Learning to Work in small businesses: learning and training for young adults with learning disabilities

Geoff Ruggeri-Stevens; Susan Goodwin

doi:10.1108/00400910710834139

Learning to Work in small businesses: learning and training for young adults with learning disabilities

Geoff Ruggeri-Stevens, Susan Goodwin

University of Brighton

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Abstract

The paper alerts small business employers to new dictates of the Disability Discrimination Act (2005) as it applies to learning disabilities. Then the “Learning to Work” project featured in the paper offers small business employers a set of approaches and methods for the identification of a learning-disabled young adult candidate's training needs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	745-755
Number of pages	11
Journal	Education and training
Volume	49
Issue number	8-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910710834139
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Learning disabilities
Small enterprises
Workplace training
Young adults

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