SBIR-STTR Award

Empirically Supported Job Interviewing Skills Training for People with Disabilities: a Multi-Media Based Computer Simulation Approach
Award last edited on: 12/16/2014

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DoEd
Total Award Amount
$74,910
Award Phase
1
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Principal Investigator
Philip Kwok

Company Information

Vocational Consultants Press

5684 Caribou Lane
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
   (847) 289-1668
   info@vcpmultimedia.com
   www.vcpmultimedia.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 08
County: Cook

Phase I

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Phase I year
2006
Phase I Amount
$74,910
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.

Phase II

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