Dive in: Springboard into the Profitability, Productivity, and Potential of the Special Needs Workforce - Hardcover

Vogel, Nadine O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0980174589 ISBN 13: 9780980174588

Publisher: Paramount Market Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Fifty-four million American adults live with a disability. Add to that tens of millions of parents of children with special needs and mature workers with age related disabilities and the number grows.

Why are these numbers important to your company, agency, organization, or school? Because these people make up the special needs workforce a group of talented employees that you cannot afford to overlook. Unlike many books about employing the disabled, Nadine Vogel includes in the special needs workforce parents of children with special needs and workers with age-related disabilities.

In this book she presents the business case for hiring and supporting this untapped and under-used workforce. She demonstrates the value of inclusion with statistics, anecdotal evidence, and examples from the world's most successful companies.

Vogel not only encourages employers to consider this under-used group, but also presents concrete how-to information and best practices from in-the-know corporations. In Dive In, she maps out a plan for inclusion that can increase your company's productivity, elevate your status with your customers, and position your company as an employer of choice.

Included is a list of many government agencies and non-profit organizations that provide information on everything from physical accessibility to tax breaks. Also included are tips on how to handle difficult situations, how to best train employees, and how to partner with other organizations to give greater visibility and overall results for your efforts.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Fifty-four million American adults live with a disability. Add to that the tens of millions of parents of children with special needs and workers with age-related disabilities and the number grows. Vogel not only encourages employers to consider the under-used group, but also presents concrete how-to information and best practices from in-the-know corporations. In Dive In, she maps out a plan for inclusion that can increase your company's productivity, elevate your status with your customers, and position your company as an employer of choice.Included is a list of many government aqencies and non-profit that provide information on everything from physical accessability to tax breaks. Also included are tips on how to handle difficult situations, how to best train employees, and how to partner with other organizations to give greater visibility and overall results for your efforts.

From the Back Cover

Nadine Vogel presents the business case for hiring and supporting the untapped and underused special needs workforce. She demonstrates the value of inclusion with statistics, anecdotal evidence, and examples from the world's most successful corporations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paramount Market Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0980174589
• ISBN 13: 9780980174588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132