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EPI-HAB Phoenix, Inc., AZ. – 1971
A demonstration project (1958-1961) was conducted to establish that a self-sustaining workshop for epileptics can maintain itself competitively and be a viable rehabilitative setting for the epileptic midway between one employable in private industry and one employable only in a sheltered workshop. An EPI-HAB project in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment Potential, Epilepsy
Peer reviewedDijkstra, Atze – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1986
The study investigated the relationship between prognosis of turnover (before placement) and actual turnover within two years after placement for new handicapped employees (N=1948) in Dutch sheltered workshops. The clinical judgment of rehabilitation professionals proved to be the best predictor variable controlling for all other explanatory…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Download full textTesolowski, Dennis G.; Halpin, Gerald – 1978
Twenty-two physically handicapped sheltered workshop employees were matched on the severity of their disabilities and randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. Those in the experimental group participated in a one-hour-per-day, fifteen-day job readiness training program in addition to their regular sheltered workshop jobs while…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Employee Attitudes, Job Training, Physical Disabilities
Ogren, Evelyn H.; Lauricella, John – 1981
The special employment program in Yooralla Society of Victoria (Australia) began operation two decades ago with establishment of sheltered workshops. As part of an overall review of Yooralla's programs, a survey was conducted as a first stage in evaluation of the workshops--Ability Industries and Ability Press. The aim of the research project was…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Button, William H. – 1967
This report has presented information regarding the average level of wages paid in a sample of 123 workshops. Many complex influences affect a workshop's wage practice. This was illustrated in the brief analysis of association between a workshop's wage level and disability, business characteristics, job structure, and client characteristics. It is…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disabilities, Job Skills, Job Training
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Div. of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1971
This report describes the post-closure vocational status of a random sample of five separate Minnesota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation program groups: (1) physically disabled; (2) mentally ill; (3) mentally retarded; (4) public assistance recipients; and (5) workmen's compensation recipients. The study, based on benefit/cost theory,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Governor's Council on Vocational Rehabilitation, Toledo, OH. – 1968
The work of six citizen task forces in comprehensive planning for vocational rehabilitation in one region in Ohio is described. Their combined findings are summarized and recommendations presented in the areas of facilities and programs, personnel, coordination, public information, and finance. The regional study plan is defined in terms of its…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcoholism, Coordination, Criminals
Rusalem, Herbert – 1967
Recent selected literature on problems encountered by the disabled worker aged 55 years and over is reviewed. Aspects considered include the background to and nature of the problem; displacement, unemployment, and retirement; pension problems; legislation; capacities of the older disabled worker; expanding vocational opportunities for the older…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Community Programs, Employment Problems
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. Div. of Vocational-Technical Education. – 1968
To provide preventive treatment, counselors from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) worked through a school project to serve adolescents with disabilities which might make job adjustment difficult. During the 5-year project, over 5,000 adolescents were referred; 1,800 or 40% of whom were in the school project; more than 1,000 or 55%…
Descriptors: Camping, Case Records, Counseling, Counselor Role
Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 1983
Descriptions of several programs of the Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc. (Charleston, West Virginia) are presented. Included in this document are: (1) a description of the Shawnee Hills Day Training Center, a cooperative program of Shawnee Hills and several county school boards for severely/profoundly impaired…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Daily Living Skills
Pan, Elizabeth – 1978
Four state-of-the-art reports were prepared and disseminated in both printed and audio cassette forms to summarize the available knowledge in four areas of concern in the field of rehabilitation. Based on the recommendations of a consumer panel composed mainly of representatives from the intended audience, the topics of the reports and the authors…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Health Insurance
Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. School of Education. – 1975
The handbook for special education personnel was written by 18 graduate students culminating a period of intensive work with physically and mentally handicapped adults at workshops operated by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens and the Easter Seal Society. The first chapter details the steps from contract procurement to work…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria
JONES, MONA; KANDEL, DITHA – 1964
RESULTING FROM ONE OF SIX 1-WEEK STUDY COURSES FOLLOWING THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN 1962, THIS MANUAL PRESENTS A BROAD REVIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY, ROLE, AND TECHNIQUES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE FIELD OF PREVOCATIONAL EVALUATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND SHELTERED WORKSHOPS. NINETEEN…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Disabilities
Schmidt, Paul; And Others – 1962
A 4-year demonstration project at Indianapolis Goodwill Industries applied work adjustment knowledge, methods, and techniques to assist 200 clients, ages 17 to 58 years, mean IQ 90, who were severely disabled with handicaps including mental retardation, epilepsy, emotional disturbance, and/or physical handicaps. After a diagnostic evaluation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Behavior Rating Scales, Career Counseling
Mallik, Kalisankar, Ed.; Shaver, Elaine M., Ed. – 1980
This document contains 16 papers that were scheduled to be presented at a conference (which was canceled) on approaches and programs for helping developmentally disabled persons to be more self-sufficient. The book is divided into three sections: (1) unmasking vocational abilities, (2) enhancing functional independence, and (3) medical and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Biofeedback
