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Demand-Side Job Development and System Change.
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Gilbride, Dennis; Stensrud, Robert – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1999
Authors discuss demand-side job development as a model for improving and providing rehabilitation services to consumers and employers. It stresses quality employment outcomes, consumer choice and empowerment, and a productive partnership between consumer and counselor. Delineates systemic challenges this model poses to traditional vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Job Analysis, Rehabilitation Counseling, Rehabilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors' Attitudes toward Self-Employment Outcomes.
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Ravesloot, Craig; Seekins, Tom – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1996
People with work disabilities report self-employment at twice the rate of the general population. Unfortunately, these national trends are not reflected in vocational rehabilitation (VR) practice. Survey of 78 VR counselors showed counselor attitudes accounted for 11% of the variance in self-employment outcomes. Shows counselor attitudes…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselors, Disabilities
Multiculturalism, Affirmative Action, and Section 21 of the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments: Fact or Fiction?
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Middleton, Renee A.; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1996
Discusses difficulties associated with meeting the challenges of Section 21 of the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments. Examines the appropriate distinction between key terms, such as affirmative action and cultural diversity. Discusses the premise that both affirmative action and cultural diversity are necessary for achieving multiculturalism. (53…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism