Background/Context: This article returns to and expands upon Cremin's and Garfinkel's ideas about education as work--deliberate, systematic, and sustained work--that changes one's consociates, whether planned or not. That is, education must be seen as occurring everywhere, to and by everyone, in many contexts other than in classrooms or schools.…

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) marked a major reform in the nation's job training system. It consolidated more then 60 federal training programs into three block grants to states: (1) adult employment and training; (2) disadvantaged youth employment and training; and (3) adult education and family literacy…

It may seem that deaf-blindness refers to a total inability to see or hear. However, in reality deaf-blindness is a condition in which the combination of hearing and visual losses in children cause "such severe communication and other develop mental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for…

Access to public community job-training sites can be restricted if students with moderate mental retardation exhibit behavior unacceptable to nondisabled coworkers or the general public. The authors conducted a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) in public community settings to determine the function of each student's problem behavior. They…

Transition from secondary education to adulthood represents a period during which adolescents with disabilities face multiple responsibilities and changing roles that include establishing independence, attending postsecondary education or training, developing social networks, choosing a career, participating in their communities, and managing…

Since 1986, federal law has mandated that states provide appropriate early intervention for children from birth to age three with disability or developmental delay. Current federal legislation has focused on expanding services into natural environments other than the child's home. Natural environments are settings in which the child would be if he…

Discusses community development strategies for preventing resistance against community-based learning disability projects with illustrations from the Hong Kong experience. Suggests that community acceptance requires fundamental changes in images projected by the media and service providers along with involvement of the government and social…

The instructional scheduling arrangements of simulated and community-based instruction across an equivalent set of functional and vocational skills were examined. Five secondary age students with moderate intellectual disabilities participated in four instructional scheduling arrangements measuring skill acquisition, generalization, and…

The author discusses changes that the Texas Division for Blind Services made in its vocational rehabilitation program to increase competitive employment opportunities for vocational rehabilitation consumers who are blind and visually impaired. P. R. Warren, B. S. Cavenaugh, and M. J. Giesen (2004) reported that, nationwide, a higher proportion of…

The purpose of this study was to investigate use of computers and video technologies to teach students to correctly make purchases in a community grocery store using the dollar plus purchasing strategy. Four middle school students diagnosed with intellectual disabilities participated in this study. A multiple probe across participants research…

Confronts possibilities and problems associated with creating diverse, multicultural, inclusive schools. Illustrates how schools can better serve students by fostering a sense of community while advancing both solidarity and diversity. Inclusive schools maintain and expand the focus on contiguity-based solidarity begun with site-managed schools…

The Pathways Schools-Anne Arundel serves adolescents with emotional disabilities using a one-to-one, community-based model. The instructional, behavioral, and vocational support is provided by paraprofessionals under the direction of certified special education teachers and licensed social workers. Students participate in the lessons and…

Elementary school staff requested and were provided with strategies for helping students and a resource guide to services for students living with substance-abusing adults.

This article describes how one inclusive middle school addressed needs of students with significant disabilities for functional community-referenced skills including clothing purchases, buying groceries, eating out, crossing the street, doing laundry, and using a microwave. Program development, program organization, and involvement of peers…

Effects of a community-based progressive resistance physical training program on simulated work productivity were evaluated with six students (mean age 17 years) having moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Strength values increased from preprogram to postprogram assessment. Mean values for all work productivity tasks increased during the…