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Washington, Andre Lamont – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined how desktop virtual reality environment training (DVRET) affected state anxiety and vocational identity of vocational rehabilitation services consumers during job placement/job readiness activities. It utilized a quantitative research model with a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design plus some qualitative descriptive…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Job Placement, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Kundu, Madan M.; Dutta, Alo; Chan, Fong; Torres, Viviana; Fleming, Kayla – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2011
Purpose: To validate an 80-item self-report measure, A Systems Approach to Placement: Self-Assessment for Students and Counselors (SAP-SASC), designed to identify critical areas of knowledge, skills, and competencies possessed by rehabilitation counselors in state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency settings. Participants: 275 rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Rehabilitation Counseling, Vocational Rehabilitation, Needs Assessment
Cotton, Dale – VocEd, 1980
Describes a program of the Great Plains Area Vocational Technical Center in Lawton, Oklahoma involving the establishment of a career counseling and enrollment center in a downtown mall. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Job Placement, Marketing
EDINGTON, EVERETT D.; KUNTZ, ROBERT H. – 1964
DURING 1962-63, 16 FARM MECHANICS RETRAINING SCHOOLS WERE SET UP IN OKLAHOMA UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1961 TO TRAIN 225 MEN WHO WERE EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TEST SCORES AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS USED IN SELECTION OF THE TRAINEES AND THEIR…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Aptitude
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1989
This manual was prepared by the Regional Rehabilitation Exchange (RRX) project to assist rehabilitation and independent living organizations and programs in submitting information to gain recognition as an exemplary program model for job placement services. The manual is intended for programs and organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Job Placement
Tuttle, Francis T.; Wall, James E. – 1979
This publication describes some of the basic features of state industry services programs, particularly those related to job training. It seeks to answer the following questions: How does an industry services program differ from more traditional vocational education programs? What types of training are provided? Who benefits? How are the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Industrial Training, Job Development, Job Placement
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1989
This document surveys the rehabilitation and independent living community in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas for programs and practices that demonstrate especially effective service delivery and can serve as role models. Section 1, the introduction, identifies the background and purposes of the Regional Rehabilitation Exchange…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Services
White, Barbara – 1990
This paper provides an overview of some of the issues involved in developing and implementing vocational education effectiveness indicators and systems. The paper first discusses educational effectiveness indicator systems--with the emphasis on "systems" in contrast to individual effectiveness indicators taken alone--and stresses the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Evaluation Criteria, Job Placement
Hornbostel, Victor O.; And Others
The primary research objectives of the 44-month project were to determine the extent to which members of experimental and control groups would differ, after training in academic achievement, vocational achievement, personal-social characteristics, and job placement and job success. The subjects were unemployed or underemployed school dropouts,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Achievement, Comparative Analysis