Voices, Opportunities and Choices Employment Club: Transforming sheltered workshops using an affirmative business approach

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1999, Pages 87-98

  Krupa, Terry ^a   Mccourty, Karen ^a   Bonner, Doug ^a   Von Briesen, Barbie ^a   Scott, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSUMER; EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; STAFF;

EID: 0033364413     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-1999-0019     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Allen, J.B., & Granger, B. (1996). Consumer-run entrepreneurial businesses: Issues and opportunities. In C. Mowbray, C. Moxley, C. Jasper, & L. Howell (Eds.), Consumers as providers in psychiatric rehabilitation. Maryland: International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services.
2. Bennett, E.M. (1992). Community economic development: A strategy for primary prevention. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 11(2), 11-33.
3. Friesen, M., & Viti, F. (1994). Group hallucinations: Overcoming disbelief. Toronto: Consumer Survivor Business Council of Ontario and the National Network for Mental Health.
4. Hartl, K. (1992). Away express: A way to empowerment through employment. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 11(2), 73-77.
5. Krupa, T. (1998). The consumer-run business: People with psychiatric disabilities as Entrepreneurs. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 11, 3-10.
6. Phillips Group (1990). Ministry of Health operational review of psychiatric hospitals vocational programs final report. Toronto: Mental Health Facilities Branch, Ministry of Health.
7. Radloff-Gabriel, D. (1997). A partnership to transform a sheltered workshop to a consumer run business: Reconstructing the work environment towards consumer empowerment. Unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
8. Trainor, J., and Tremblay, J. (1992). Consumer/survivor businesses in Ontario: Challenging the rehabilitation model. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 11 (2), 65-71.
9. Voices, Opportunities & Choices Employment Club. (1994). Director's Manual. Kingston, Ontario: Kingston Psychiatric Hospital.
10. Warner, R., & Polack, P. (1993). An economic development approach to the mentally ill in the community. Washington: National Institute of Mental Health.