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Szymanski, E.M., & Parker, R.M.(Eds.). (2003). Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed., pp. vii & 480. $63.90.
Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement is a comprehensive vocational rehabilitation text which focuses on career development and job placement. It provides an overview of tactics, resources, principles, and framework for promoting the employment of people with disabilities. Work and Disability is designed to serve the needs of rehabilitation students and professionals in the arenas of career counseling and job placement for people with disabilities.
The twelve chapters of Work and Disability are carefully arranged. The book begins with the basic constructs of work and disability and follows with overviews of legislation affecting the employment of people with disabilities, the current employment status of these individuals, implications of career development theories, constructs and research on people with disabilities....