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Self‐Directed Career Planning for Persons with Disabilities
Author(s) -
ANDERSON JUDITH A.,
REARDON ROBERT C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1981.tb00727.x
Subject(s) - institutionalisation , psychology , career planning , career development , medical education , career counseling , supported employment , job placement , independent living , pedagogy , gerontology , vocational education , medicine , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Persons with physical disabilities often confront barriers to employment. This article describes a career development project that has addressed the special needs of disabled adults by: (a) developing a multimedia‐based, self‐directed career planning program organized around modules tailored to meet the unique needs of adults with disabilities; (b) providing a training program for 15 disabled adults working as paraprofessional career guidance technicians; and (c) establishing linkages with educational institutions and community agencies to provide for the institutionalization of this project at the local level.