Raising Disability Awareness and Self-Efficacy of One-Stop Workforce Center Staff Serving Job Seekers with Disabilities
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Keywords
disability awareness, internet training, workforce centers
Abstract
Under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) access to employment services for all job seekers, including those with disabilities, is available partly through a system of One-Stop Workforce Centers (Storen & Dixon, 1999; U.S. Department of Labor, 2001). However, early studies of WIA implementation found that One-Stops had limited outreach to and lacked accessibility for people with disabilities. This article describes a training program designed to raise disability awareness and self-efficacy of One-Stop staff serving people with disabilities, and to contribute to a unified culture of sensitivity toward, and an ability to work with, job seekers with disabilities.
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Richard Johnson, Division of Adult Studies, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas
Richard Johnson, Ph.D., is affiliated with the Division of Adult Studies at the Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas.
Correspondence should be addressed to Richard Johnson, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, 1122 West Campus Road, Room 517, Lawrence, KS 66045-3101 or by email to [email protected].
Daryl Mellard, Division of Adult Studies, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas
Daryl Mellard, Ph.D., is affiliated with the Division of Adult Studies at the Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas.
Correspondence should be addressed to Richard Johnson, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, 1122 West Campus Road, Room 517, Lawrence, KS 66045-3101 or by email to [email protected].
Thomas Krieshok, Department of Psychology and Research in Education, University of Kansas
Thomas Krieshok, Ph.D., is in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, at the University of Kansas.
Correspondence should be addressed to Richard Johnson, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, 1122 West Campus Road, Room 517, Lawrence, KS 66045-3101 or by email to [email protected].