Improving quality of life and career attitudes of youth with disabilities: experiences from the adolescent employment readiness center.

Improving quality of life is the primary focus as adolescents with disabilities enter adulthood. They increasingly, however, encounter difficulties transitioning into domains such as employment as these services occur near the end of their high school experience. Using an ecosystems model within a d...

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Publicado en:Research on Social Work Practice Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 324 - 334
Autores principales: Wolf-Branigin M, Schuyler V, White P
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. May2007
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          Attitude to Disability
          Career Planning and Development Methods
          Quality of Life
          Adolescence
          Analysis of Variance
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Economic and Social Security
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