An industrially integrated model versus the sheltered workshop in the vocational
rehabilitation of mentally-disabled persons. Page 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst …

This article discusses sheltered workshops for people with mental illness. The earliest uses
of sheltered work for those with mental illness came after World War II. They were based on …

Although proportionately few of today's 800 workshops can truly be termed “rehabilitation”
workshops, the services offered by most do enable their handicapped charges to achieve …

A modification in the sheltered workshop employment system for the disabled is proposed to
overcome problems associated with segregation, rehabilitation and normalization issues …

Many learning disabled (LD) adolescents, especially those whose disability has gone
undetected, drop out of school and settle into lifestyles that are less demanding in terms of …

The preceding chapter described the increased availability during the last 20 years of
psychiatric vocational rehabilitation programs for patients living in the community. Also …

Although work and employment are important elements in the lives of people recovering
from psychiatric illness, their access to meaningful occupation and paid employment is …

Purpose: The development and realization of a production-orientated education and training
system for mentally disabled people in sheltered employment in the course of the project …

Significant changes in rehabilitation legislation and employment expectations have
expanded the opportunities for persons with mental retardation and emotional disabilities to …

Sheltered Workshops A Conceptual Framework MANY recent publications and studies, both
empirical i) 4 and scientific, bear testimony to the effectiveness of sheltered workshops in the …