title: COMPETE: a model for vocational evaluation, training, employment, and community for integration for persons with cognitive impairments.
abstract: This paper describes a job skills training program for young adults with cognitive impairments called COMPETE, an acronym for Computer Preparation: Evaluation, Training, and Employment. Participants in COMPETE trained in use of information-age machines, (e.g., computers, fax machines). The 3-year demonstration project resulted in successful placement of 17 of 27 persons who were unemployed before entering the program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York 14214.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Svorai
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D016832:Employment, Supported; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007360:Intelligence; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D014829:Vocational Education; D014830:Vocational Guidance