Job coaches for adults with disabilities : a practical guide / edited by Karola Dillenburger, Ewa Matuska, Marea de Bruijn, and Hanns Rüdiger Röttgers ; forewords by Blazej Piasek and Norman Sterritt.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019.Description: 224 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9781785925467 (alk. paper)

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HV1568.5 J57 2019

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Contents:

What is a job coach for adults with disabilities? -- Having a job coach: Insider perspectives -- Job coaches for adults with mental health conditions -- Job coaches for adults with physical and sensory -- Job coaches for adults with intellectual disabilities -- Job coaches for adults on the autism spectrum -- On-the-Job functional assessments -- Dealing with crisis and challenging behaviours -- Collaborating with employers -- Being a job coach: Insider perspectives -- Training job coaches: Framework, principles and practical illustrations -- Appendix 1: Job coaching curriculum and skills: Practice examples -- Appendix 2: Job coaching employees with specific disabilities.

Summary: "Defining the role of a job coach, this book sets out EU-wide training standards for helping people with disabilities gain and maintain meaningful employment. The book includes the perspectives of both people with disabilities and their job coaches, offering first-hand experience of the specific issues faced by those who want to enter the competitive open jobs market. It describes how to provide bespoke support for people with an intellectual disability, physical disability, as well as for autistic people and individuals with mental health conditions. Guidance on functional assessment, task analysis, collaborating with employers and training for new and student job coaches is also included."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS HV1568.5 J57 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	79442		00080880

Includes index.

"Defining the role of a job coach, this book sets out EU-wide training standards for helping people with disabilities gain and maintain meaningful employment.

The book includes the perspectives of both people with disabilities and their job coaches, offering first-hand experience of the specific issues faced by those who want to enter the competitive open jobs market. It describes how to provide bespoke support for people with an intellectual disability, physical disability, as well as for autistic people and individuals with mental health conditions. Guidance on functional assessment, task analysis, collaborating with employers and training for new and student job coaches is also included."--Back cover

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