Skill development in an employment-training program for adolescents with disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-237

  Lindsay, Sally ^a,b   Adams, Tracey ^c   McDougall, Carolyn ^b,d   Sanford, Robyn ^d  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; employment; life skills; occupational therapy; vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655183694     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.603015     Document Type: Article

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