Priorities and changing practices: Vocational rehabilitation and community colleges improving workforce development programs for people with disabilities

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Flannery, K Brigid ^a   Slovic, Roz ^a   Benz, Michael R ^b   Levine, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Postsecondary training; Strategic planning; Workforce training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY COLLEGE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION; PLANNING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF EVALUATION; TEAMWORK; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 38949118971     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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