Demographic and service-related correlates of competitive employment outcomes among state-federal vocational rehabilitation clients with learning disabilities: A purposeful selection logistic regression analysis.
BACKGROUND: People with learning disabilities (LD) face challenges with labor force participation and postsecondary education. Research is limited on the success of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for those with LD. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the extent to which demographic character...
| Published in: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 123 - 135 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2017
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