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A working life for people with severe mental illness / Deborah R. Becker, Robert E. Drake.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Deborah R.
- Series:
- Innovations in practice and service delivery with vulnerable populations.
- Innovations in practice and service delivery with vulnerable populations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vocational rehabilitation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Supported employment is a conceptual approach to vocational rehabilitation designed for people with developmental disabilities. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) method described within utilizes the concept, but modifies it for the severely mentally ill.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Part I: Conceptual and Empirical Support for Individual Placement and Support; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual, Historical, and Ideological Underpinnings of Supported Employment; 3 Theoretical Underpinnings of Individual Placement and Support (IPS); 4 Introduction to the IPS Approach to Supported Employment; 5 Research on IPS; Part II: Practice Guidelines for Implementing Supported Employment; 6 Introduction to IPS; 7 The Structure of IPS in the Mental Health Agency; 8 Getting Started; 9 Comprehensive, Work-based Assessment; 10 Finding Jobs; 11 Maintaining Jobs
- Part III: Special Issues12 Dual Diagnosis and Work; 13 Highly Trained Individuals and Work; 14 Supported Education; 15 Work and Cultural Competence; 16 Conclusions; Appendices; 1 Individual Employment Plan; 2 Vocational Profile; 3 Job Descriptions: Employment Specialist, Employment Coordinator; 4 Sample Letters to Employers; 5 Supported Employment Fidelity Scale and Implementation Questions; References; Suggested Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028495-1
- 0-19-803006-1
- 9786612235153
- 1-280-47266-9
- 0-19-530223-0
- 1-282-23515-X
- OCLC:
- 922952300
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