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Personal care.Looking Good includes a 215 page instructor’s guide focusing on 47 personal care activities. Each activity is illustrated step-by-step in a reproducible format and described in lesson plans featuring objectives, data forms and training suggestions. Seventy-two laminated routine cards fit in the pocket book to help users complete a sequence of grooming activities independently.
No More Job Interviews is the first book authored by an entrepreneur with disabilities to offer business startup strategies tailored to people with disabilities. Step-by-step, it teaches how to optimize prospects for business success and self-sufficiency. It also gives human service agencies the tools to play a powerful role in the process by offering self-employment programs.Doyel covers little-known opportunities and resources in growing a business that she has found in the for-profit and nonprofit worlds as well as the public sector.
Our future is open. Although people with disabilities often face barriers moving into the world of work, many do succeed.
Your future is open. Although people with disabilities often face barriers moving into the world of work, many do succeed. Many discover exciting jobs inspired by their interests and abilities.The Open Futures CD-ROM features Role Models who have a range of educational backgrounds, occupations, and disabilities.InterviewsEach Role Model answers questions on 6 topics:• What is your work?• How did you decide on it?• What was your path? • What challenges did you overcome? • Why is working important to you?
Six sessions of training providing skills and education on some of the most important concepts of community inclusion. The Principles and Practices of Building Community is a DVD library of compassionate, humorous and provocative training. It is for service providers or undergraduate college level instruction. Developed and presented by Dr. Thomas Pomeranz, a nationally recognized authority, trainer, clinician and consultant in the field of services for people with disabilities. Dr. Pomeranz uses high quality graphics, humor and his 35 years of experience to engage his viewers.
If your organization is involved in helping people achieve employment, then this professionally produced, high quality video can make your job easier and more rewarding. It is intended to improve the performance of job coaches, placement specialists and employment consultants. It’s training that can help prevent the “burn out” syndrome that human service professionals all too often suffer.The well-acted dramatic video is one that any employment staff can easily relate to.
While supplies last, you save $10.01 (72%) In this important book, Schwier uses interviews with persons with disabilities in several countries to capture the dreams, fears, frustrations, and humor of people once thought incapable of having ideas, let alone the ability to express them. As their stories unfold, one wonders why communities couldn’t think of a better way to serve these citizens; the reader is reminded of individuals who still struggle. Award-winning author Robert Perske and Dr.
In 1979, the Center on Human Policy, under the leadership of Burton Blatt, issued the original Community Imperative, a declaration supporting the right of all people with disabilities to community living. The Community Imperative was written to counter opposition to deinstitutionalization and community inclusion by well-organized groups. Today, years later, inclusion remains controversial in some states and localities. At the same time, many people with disabilities are not receiving the supports they need to live successfully in the community.
The Road Ahead is for people with disabilities and their families and those who help them transition to a quality adult life. Covering key areas in the transition from school to adult life, it is edited by Keith Storey, Paul Bates and Dawn Hunter, nationally recognized transition experts. The book is a valuable resource, featuring twenty experts in ten broad-ranging chapters. It explores transition planning, assessment, instructional strategies, career development and support, social life, quality of life, supported living, and post-secondary education.
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