BOOK
Job Coaches for Adults with Disabilities
Karola Dillenburger | Ewa Matuska | Marea de Bruijn | Hanns Rüdiger Röttgers | Blazej Piasek | Norman Sterritt | Lyn McKerr | Caterina Metje | Trish MacKeogh | Marcia Scherer | Angelika Anderson | Brian Fennell | Lucie Procházková | Helena Vadurová
(2019)
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Abstract
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.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Coaches for Adults with Disabilities. Edited by Karol Dillenburger | 1 | ||
| Foreword by Blazej Piasek | 7 | ||
| Foreword by Norman Sterritt | 9 | ||
| Introduction | 11 | ||
| Ch 1. What is a Job Coach for Adults with Disabilities? by Ewa Matuska | 15 | ||
| Ch 2. Having a Job Coach: Insider Perspectives by Caterina Metje and Lyn McKerr | 37 | ||
| Ch 3. Job Coaches for Adults with Mental Health Conditions Hanns Rüdiger Röttgers | 52 | ||
| Ch 4. Job Coaches for Adults with Physical and Sensory Disabilities by Trish MacKeogh and Marcia J. Scherer | 70 | ||
| Ch 5. Job Coaches for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities by Ewa Matuska | 88 | ||
| Ch 6. Job Coach for Adults on the Autism Spectrum by Lyn McKerr and Karola Dillenburger | 100 | ||
| Ch 7. On-The-Job Functional Assessments by Angelika Anderson | 118 | ||
| Ch 8. Dealing with Crisis and Challenging Behaviours by Brian Fennell and Karola Dillenburger | 137 | ||
| Ch 9. Collaborating with Employers by Lucie Procházková and Helena Vaďurová | 151 | ||
| Ch 10. Being a Job Coach: Insider Perspectives by Lyn McKerr and Marea de Bruijn | 167 | ||
| Ch 11. Training Job Coaches: Framework, Principles and Practical Illustrations by Marea de Bruijn | 185 | ||
| Appendix 1. Job Coaching Curriculum snd Skills: \nPractice Examples | 200 | ||
| Appendix 2. Job Coaching Employees with Specific Disabilities | 207 | ||
| About the Contributors | 212 | ||
| Subject Index | 216 | ||
| Author Index | 220 | ||
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