Exploring school-employer partnerships to expand career development and early work experiences for youth with disabilities

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-159

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Trainor, Audrey A ^a   Cakiroglu, Orhan ^a   Cole, Odessa ^a   Swedeen, Beth ^b   Ditchman, Nicole ^a   Owens, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Employment; School to work; Transition; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450099283     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728809344590     Document Type: Article

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