JOB DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYER MATCHING

Bissonnette, D. (1994). Beyond Traditional Job Development: The Art of Creating Opportunity. Milt Wright & Associates, Inc.

Butterworth, J. & Fesko, S.L. (1999). The success and struggles of closing a facility-based employment service. Research to Practice, 5 (1) 1-5.

Callahan, M. & Mank, D. Choice and Control of Employment for People with Disabilities. (1998). The Self-Determination National Program Office, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire.

Cotton, P., Goodall, S., Bauer, J., Klein, J., & Nisbet, J. (1993). Getting There From Here: A Guide to Developing Natural Job Supports.

DiLeo, D. (1993). Getting the marketing's edge!: A job developer’s toolkit for people with disabilities. St. Augustine, FL: Training Resource Network.

Fabian, E. (1994). A working relationship: The job development specialist’s guide to successful partnerships with business. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Fesko, S.L., Butterworth, J. Eds (1999), Conversion to Integrated Employment: Case Studies of Organizational Change, Volume 2. Boston: Institute for Community Inclusion/UAP, Children’s Hospital.

Sowers, J. (1998). Opportunity Resource, A Guide for Business: Hiring, Training, and Supporting Employees with Disabilities.

Wolff, K. (1999). Using role models in career exploration for students with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 93,(12) 798-800.

Wolff, K. & Johnson, G. (1999). Teaching job placement techniques to vision rehabilitation professions: A working model. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 93,(8), 531-533.

SOCIAL INCLUSION — NATURAL SUPPORTS

Bellamy, G.T., Rhodes, L.E., Mank, L.M. & Albin, J.M. (1988). Supported Employment: A Community Implementatino Guide. Paul H. Brooke Publishing Co.

Chadsey-Rusch, Linnerman, D., & Rylance, B.J. (1997). Beliefs about social integration from the perspectives of persons with mental retardation, job coaches, and employers. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 102 (1), 1-12.

Hagner, D. (2000). Coffee Breaks and Birthday Cakes: Evaluating Workplace Cultures to Develop Natural Supports for Employees with Disabilities. St. Augustine, Florida: Training Resource Network, Inc.

Hagner, D. & Dileo, D. (1993). Working together: workplace culture, supported employment, and persons with disabilities. Brookline Books.

Sowers, J., Cotton, P., Milliken, K., Sousa, S., Kouwenhover, K. & Blecharcyzk, L. (1998). A Vision of Opportunity.

Sowers, J., Cotton, P., & Nisbet, J. (1997). Naturally Supported Employment and Quality Indicators.

Urbain, C. (1992). Supported employment: A step-by-step guide. Minneapolis: Pacer Center.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Ludlum, C. (1995). Getting from Here to There: Manual on Personal Assistance. Storrs, CT: AJ Pappanikou Center on Special Education and Rehabilitation, UAP.

Parsons, M., Reid, D., Green C., & Browning, L. (1999). Reducing individualized job coach assistance provided to persons with multiple severe disabilities in supported work. Journal of the Assocation For Persons With Severe Handicaps, 24 (4), 292-297.

Racino, J.A. (1990). Preparing personnel to work with community support services. In A.R. Kaiser & C.M. McWhorter (Eds.). Preparing personnel to work with persons with severe disabilities. (pp. 203-226). Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Rusch, F., Heal, L, & Cimera, R. (1997). Predicting the earnings of supported employees with mental retardation. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 101 (6) 630-644.

BEST PRACTICES

DiLeo, D. & Langton, D. (Eds.). (1996). Facing the Future: Best Practices in Supported Employment. St. Augustine, FL: The Resource Network.

Kavan, O. & Greenspan, S. (1995). Community rehabilitation services and people with disabilities. Rehabilitation Counseling and Communication Paradigm. Newton, Massachusetts.: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Ludlum, C. (1995). Getting from Here to There: Manual on Personal Assistance. Storrs, CT: AJ Pappanikou Center on Special Education and Rehabilitation, UAP.

Murphy, S. & Rogan, P. (1994). Developing Natural Supports in the Workplace: A Practitioner’s Guide. The Resource Network.

Nisbet, J. (Ed.). (1992). Natural supports in school, at work, and in the community for people with severe disabilities. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Pauscofar, E. Positive Profiles APSE July 18-21. The Resource Network.

Walker, P. (2000). Acting on a vision: Agency conversion at KFI, Millinocket, Maine. Syracuse, NY: Center on Human Policy

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Griffin, C., & Flannery, M. (1999). Bringing Home the Bacon: Inventive Self Employment and Supported Employment in Rural America. The Rural Institute.

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