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Overcoming the Odds - Supported employment success stories

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Supported employment for people with severe disabilities? Meet eight who have succeeded.

Supported employment has produced many successful employees with mild to moderate disabilities. But what about people with severe disabilities who exhibit challenging behaviors? Can they overcome the odds? Ellen Rubenstein Bauer, a job coach with fifteen years experience, has profiled eight individuals who have succeeded in supported employment despite significant disabilities. Success was not easy. Overcoming the Odds shows that creative job coaches, employee sensitivity training, effective behavior management strategies and realistic workplace accommodations can make your most challenging students successful employees. A valuable resource for transition coordinators, job coaches and parents. 80 pages, 1999.

Typical Access Profile

Auditory Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Hearing Hyper-Acute	Vision Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Vision
Gross Motor All Some Few Not Using Gross Motor	Fine Motor All Some Few Not Using Fine Motor
Developmental Age Range 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13 and Over	Language Typical Some Spoken Receptive Only Sign Assistive/Augmentitive Not Using Language