num_pages: 368
description: This groundbreaking text advances a critical element of empowerment for people with disabilities: inclusive, competitive, and meaningful employment opportunities. The only comprehensive resource on this topic, Real Work for Real Pay is an authoritative collection of current best practices, employment theories and policies, and specific tools that support positive change in the workplace. Readers will get the most thorough, up-to-date information on every aspect of inclusive employment, includingimplementing workplace supports such as assistive technology, instructional strategies, and personal assistantsreconciling the different perspectives of employers and employeesunderstanding and using SSA work incentivesmatching individual preferences to satisfying workhelping individuals make alternative work arrangements, such as self-employment and telecommutingdeveloping performance-based funding strategies for employment servicesforming strong partnerships with businesses and other agencies within the service systemWith contributions by more than twenty authorities — including vocational rehabilitation specialists, disability rights experts, business consultants, and researchers — this is an essential text for students in upper-level courses and a must-have reference for inservice supervisors and managers. Readers will be fully equipped to help individuals with disabilities realize the benefits of real work for real pay: economic well-being, improved social and work skills, and greater self-esteem.
language: English
title: Real Work for Real Pay: Inclusive Employment for People with Disabilities
titlecomplete: Real Work for Real Pay: Inclusive Employment for People with Disabilities
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co