Sophie's Place: Examining Career Development for the Disabled

By Denise N. Fyffe

This book introduces readers to Sophie's Place, one of Jamaica's caregiving institutions. It further shares how Sophie's Place, incorporates career development strategies for those severely disabled in Jamaica, as far as is possible to do so.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329156500

Denise N. Fyffe

Denise Fyffe, B.Sc., PGDip, pursuing M.Ed, worked in the education and training and IT industry for more than 15 years. Performed training, website administration, and software implementation of LMS and LCMS for various universities and organizations. In addition to studying Software Development and Design, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Career Development and Counseling and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education. Denise authored more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books.

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Sophie's Place: Examining Career Development for the Disabled

Sophie's Place

Examining Career Development for the Disabled

By

Denise N. Fyffe

A brief examination of how one Jamaican care giving institution incorporates career development strategies for those severely disabled in Jamaica.

Sophie's Place: A look at Career Development for the Disabled

© 2015 Denise N. Fyffe, Kingston, Jamaica.

First published 2015

Other than as permitted by law, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form by any means, without the prior written consent of the creator or publisher or a licence from the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY). To obtain a JAMCOPY licence visit www.jamcopy.com or its registered office at 17 Ruthven Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica.

Table of Contents

Sophie’s Place

Career Planning Approaches

Resources

Socio-Cultural Difficulties

Donations

References

About The Author

Books by Denise N. Fyffe

Sophie’s Place

A Haven for the mentally and physically disabled children in Jamaica

Facility

Located off the Gordon Town main road is a set of quaint little buildings which houses Sophie’s Place. It is aptly named for the remembrance of its original benefactor’s daughter. Dr. Trevor Hope, the original occupant of the premises fathered a child who happened to be both severely mentally and physically challenged. He lived and cared for his child at the present location until her death. He so loved his offspring that subsequent to her death he found it rather difficult to continue residing there.

Being a devote