Partners in progress: An employment programme for persons with disabilities

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 245-254 - 1989
Fran Vargo1,2, Steven Dennis3
1Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Edmonton, Canada
2WIRTC, Edmonton, Canada
3Western Industrial Research and Training Centres, Edmonton, Canada

Tóm tắt

This paper describes a new community-based training and employment program for people with disabilities that offers full time training in integrated settings with minimum wage paid throughout, and results in competitive employment success rates of 85% to 90%. Program operation and outcomes during the first year are discussed.

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