COMPETE: A Model for Vocational Evaluation, Training, Employment, and Community for Integration for Persons With Cognitive Impairments.

This paper describes a job skills training progratn for young adults with cognitive impairments called COMPETE, an acronym for Computer Preparation: Evaluation, Training, and Employment. Participants in COMPETE trained in use of information-age machines, (eg., computers, fax machines). The 3-year de...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 446 - 452
Autores principales: Mann, William C., Svorai, Susan Braun
Formato: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Occupational Therapy Association May1994
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Sumario:This paper describes a job skills training progratn for young adults with cognitive impairments called COMPETE, an acronym for Computer Preparation: Evaluation, Training, and Employment. Participants in COMPETE trained in use of information-age machines, (eg., computers, fax machines). The 3-year demonstration project resulted in successful placement of 17 of 27 persons who were unemployed before entering the program.