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Petzy, Vic – 1980
This document is designed to assist school personnel in the planning, development, and implementation of vocational assessment approaches for special needs students. The intended audience includes administrators, coordinators, counsellors, or teachers who are interested in designing vocational assessment procedures which maximize the use of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationLombard, Richard C. – Office of Special Populations Brief, 1994
Research has shown that successful school-to-work transitional planning must be linked to good vocational assessment. A study of the type and extent of formal vocational assessments being conducted by educators within secondary schools in Wisconsin showed that 77 percent assessed occupational interests, 63 percent assessed vocational aptitudes,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individualized Education Programs, Models, Postsecondary Education
Download full textSitlington, Patricia L. – 1988
An overview is provided of the career/vocational assessment process as applied to individuals with mental disabilities. Types of information that need to be gathered can be grouped into seven basic categories: medical; functional academic skills; interests and environmental preferences; interpersonal skills; work habits and attitudes; learning…
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Collection, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods
Nevels, Vada G. – 1987
In compliance with Section 204 (C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, the Pennyrile Vocational Education Region Two, in Madisonville, Kentucky, developed a formal assessment system to help single parents/displaced homemakers make a realistic choice of curriculum. During the project, assessment instruments were evaluated and…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals), Models
Levinson, Edward M. – 1993
This volume on vocational assessment is written from an educational and psychological perspective and includes descriptions of program models appropriate for implementation within school settings. The book focuses on cooperation among a variety of school-based professionals; incorporates the roles of community-based professionals and parents; and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Flad, Harry R.; Canty, Jane M. – 1980
The basis for the assessment process in this project is that structured situations within curriculum areas will yield vocational information (skill and behavioral) that has a direct and indirect relationship to occupational areas in the world of work. Thus, with the assistance of school assessment teams, seven situations were identified and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cluster Analysis, Data Collection
Walsh, W. Bruce, Ed.; Osipow, Samuel H., Ed. – 1995
This handbook is designed to acquaint readers with the practical and applied aspects of the field of vocational psychology and the variety of techniques, procedures, and theories available for vocational assessment. The following chapters are included: "Preface" and "Introduction" (W. Bruce Walsh, Samuel H. Osipow); "Current Theoretical Issues in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
