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Barklind, Kenneth S – Educ Training Ment Retard, 1969
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBarclay, Craig R.; Gold, Marc W. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Development of a Community Based Pre-Employment Program for Moderately and Severely Retarded Adults.
Hill, Janet W.; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1979
The article describes the design and implementation of a community-based training program for mentally retarded adults. The program focuses on job preparation, training, and placement, with a secondary emphasis on functional independent living skills. (PHR)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Job Placement, Job Training
Hughes, Carolyn; Petersen, Dan L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The study investigated the effects of a self-instructional training package on the on-task behavior of four adults with mental retardation employed in a sheltered workshop. On-task behavior increased substantially across all subjects following the training and the behavior generalized from the training setting to the actual work environment.…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Control, Behavior Change, Case Studies
PDF pending restorationZoino, John E. – 1975
Presented is the final report of a project to acquire, renovate, and construct a building addition to house a sheltered workshop and provide instruction in basic life skills, social skills, simple production work skills, and life oriented academics for moderately retarded adults. Sections are provided on the following aspects of the project…
Descriptors: Adults, Architecture, Building Design, Construction Costs
Download full textGold, Marc William – 1969
Sixty-four moderately and severely retarded individuals enrolled in four sheltered workshops learned to assemble a 15 piece and a 24 piece bicycle brake. Training procedures utilized information obtained from the basic psychological research on discrimination learning. One-half of the subjects worked with the parts of the training task brake as…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Intermode Differences
Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1969
The responsibilities of teachers' aides in both institutional and community programs for the trainable mentally handicapped are reported. Papers presented treat the following topics: suggestions for teaching the trainable retarded; pupil management; developing communication skills in the trainable; the aide's relationship with parents; and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Employment Problems, Exceptional Child Education
Tennessee State Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Nashville. – 1976
Presented is the 1976 annual report of a project to prepare profoundly and severely retarded adults for sheltered employment, thus qualifying them for low-level group home placement. The history of the project is traced and program goals (such as refinement of toileting, dressing, and eating skills) are reported in chapter I. In chapter II, the 26…
Descriptors: Adults, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Demography, Exceptional Child Education
Hastbacka, Edwin A. – 1966
The Occupational Training Center prepared mentally retarded young adults (over age 15, IQ range 30 to 70, average IQ 55) who were beyond regular schooling for competitive employment. The training program consisted of 60 to 90 mentally and multiply handicapped students per year (35 at a time) and used subcontracts from local businesses. The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Missouri State Dept. of Education, Jefferson City. – 1967
Six speakers consider programs for the retarded. Geraldine K. Fergen describes the challenge of special education; James O. Smith discusses planning appropriate language programs for children with retarded intellectual development; and Bobby Palk outlines the sequential development of skills in the trainable mentally retarded. Also treated are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Language Acquisition
Vanston, A. Rorke; And Others – 1965
Elements of architectural planning of new physical facilities for the mentally retarded detailed include programing and writing the project program. Design concepts are considered, and the following are specified: types of physical facilities with sample floor plans; elements of physical facilities, such as staff offices, activity areas, living…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Architectural Programing, Clinical Diagnosis, Construction Costs
MOCEK, EVE; AND OTHERS – 1965
A 52-WEEK DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SEVERELY TO MODERATELY MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH AND ADULTS IS DESCRIBED. INFORMATION CONCERNING SELECTION OF THE 18 TRAINEES TREATS ETIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS (PROCEDURES AND TESTS USED), AND ADMISSION.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation
Dayan, 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
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
