
Alexander, Marjorie J. – 1988
The Santa Fe Community College Work Exploration Center (Florida) provides work evaluation and placement services to persons who are unable to obtain or maintain suitable employment due to handicapping conditions, undefined or poorly defined vocational training, limited employment skills, and limited knowledge of skills levels. To help maintain…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
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Tilson, George, P., Jr.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
The "Bridges...From School to Work" project, funded at five sites by the Marriott Corporation, develops competitively paid internships for students with disabilities in their final year of high school. Of 762 students accepted by the program, 86% received internship placements, 82% completed their internships, and 75% were offered…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, Washington, DC. – 1987
The conference reported in this document brought together parents and employers to identify practical strategies to help youth with disabilities succeed in the transition to the world of work. The conference attempted to enhance partnerships among parents; employers; national, state, and local governments; and organizations devoted to improving…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Conferences, Cooperative Planning
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act would make major changes in federal policy on the unemployed by guaranteeing a public sector job to hard core unemployed persons until they find a job in the private sector. Part two of the testimony for this bill was given to a joint session of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity and the…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Zadny, Jerry J. – 1979
Surveys in Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, California, asked 448 employers about their exposure and reactions to job development activity by agencies serving disabled and disadvantaged persons. Respondents were generally favorable or indifferent to being contacted, rated the performance of their disabled employees as being average or above…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Disabilities
San Diego State Univ., CA. – 1992
Project WORK was developed by San Diego State University and San Diego City Schools in California to prepare young people with disabilities for work and life after high school. The program teaches employment skills; supports students in their first work experience; works with students and their families to plan for the student's work and life…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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