Cover -- Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acronyms -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) -- CBR and the ILO -- Purpose of the guide -- What is in the guide -- 1.2 Concepts -- Disability, poverty and development -- Work -- Decent work -- Livelihoods -- Economic empowerment -- 1.3 Contexts -- Formal and informal economies -- Urban and rural areas -- Gender issues -- 1.4 Chapter 1 - Summary of key points -- 2. Skills and work basics -- 2.1 Types of skills -- Foundation skills -- Core skills for work -- Technical skills -- Entrepeneurial and business management skills -- 2.2 Applying skills in work -- Linking skills, knowledge and attitudes -- Skills and the context of work -- 2.3 Chapter 2- Summary of key points -- 3. CBR and skills development -- 3.1 Training and skills development for people with disabilities - Good practice overview -- Aims -- Characteristics -- Activities -- 3.2 Assisting people with disabilities to develop skills -- How to develop core skills for work -- How to develop entrepeneurial and business management skills -- What to do when literacy and/or numeracy levels are low? -- How to develop technical skills -- 3.3 Women and skills development -- 3.4 Chapter 3 - Summary of key points -- 4. CBR and livelihoods -- 4.1 Supporting disabled people to get jobs -- Job matching -- Networking with employment services -- 4.2 Developing relationships with employers -- Planning contacts with employers -- Preparing to visit an employer -- Visiting employers -- Following up with employers -- Building relationships with employers' organizations -- 4.3 Networking with workers' organizations -- 4.4 Supporting disabled people to set up a business -- Accessing capital -- Marketing -- 4.5 Chapter 4 - Summary of key points -- 5. Building support in the community.

5.1 Importance of community support -- 5.2 Building support networks for disabled people -- What are self-help organizations? -- Skills and attitudes learnt through self-help groups -- Strategies for forming self-help groups -- 5.3 Building support networks for community programmes -- Networking with service organizations -- Networking with government services -- Networking with NGOs -- 5.4 Chapter 5 - Summary of key points -- 6. Conclusion -- CBR - an essential strategy -- CBR can reduce poverty -- CBR should counter work stereotypes for disabled people -- CBR should support access to jobs, self-employment or livelihoods -- CBR programmes need to go beyond technical skills training -- CBR programmes need to consider a range of training approaches -- CBR programmes need to establish extensive networks -- Bibliography -- Endnotes.