| Description |
xxi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Forewords / Karen Flippo and Joe Marrone -- 1. People with Mental Illness -- 2. Mental Illness and Substance Abuse -- 3. Families and Cultural Influences -- 4. Role of the Employment Specialist -- 5. Supported Employment and People with Long-Term Mental Illness -- 6. Employment Models and Supported Education -- 7. Quality Indicators in Employment Programs -- 8. The Role of State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors -- 9. Social Security Issues -- 10. Rights of Workers with Disabilities Under the ADA -- 11. Client Screening and Assessment -- 12. Career Development, Teaching Job-Seeking Skills, and Job Clubs -- 13. Job Development -- 14. Choosing and Building the Right Job -- 15. Initial Activities -- 16. Learning the Job -- 17. Specific Teaching Topics -- 18. Behavior Management and Self-Management -- 19. Natural Supports, Integration, and Social Skills -- 20. Fading from the Jobsite -- 21. Ongoing Support -- 22. Team Building -- 23. Trouble in Paradise |
| Summary |
Filled with illustrative case studies and reproducible forms and checklists, this informative volume is essential for all who support workers with mental illness, including job development and placement specialists, supported employment professionals, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and mental health practitioners |
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More than ever before, people with mental illness want to be able to secure and sustain meaningful employment in their communities. Providing Employment Support for People with Long-Term Mental Illness: Choices, Resources, and Practical Strategies provides the proven techniques and useful information needed to help people with mental illness become part of the nation's work force. Offering probing discussion of mental illness as well as valuable insight into the "ins and outs" of seeking and maintaining competitive work, this comprehensive handbook addresses vital concerns such as vocational assessment and career development; family involvement in vocational planning; social skills and behavior management; crisis intervention; and workers' rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| Analysis |
Mental disorders Rehabilitation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-313) and index |
| Subject |
Mentally ill -- Employment.
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Mentally ill -- Rehabilitation.
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Employment, Supported -- methods.
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Employment, Supported.
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Mental Disorders -- rehabilitation.
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Rehabilitation, Vocational.
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| LC no. |
95003724 |
| ISBN |
1557661901 (recycled paper) |
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