Reported are data regarding the work performance and production data of three institutionalized severely and profoundly retarded adults who were taught to perform small parts assembly work. (CL)

Twelve papers focus on post-school provision for mentally handicapped young people and adults in Great Britain. The following papers are presented: "Educational Opportunities for People with Severe Learning Difficulties" (S. Hegarty); "Further Education Provision for Students with Severe Learning Difficulties--Analysis of Survey…

The present study investigated the efficiency of various existing measures, mainly psychological tests, for predicting job performance of mentally retarded workers in a sheltered occupational shop. Results indicated that existing measures are predictive of performance on some but not all jobs in a sheltered workshop. (Author)

Analyzed were the consumer behaviors of 22 institutionalized retarded clients in a sheltered workshop token economy. (CL)

The Gleaner's Project, a model for providing extended sheltered employment for severely retarded adults in rural areas, is suggested; and the advantages, both economic and humanitarian, of the proposed model over more traditional approaches are discussed. (Author/SBH)

A prevocational program was designed for 10 trainable mentally handicapped teenagers (14 to 19 years old) which simulated the tasks of actual sheltered workshops. (GW)

A social skills training program using self-instruction to facilitate the acquisition and generalization of two social behaviors in the work setting effectively increased the percentages of occurrence of target behaviors for five mentally retarded employees working in a sheltered workshop. The training generalized across work settings. (Author/CB)

The consumer behaviors of 22 adult institutionalized retarded clients in a sheltered workshop token economy were evaluated by changing prices in the workshop store. (Author/DB)

Research was conducted to determine differences between groups of trainable mentally handicapped persons using the service of a sheltered workshop and groups which did not use the service, both of which were composed of persons who attended day school until they were 18 years of age. (GW)

Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and validity of the Vocational Assessment and Curriculum Guide with mentally retarded and nonretarded subjects having different employment characteristics was investigated. Empirical validation results suggested that domain scores differentiated between retarded subjects with only sheltered work…

Background: Despite research that has investigated whether the financial benefits of open employment exceed the costs, there has been scant research as to the effect sheltered and open employment have upon the quality of life of participants. The importance of this research is threefold: it investigates outcomes explicitly in terms of quality of…

This fact sheet summarizes evidence on the work status of successful rehabilitations/closures for people with mental retardation in light of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, which strengthened the focus of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs on community employment outcomes. Data analyzed were drawn from the Rehabilitation…