The purpose of this article is to present a trainer-advocacy approach to job site training and placement for moderately and severely handicapped individuals. A major focus of this article is that job placement into nonsheltered work environments should be a more frequent option for handicapped individuals than it has been in the past. A model program for job placement is discussed, with interim data presented on the individuals placed to date. At this point, over $90,000 has been earned cumulatively by 33 moderately and severely handicapped individuals, most of whom had never worked competitively before.
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