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Download full textMcGinnity, Betsy L. – 1983
Project ADVANCE currently provides vocational training to 26 deaf-blind adolescents and young adults attending Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. The project has developed community work sites in four different vocational options: (1) competitive employment, (2) a student operated small business, (3) sheltered enclave within…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Resources, Deaf Blind, Employment
Hutchinson, David; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
A work orientation unit for handicapped persons is located in a British College and promotes vocational, educational and recreational skill learning. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries
Brown, Lou; And Others – 1983
The paper criticizes the practice of providing sheltered occupational environments to severely handicapped individuals and considers ways in which public school programs and adult service systems can be arranged to maximize vocational functioning. Following an operational definition of meaningful work, the chapter analyzes reasons for the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Employment
Hansen, Cheryl L., Ed.; Haring, Norris G., Ed. – 1980
Seven papers examine issues in vocational education for the moderately to severely handicapped. The first paper, "Introduction: Perspectives on Vocational Education" and "Rehabilitation for the Handicapped" by C. Hansen and N. Haring sets out terms and definitions and provides an overview for the text. C. Hansen's second paper,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Job Placement
Washington Univ., Seattle. – 1988
These five papers deal with topics related to problems associated with transition from school to independent living for handicapped youth. "Individual Transition Plans: From Lip Service to Implementation" (Joseph Stowitschek, Cheryl Kelso) reports on a study to determine the extent to which individual transition planning is advocated by…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Employment Level
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
Presented are results from a survey of 2,530 sheltered workshop programs serving handicapped persons. Initial sections review the historical development of workshops, federal regulations affecting workshops, and previous related studies. Data are provided on the following topics: characteristics of workshops and clients (including a table on…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment, Federal Legislation
Hollander, Elaine K., Ed.; Soloyanis, George, Ed. – 1978
The book contains the proceedings of the Second International Seminar on Vocational Rehabilitation for Mentally Retarded Persons, held in 1976. The latest advances in the field are discussed by representatives from 25 foreign countries who are actively involved in rehabilitation research or who work in areas closely related as investigators,…
Descriptors: Employment, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Horticulture
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1974
Presented are six articles on residential living, vocational education, employment recreation, deinstitutionalization, and workshop experience of mentally retarded children and adults. K. Grunewald discusses the planning of housing for five- to eight person groups of retarded children and adults in varying kinds of residential facilities in Sweden…
Descriptors: Employment, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Services
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1976
Presented are highlights of the major recommendations offered by over 200 professionals who participated in the National Forum on Pathways to Employment, a meeting on problems relating to the job preparation and placement of handicapped individuals. An initial section lists legislative recommendations, administrative recommendations,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Architectural Barriers, Attitudes, Child Advocacy
