Teaching employable skills to special education youth: An empowerment approach

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Krajewski, Elvia R ^a   Wiencek, Peggy ^a   Brady, Shane ^a   Trapp, Elizabeth ^a   Rice Jr , Pierre ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent employment skills building; Employment skills; Empowerment; Empowerment training; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051494106     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i01/53072     Document Type: Article

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