Employment outcomes for people with severe disabilities: Opportunities for improvement

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-216

  Mank, David ^a   Cioffi, Andrea ^b   Yovanoff, Paul ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SALARY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031776118     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0205:EOFPWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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