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Autor/inn/en | Cavenaugh, Brenda S.; Pierce, Steven J. |
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Institution | Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision. |
Titel | Characteristics, Services, and Outcomes of Rehabilitation Consumers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Served in Separate and General Agencies. |
Quelle | (1998), (49 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Adults; Blindness; Employment; Employment Services; Program Effectiveness; Sheltered Workshops; Special Programs; Supported Employment; Visual Impairments; Vocational Rehabilitation; Vocational Training Centers Blindheit; Dienstverhältnis; Employment service; Arbeitsvermittlung; Sonderpädagogische Förderung; Arbeitsförderungsmaßnahme; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Berufliche Rehabilitation; Vocational training center; Vocational training centre; Vocational training centres; Ausbildungseinrichtung; Berufsaufbauschule |
Abstract | This study used case closure data to investigate the demographic and disability characteristics, service, and outcomes of 36,497 consumers who are blind or visually impaired served in state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. By contrasting key measures reported by separate blindness agencies and general agencies, findings indicate: (1) separate blindness agencies served a higher percentage of consumers with socio-demographic characteristics associated with lower labor force participation rates; (2) separate blindness agencies served a higher percentage of consumers with the most severe visual impairments; (3) separate blindness agencies provided a higher number of services to consumers with the most severe visual impairments; (4) separate blindness agencies incurred greater service costs; (5) separate blindness agencies served consumers who were more likely to report client income/earnings as their primary source of support at closure; (6) separate blindness agencies rehabilitated a slightly lower percentage of all the consumers who applied for VR services, but rehabilitated a slightly higher percentage of the subgroup of consumers who were accepted and VR services were initiated; (7) separate blindness agencies closed a lower percentage of legally blind consumers as homemakers; and (8) separate blindness agencies closed a higher percentage of legally blind consumers into competitive labor and in sheltered employment. (Contains 29 references.) (CR) |
Anmerkungen | Mississippi State University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, P.O. Box 6189, Mississippi State, MS 39762. |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |