Negotiating accommodations so that work-based education facilitates career development for youth with disabilities

Work

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-136

  Hutchinson, Nancy L ^a   Versnel, Joan ^b   Chin, Peter ^a   Munby, Hugh ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career development; Disabilities; Work based education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; LEARNING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPASTICITY; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEGOTIATING; OBSERVATION;

EID: 42149176551     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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