num_pages: 240
description: Analyzes the process of moving workers with severe disabilities from sheltered workshops to the larger work world, through case studies on four agencies that switched from maintaining sheltered workshops to providing integrated employment services. Discusses the historical roots of contemporary workshops and shortcomings of segregated work environments, and illustrates the human and organizational dynamics relevant to the conversion process. Offers strategies for restructuring workshops and training staff, and includes first-hand accounts from people with disabilities. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Closing the Shop: Conversion from Sheltered to Integrated Work
titlecomplete: Closing the Shop: Conversion from Sheltered to Integrated Work
publisher: Brookes Publishing Company