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Peer reviewedRylant, Bob – Mental Retardation, 1972
The program of a sheltered workshop for the mentally retarded in Belgium is explained to show that workshops which contract industrial job orders can be economically sufficient and at the same time develop technical skills and stimulate socially acceptable behavior patterns or personality development. (GW)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Industry, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Download full textMcGinnity, 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
Hutchinson, David; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
A work orientation unit for handicapped persons is located in a British College and promotes vocational, educational and recreational skill learning. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries
Kenny, Jerome E.; Walker, Wayne – Pointer, 1974
Outlined is an occupational training program designed to teach work skills in different settings to trainable mentally retarded students 16- to 21-years-old. (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
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
