The catalog describes jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each job described is performed by a specific disabled individual. Job descriptions are indexed by disability and job title. Each job description specifies the type of job, the disability of the person performing the job, company information (e.g., company…

The catalog describes jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each job described is performed by a specific disabled individual. Job descriptions are indexed by disability and job title. Each job description specifies the type of job, the disability of the person performing the job, company information (e.g. company…

This guidebook provides assistance in replicating jobs for persons with disabilities. Section One introduces the volume's format and briefly analyzes special training, job accommodations, and financial incentives for hiring employees with disabilities. Section Two contains descriptions of 53 jobs held by individuals with disabilities. The jobs are…

Intended for teachers, counselors, job placement specialists, employers, and disabled persons, this publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. Each of the 71 job descriptions presented specifies the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…

The Job Training Partnership Act, which provides money to programs preparing disadvantaged (including disabled) individuals for entry into the labor force, has helped special education students in such programs as the Special Education Local Plan Areas Job Project and the Day Training Activity Center at the Las Trampas School, Inc. in Lafayette,…

The manual provides information on how to help handicapped youth participate in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section I describes the nature of the JTPA, whose purpose is to establish programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and to provide job training for economically disadvantaged individuals and…

This booklet is designed to provide ideas on how youth competencies in the areas of basic education, pre-employment and work maturity, and job-specific skills can be utilized to help disabled youth meet performance standards in programs funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Discussed in the introductory section are the following…

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…

This booklet, which is intended to provide ideas on how Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds can be used to serve disabled youth, lists and describes over 75 promising programs funded by the JTPA to provide vocational education, training, and employment services to handicapped youth. The following types of programs are described: State and…