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Tapping Employment Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities by Engaging Effectively with Employers (NCSET Research to Practice Brief)

Mooney, Marianne

Luecking, Richard G

University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)

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NCSET Research to Practice Brief; Volume 1, Issue 3

A brief addressing studies that explore employer perspectives on managing supports and accommodations for youth with disabilities, and the implications of these studies for transition practice and employment services for youth with disabilities. Examining employer perceptions of hiring and accommodating individuals with disabilities is an important consideration in making work-based learning opportunities available to youth with disabilities. Further resources are included.

This report was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, (Cooperative Agreement No. H326J000005). The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and no official endorsement by the Department should be inferred.

Mooney, Marianne; Luecking, Richard G. (2002). Tapping Employment Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities by Engaging Effectively with Employers (NCSET Research to Practice Brief). University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET). Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/172989.