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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"psychiatric disabilities"”.
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Creating supported employment partnerships for people with psychiatric disabilities
This study focused on the process of forming partnerships between a supported environment programme and three businesses. A qualitative approach, namely collective case study, was used.
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Engagement in community-based day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities
… engagement in day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities and contributes to measurement development in the area of occupational engagement. The first study focused on the characteristics of the occupations carried out at the day centre by exploring occupational engagement using …
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Patterns of Service Delivery to Transition-Age Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Psychiatric Disabilities
With psychiatric disabilities representing a large number of transition-age youth in the US and low employment rates for individuals with disabilities in general, it is necessary to identify the patterns of service variables that are more likely to lead to a competitive employment outcome for this …
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Cognitive Ability and Vocational Interest Predictors of Case Closure for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
… predictors of case closure for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. The predictive utility of an index of aptitude-interest congruence was also examined. Vocational interests were the only variables that emerged as significant predictors of case closure, clarifying the role of interest …
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Latina/o College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities: Experiences Encountered on the Postsecondary Educational Trajectory
… of Latina/o college students with mental health disabilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the academic and social experiences, as well as the barriers and support services that impact the retention of Latina/o students with psychiatric disabilities in the postsecondary setting. This …
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Examining Community Integration of Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities Residing In Supported and Non-Supported Housing
… refers to the notion that individuals with disabilities should have opportunities to live, work, engage with others, and enjoy recreational activities in the same manner as peers without disabilities. Community integration research has emerged as a high priority among mental health …
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Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support
… to work in a Swedish context, visualised the psychiatric disability in relation to work, discerned the support and process in IPS, and emphasized the employers’ experiences in an IPS-context. Study I, a multiple case study, aimed to discern the support and process in IPS that involved …
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Experiences of Everyday Occupation among People with Psychiatric Disabilities - Relationships to social interaction, the worker role and day centre attendance
… the view of the worker role among people with psychiatric disabilities(PD), while also addressing the importance of day centre attendance. The thesis consists of one qualitative study, exploring which characteristics in everyday occupation provide meaning to people with PD, and three …
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Vocational Implications of Cult Involvement
… employment, talking it out, and symptoms of psychiatric disabilities.</p>
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Validation of the Development Work Personality Scale for Use With Persons With Disabilities and Chronic Illness
… for the rising number of people living with disabilities and chronic illness. There are a number of well-established and validated theories, models, and instruments that have been implemented to improve work outcomes for persons with disabilities. Additionally, in the last few decades, …
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The Utilization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act Funding within the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSP&S) of the California Community Colleges
… vocational education provided to students with disabilities. The Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act (VEA) of 1984 was designed to assure that vocational education programs were made available to all persons. Persons who are disabled were one of six populations targeted to receive specialized …
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Formative evaluation of Helderberg Association for persons with disabilities
… run by Helderberg Association for Persons with Disabilities (HAPD) uses people who have disabilities to support people with disabilities in their own community. The purpose of this formative evaluation is to explore the roles and responsibilities of peer supporters and the needs in the …
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Perceptions of College Students Diagnosed with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: Academic, Psychosocial, and Environmental Views of their College Experience
The number of reported students with psychiatric disabilities who are seeking services and/or accommodations is steadily increasing on college campuses. Much of the research and documentation that surround the study of college students with psychiatric disorders is extremely broad in focus and …
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Genealogies of Resistance to Incarceration: Abolition Politics within Deinstitutionalization and Anti-Prison Activism in the U.S.
… retarded" (or intellectual/developmental disabilities) and "mental illness" (or psychiatric disabilities). My goals in this study are twofold and interrelated. First, I investigate abolition or closure of institutions as a radical form of activism and sketch the costs and benefits of …