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The Center for Rehabilitation and Employment Research conducts research, educates and trains, and provides employment, career, and rehabilitation services geared towards enhancing the employment and career development opportunities for groups of individuals that have been chronically unemployed and under-employed. These individuals include persons with physical, mental, and/or emotional disabilities, minorities, women, recipients of financial assistance, and individuals who are living in poverty. The Center’s interdisciplinary research approach focuses on how social, psychological, organizational, cultural, economic, and medical factors impact the employment and career development of the groups identified above. In addition to research, the Center provides employment and career development services to individuals in the Memphis area who are chronically under-employed or unemployed. Services Provided The Center offers a broad array of services including career and vocational testing, psychological assessment, assistive technology assessment and training, and job readiness preparation. All testing services are confidential and are consistent with guidelines and ethical standards of the American Psychological Association and American Counseling Association, and the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. Accommodations are available for persons with disabilities. Please see our Services link for detailed information on the services we provide; see our Contact Us link to see where we are located and for information on how to reach us. Funding The Center receives funding from the following agencies and organizations. See our Related Links page for further information about these organizations.
University of Memphis Magazine, Winter 2001, profiles the CRER.
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