A vocational training program for trainable mentally retarded youth and adults provided instruction on functional skills, travel training, and independent living skills in addition to supervised performance in part time jobs in the community. The program expanded into small business subsidiaries for boat cleaning and detailing and marine serving.…

A joint collaborative effort between Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital and the Parsippany Adult School had as its objective the facilitation of the deinstitutionalization and the assumption of the normal societal role of workers for emotionally disabled citizens. This was to be accomplished through the development, delivery, and refinement of a…

This curriculum guide is designed to aid in teaching a course covering business-related information, skills, and attitudes. Intended for vocational students with special needs, the ten units of instruction are written at elementary reading level. Components of the units are statement of objectives, outline of teacher and student activities,…