Research to Improve Vocational Rehabilitation: Employment Barriers and Strategies for Clients Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.

Kirchner, C.; Johnson, G.; Harkins, D.

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ERIC Number: EJ552126

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Research to Improve Vocational Rehabilitation: Employment Barriers and Strategies for Clients Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.

Kirchner, C.; Johnson, G.; Harkins, D.

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v91 n4 p377-92 Jul-Aug 1997

A study involving 50 rehabilitation professionals, 264 rehabilitation clients, 90 adults with blindness, and 267 employers, identified factors that lead to or impede competitive job placements for clients of a state blindness rehabilitation agency. Also identified were services that employers felt would assist them in hiring or retaining clients. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Employer Attitudes, Employment Problems, Job Placement, Personnel Selection, Program Improvement, Rehabilitation Programs, State Agencies, Visual Impairments, Vocational Rehabilitation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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