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Download full textMCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DISSEMINATION OF PROGRAM FINDINGS TO THE CORRECTIONAL FIELD IS A KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF INMATES AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. LEADERS IN CORRECTIONS AND MANPOWER TRAINING WILL MEET IN FOUR CONFERENCES, PLANS FOR WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN THIS REPORT. BECAUSE 23 PERCENT…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Institutions, Counseling Services, Delinquent Rehabilitation
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS EMPHASIZING PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE MOTIVATION THROUGH CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK COMPLEMENT THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING GIVEN EACH INMATE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM FOR ALL TRAINEES SCORING BELOW 7TH GRADE INCLUDES PHONICS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Conferences, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE VOCATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AN EXPERIMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST 21 MONTHS TRAINED 173 YOUTHS IN SEVEN TRADES AND PLACED 150 GRADUATES IN JOBS. DETAILS OF SELECTION, COUNSELING, TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF INMATES THE USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Community Support
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AIMS TO SHOW THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT, INTENSIVE COUNSELING, BASIC EDUCATION CLASSES, AND A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF RELEASEES CAN DECREASE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AND EFFECT ENOUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN INMATES TO TURN THEM INTO USEFUL CITIZENS. TRAINING…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Appliance Repair, Auto Mechanics, Behavior Change
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
IN THE DRAPER MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT, INITIATED TO TRAIN INSTITUTIONALIZED OFFENDERS IN TRADES, 810 INMATES HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR ABILITY, APTITUDE, AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. A PICTURE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE TEST WAS DEVISED TO OVERCOME THE GROUP'S VERBAL DISABILITY. OF THE 331 INMATES ACCEPTED FOR TRAINING, 231 HAVE GRADUATED,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Students, Community Support, Correctional Institutions
