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Background Mental illness has an estimated financial burden on the Danish economy of 3.4% of the gross national product every year due to lost productivity, social benefits, and healthcare costs, and approximately 50% of people receiving long-term ...
Thomas Nordahl Christensen +3 more
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The Workforce Investment Act and the One-Stop Delivery System [PDF]
[Excerpt] The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA; P.L. 105-220) is the primary federal program that supports workforce development. WIA includes five titles: • Title I—Workforce Investment Systems—provides job training and related services to ...
Bradley, David H
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ABSTRACT In this interpretive phenomenological analysis, we interviewed 10 women to make meaning of their lived experiences of sex trafficking and mental health challenges and how relational dynamics influenced their healing and sense of self. Our analysis revealed four themes: (a) central relational paradox, which described internalized shame and ...
Claudia G. Interiano‐Shiverdecker +3 more
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Policy and Practice Brief: The Transition from School to Work; The Special Education and State Vocational Rehabilitation Systems’ Obligations to Prepare Students with Disabilities for the World of Work [PDF]
This brief provides an overview of the transition requirements outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Reviewed are concepts of free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment; individual education programs; and, due
Hager, Ronald M
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ABSTRACT This study examines how guidance practitioners evaluate and communicate career information, highlighting key contextual influences. An online survey conducted with 330 guidance practitioners in Quebec (Canada) revealed that the majority considered most of the evaluation criteria to be very important and regularly used collaborative ...
Sabruna Dorceus +3 more
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Background: Vocational rehabilitation creates many employment benefits for patients with spinal cord injury. Benefits that include restored self-esteem, lower impact of medical conditions and related complications, promotes well-being and facilitates ...
Boikhutso M. Molwana, Hanlie Pitout
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Would you train me with my mental illness? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment [PDF]
The low employment among people with disabilities in general, and mental disorders in particular, generates high costs to the society. This raises the need to develop effective vocational rehabilitation methods.
Deuchert, Eva +2 more
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Summary Review of Data Sources for School to Work Transitions by Youth with Disabilities - Policy Brief [PDF]
This brief summarizes our findings from a review of potential data sources to examine school-to-work transitions by youth with disabilities (Wittenburg and Stapleton, 2000).
Stapleton, David C., Wittenburg, David
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how strategic renewal, driven by the interaction among technological, marketing, and organizational innovation, enhances firms' economic performance. Using a panel dataset of 8871 Spanish firms covering the period 2009–2016, we provide empirical evidence on the different effects of each type of innovation and their ...
Beatriz Forés +3 more
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Vocational Services-Spinal Cord Injury Manual [PDF]
Introduction Vocational services are available to you during the course of your rehabilitation to assist you in returning to work or school or exploring vocational and educational options. These services may be initiated while you are in the hospital and
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Magee Rehabilitation,
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