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Direct linkAhmet Bilal Özbek; Alev Girli – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate the transition of employees with intellectual disabilities to inclusive work environments from sheltered workplaces. The study was conducted in a sheltered workplace in Turkey for people with intellectual disabilities. Data was collected from 71 participants in interviews. Interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Sheltered Workshops, Intellectual Disability, Employees, Family Attitudes
Download full textCannella-Malone, Helen I.; Schaefer, John M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
Although an important part of adult life, individuals with significant disabilities experience low rates of gainful employment. The purpose of this review was to summarize and analyze the literature on teaching vocational skills to individuals with significant disabilities. Sixty-two articles (with 75 experiments) included in this review were…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Severe Disabilities, Vocational Education, Job Training
Jurado de los Santos, Pedro; Costa, Rebeca Soler – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
The work presented is part of a study that the research group CIFO (Research Team in Training for the Labour Market, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona) has carried out, relating to the training needs analysis and basic competences and skills in the environment of sheltered employment centres (SECs) in Catalonia (this study was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Sheltered Workshops, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs
Cimera, Robert Evert; Wehman, Paul; West, Michael; Burgess, Sloane – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study investigated whether sheltered workshops help prepare individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for competitive employment within the community. Two groups of individuals were compared: (a) 215 supported employees who were in sheltered workshops prior to entering supported employment and (b) 215 supported employees who were not in…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employees, Autism, Sheltered Workshops
Peer reviewedCohen, Mark E.; Close, Daniel W. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Descriptors: Adults, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Woods, James; And Others – 1985
The manual describes the Focus Expanded Placement Process, an approach to implementing training programs in sheltered work centers. Trainers are offered solutions to common problems, with sections on the following topics: breaking down initial resistance to training; individualizing training; creating a learning atmosphere; making training…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Job Placement, Job Skills
Barrett, Patricia – 1981
Career education is distinguished from vocational and prevocational education, and guidelines in these areas are given for educators of severely handicapped students. Prevocational activities designed to produce competencies students will need for sheltered workshop settings are presented. The activities are intended to give intermediate level…
Descriptors: Career Education, Intermediate Grades, Job Skills, Learning Activities
Hughes, M. J.; Hardman, E. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1977
Examined was the effectiveness of an assessment and training instrument with 32 mentally retarded adults in a sheltered workshop. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCunningham, Thomas; Presnall, David – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
A factor analysis was performed on the 24 domains of the AAMD (American Association on Mental Deficiency) Adaptive Behavior Scale using a sample of 217 adult retarded workshop clients. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Factor Analysis, Job Skills
Peer reviewedGold, Marc W. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Color Planning, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills
McGinnity, 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
Zimmerman, Joseph; and others – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Turner, A.; And Others – 1984
A Washington (District of Columbia) special school offers several programs to serve its population of severely and profoundly retarded students. The Family Style Eating Program focuses on skills involved with eating, while reinforcing on-the-job training in food services. Hands-on experience in a variety of life skills is provided through the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Eating Habits, Job Skills, Program Descriptions
McCarthy, Walter – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1976
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedQuinones, William A. – Mental Retardation, 1978
The study involving 61 moderately retarded Ss (16-41 years old) was designed to develop a battery of tests that would predict the vocational competency of moderately retarded Ss in a sheltered workshop program. (SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
