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1969
The checklist includes state and local agencies, facilities, and other resources which render specific services to the mentally retarded. For each of the states and territories, the following are identified: state coordinating agencies, state agency administered programs, non-government state resources, clinical programs, and residential and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Clinics, Community Services, Directories
Download full textDayan, Maurice – 1968
A 3-year study was conducted to validate the eight-factor Vocational Capacity Scale (VCS), designed for use with the retarded. Subjects were 366 institutionalized mental retardates, both educable and trainable, aged 15 to 30, who were administered the VCS twice, 1 year apart. Social workers and staff worked individually to promote the highest…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Potential, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Structure
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1968
The successes of six handicapped adults are related; the incidence of disability and the problems of employment are presented. Methods of organizing to promote job opportunities are explained, and the following major projects for volunteer committees are reviewed in terms of the current state of affairs and what can be done: projects on…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Community Surveys, Design Requirements
Portland School District, OR. Special Education Dept. – 1968
Secondary level special education classes and the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) cooperated in a program of vocational preparation, job placement and followup. Of the 336 educable mentally retarded student referrals, 149 did not become clients because of inadequate potential (30%), satisfactory job placements (32%), student or…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Counselor Role, Demonstration Programs, Employment Potential
Redkey, Henry – 1975
Sheltered work programs for the handicapped in five European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, West Germany, and The Netherlands) are described in this paper. Basic features of the programs in each country are discussed, including population, financing, and aspects of the programs that can be applied in helping America improve employment…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Sitlington, Patricia L.; And Others – 1991
This study investigated the adult adjustment of students with mental disabilities in high-school graduating classes of 1984 and 1985, 1 and 3 years after they exited high school. Two hundred sixty students from the class of 1984 were interviewed 1 year out of high school; 166 from this same class were interviewed 3 years out of school. Three…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Level
Keystone Area Education, Elkader, IA. – 1983
This final report concentrates on conclusions and recommendations from a three-year longitudinal study of 48 mentally retarded adults who were graduates or dropouts from senior high schools in six rural Iowa school districts during academic years 1976-1982. Using data from structured interviews, the study sought to assess social and vocational…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
MEYEN, EDWARD L., ED. – 1967
DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT FOR BASIC COURSES ON MENTAL RETARDATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, AND SOCIAL WORK, THIS COLLECTION OF 35 READINGS PRESENTS BACKGROUND ON THE MAJOR SERVICE AREAS WHICH ARE NECESSARY IN PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS. THE READINGS ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Clinics
Stark, Edward S., Ed. – 1969
Curriculum guides, some primarily outlines, others largely comments, are presented for three areas of exceptionality. Those for the mentally retarded include guides for the educable on the preprimary, primary, intermediate, and junior high school levels, and in the work study program and the sheltered workshop; a guide for the trainable retarded…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Arithmetic, Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education
GOWAN, JOHN CURTIS, ED.; DEMOS, GEORGE D., ED. – 1965
A COMPILATION OF 62 READINGS, THE BOOK CONSIDERS THE GUIDANCE OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. AN OVERVIEW SECTION PRESENTS PAPERS DEALING WITH SELF-CONCEPT, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, AND THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. INCLUDED IN A SECTION ON GIFTED CHILDREN ARE ARTICLES ABOUT CAREER REQUIREMENTS OF GIFTED CHILDREN AND PARENTS,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Blindness, Career Counseling
BEST, HARRY – 1965
WRITTEN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE SOCIOLOGIST OR SOCIAL SCIENTIST, THIS BOOK REPORTS DATA OBTAINED FROM STATISTICAL RESEARCH ON MENTAL RETARDATES. ITS CHIEF PURPOSE IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION COVERS DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION, ETIOLOGY,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Boarding Homes
STAHLECKER, LOTAR V., ED. – 1967
INTENDED AS A REFERENCE TOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, THIS COMPILATION CONTAINS 78 ARTICLES SELECTED FOR THEIR PERTINENCE TO OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION FOR MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH AND ADULTS. THE ARTICLES ARE GROUPED INTO SIX MAJOR AREAS. ON GUIDANCE, 22 ARTICLES COVER THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO WORK, COUNSELING, EVALUATION OF WORK POTENTIAL,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Community Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
