Gaining employment: The experience of students at a further education college for individuals with learning disabilities

J Skellern, G Astbury - British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary People with learning disabilities can feel excluded from society;
employment can help to improve social inclusion. Everyone needs to be creative in their …

[引用][C] The future of employment for people with learning disabilities: a keynote review

S Beyer, M Kilsby - British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Employment has grown to be an important option for people with learning disabilities.
Consumer surveys regularly report people's desire to work and employment is more …

Social inclusion through employment: the marketisation of employment support for people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom

LA Humber - Disability & Society, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Employment for people with learning difficulties is considered key to their social inclusion.
This contradicts the perceived un-employability of people with learning difficulties that has …

A Real Job-with Prospects: Supported Employment Opportunities for Adults with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities. FEDA Paper.

M Hughes, M Kingsford - FE Matters, 1997 - ERIC
Effective models for helping adults with disabilities and/or learning difficulties obtain and
maintain employment were identified through a research project that included the following …

Users' views on supported employment and social inclusion: a qualitative study of 30 people in work1

R Wistow, J Schneider - British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This paper outlines the findings from interviews exploring the perceptions of people with
learning difficulties in relation to work and employment support. We look at what people told …

Supported employment for people with learning disabilities in the UK: the last 15 years

K Melling, S Beyer, M Kilsby - Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2011 - emerald.com
This paper revisits the aspirations of the authors for supported employment development
from 1997 against a changing policy context with the introduction of Valuing People and …

[图书][B] Enabled to Work. Support into Employment for Young People with Disabilities. Working Together? A Series of Studies Carried Out for the UK Contribution to the …

M Griffiths - 1989 - ERIC
The study described in the first part of this two-part document identified the kind of ongoing
support that would be most beneficial to all those concerned in the employment of young …

Staff experiences of supported employment with the Sustainable Hub of Innovative Employment for people with Complex needs

NJ Gore, R Forrester‐Jones… - British Journal of Learning …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible Summary Many people with learning disabilities want to work. The Sustainable
Hub of Innovative Employment for people with Complex needs (SHIEC) project is about …

The transition to employment: the perspectives of students and graduates with disabilities

C Nolan, CI Gleeson - Scandinavian Journal of Disability …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Education and employment are basic human rights and during the past decade in Ireland,
the number of students with disabilities progressing through universities has dramatically …

A summary of government initiatives relating to employment for people with learning disabilities in England

K Blamires - Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of current and previous
government policies and strategies, in relation to people with learning disabilities and …