SBIR/STTR Research Award
Empirically Supported Job Interviewing Skills Training for People with Disabilities: A Multimedia-Based Computer Simulation Approach
Award amount
$74,910Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Vocational Consultants Press
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 84.133S-1
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Based on demand-side job interview research, the project develops a prototype, multimedia-based software designed to teach job seeking and interview skills to people with disabilities. The software is developed for people with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation (vr), rehabilitation counselors, rehabilitation counselor educators, and human resources professionals. The software can be used as an evaluation and training tool for people with disabilities in vr. tthe software may be also be used as a disability sensitivity tool for human resources professionals to assist in the identification of disability bias patterns in making hiring decisions.
Technology keywords
Not reported