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Supported Competitive Employment

COPE - Community Options Program Employment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Jennifer Green
Jennifer Green*
Affiliation:
Department of Technical and Further Education, New South Wales
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The Community Options Program Employment (COPE) Project, was initiated in October 1985 by the Consultant for Students with Intellectual and/or Physical Disabilities at Blacktown College of TAFE (New South Wales Department of Technical and Further Education). It is a cooperative program in on-site training and competitive employment support, for workers with an intellectual disability.

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Research into Practice
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 1988 , pp. 43 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1988

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References

Green, J. (1987, October) COPE — Community Options Program Employment. Paper presented at 12th National Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education, Melbourne.Google Scholar
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