Making Self-Employment Work for People With Disabilities

Griffin, Cary/ Hammis, David

ISBN 10: 1557666520 / ISBN 13: 9781557666529

Published by Paul H Brookes Pub Co, 2003

1st edition. 288 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1557666520

Synopsis:

Self-employment is a viable option for adults with significant disabilities. This work aims to help individuals start and maintain their own small businesses. It provides a discussion of person-centred business planning and its primary components, and chapters on finances and social security.

About the Author:

Mr. Griffin is Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, a full-service consultancy specializing in building communities of economic cooperation, creating highperformance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. He is also Codirector of the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Resources, and Training project with Virginia Commonwealth University and former Director of Special Projects at the Rural Institute at The University of Montana. He is also past director of an adult vocational program in southern Colorado, former Assistant Director of the Rocky Mountain Resource and Training Institute, and former Founder and Executive Director of CTAT in Colorado.

Mr. Hammis is Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, a full-service consultancy specializing in building communities of economic cooperation, creating highperformance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. He maintains an ongoing relationship with the Rural Institute at The University of Montana, where he served as Project Director for multiple self-employment, employment, and Social Security outreach training and technical assistance projects, including the Rural Institute’s Rural Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Expansion Design Project. He works with organizations nationally and internationally on self-employment, benefits analysis, supported employment, and employment engineering. Mr. Hammis has worked in supported and self-employment since 1988 and is personally responsible for the implementation of thousands of Plans to Achieve Self-Support leading to employment, self-employment, and enhanced personal resources for people with disabilities. In July 1996, Mr. Hammis received the International Association for Persons in Supported Employment Professional of the Year Award for his “outstanding support and commitment to people with disabilities, especially in the areas of career development and the use of Social Security work incentives.â€

John Kregel, Ed.D., is Professor of Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. He presently serves as Director of Research and Associate Director of the VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports. Current research efforts are focused on evaluating the effectiveness of state and federal efforts to reform social security policy, promoting improvements in supported employment programs, and enhancing the ability of employers to provide accommodations to workers with disabilities. He is also co-editor of Focus on Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

Dr. Wehman is Professor of Physical Medicine with joint appointments in the Departments of Rehabilitation Counseling and also Special Education and Disability Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. He serves as Chairman of the Division of Rehabilitation Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Wehman has his Ph.D. in Behavioral Disabilities from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

As one of the original founders of supported employment, he has worked closely with business and industry since 1980 and has published over 200 articles and authored or edited more than 40 books primarily in transition, severe disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury and employment for persons with disabilities. He has been the Principal Investigator on 41 million dollars in grants during his career.

As the father of two young adults with disabilities, he brings a strong parental as well as business perspective to his work. He is highly active in speaking to professionals, parents, advocates and businesses on transition and employment for people with autism, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and other developmental disabilities. On a daily basis he works with individuals with disabilities, communicates regularly with professionals in the world of business relate</P

Bibliographic Details

Title: Making Self-Employment Work for People With ...
Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New