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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
Dean, Alan, Ed.; Hegarty, Seamus, Ed. – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
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
LANGDON, MARGARET – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO APPLY CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO REHABILITATING THE HANDICAPPED BY USING THE LABOR FORCE AVAILABLE IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND HOMEBOUND PROGRAMS. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED AS TASK FORCES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND LOS ANGELES WITH THE…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicrafts, Home Programs
Delaney, David W. – Pointer, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contingency Management, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedDardig, Jill C.; Jewett, Robert J. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1979
The article describes the efforts of Project PATH (Progressive Approach to Training and Habilitation) to design a comprehensive training program for moderately and severely retarded adults in a sheltered workshop setting. (SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Computers, Data Collection, Moderate Mental Retardation
Reingold, Jacob; Wolk, Robert L. – Industrial Gerontology, 1974
Descriptors: Facilities, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Older Adults
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
Huber, Dennis J. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Students at a residential school for the blind are provided part-time work experience for a small stipend in the sheltered workshop operated by an agency for the blind. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, High School Students, Program Descriptions, Sheltered Workshops
Peer reviewedFengler, Alfred P.; Goodrich, Nancy – Gerontologist, 1980
Little attention has been given to the severely handicapped older person. A group of disabled elderly men participating as unpaid volunteers in a bi-weekly sheltered workshop indicated that being able to help others, getting out of the house, and sociability were important reasons for their interest and participation. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Gerontology, Helping Relationship, Males
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
Turner, A.; And Others – 1984
A Washington (District of Columbia) special school offers several programs to serve its population of severely and profoundly retarded students. The Family Style Eating Program focuses on skills involved with eating, while reinforcing on-the-job training in food services. Hands-on experience in a variety of life skills is provided through the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Eating Habits, Job Skills, Program Descriptions
Durand, John; And Others – School Shop, 1973
Describes the program of the Occupational Training Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. (SB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Job Placement
Stubbins, Joseph, Comp.; Hadley, Robert G., Comp. – 1967
The bibliography lists 114 annotated entries on workshops for the handicapped. Although some items date back to 1963, most are from 1966 and 1967. Research, project, and conference reports are cited as well as program descriptions and other varied publications. The three previous issues of this bibliography on workshops contain abstracts of items…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedGerber, Norman M. – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1979
Describes the job worksite program developed by Altro Workshops, Inc., Bronx, New York, to serve as an intermediate step between the protected vocational training workshop and the unprotected work world. Psychiatric clients of the workshop selected for the program were placed in facility-supervised or company-supervised jobs with generally good…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Job Placement, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
