Discusses various elements of linkages: informal agreements; formal written agreements; making agreements work; the non-financial agreement; how linkages work at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in Wisconsin; mandated linkages; and the importance of linkages in the vocational education and training arena. (CT)

This presentation is designed to assist vocational educators and others involved in the development and implementation of an advisory role to ensure that handicapped individuals have an opportunity to participate in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Discussed in the first part of the paper is the meaning of the JTPA for handicapped…