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An Application of Azrin's Job Club Methodology to People Who Have Sustained a Spinal Cord Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Amanda E. Young ,
Gregory C. Murphy  and
James A. Athanasou
Amanda E. Young
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
Gregory C. Murphy*
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
James A. Athanasou
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney
*
School of Behavioural Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
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Abstract

This paper describes the employment achievements of people following spinal cord injury, and briefly reviews the literature on methods used by job seekers in obtaining employment. The scientific literature on job seeking supports the social validity claims of Azrin's behaviourally-based job club methodology (Azrin, Flores, & Kaplan, 1975) and thus suggests that the job club approach might be successfully offered to people with a spinal cord injury who wish to work. A group case study is presented wherein a modified job club format was utilised with ten spinal cord injured people. Encouraging results were obtained, both in terms of changed behaviour and in actual employment status.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 91 - 97
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1996

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