The article offers suggestions for teaching secondary students with mild to moderate disabilities the school survival skills of attending class, arriving promptly, going to class prepared, meeting assignment deadlines, talking to teachers appropriately, and reading and following directions. (DB)

In an effort to contribute to our knowledge of "what works" in correctional practices, this project evaluates the empirical research on adult educational programs and recidivism from the mid-1990s to the present. The studies are summarized, integrated, and rated according to the University of Maryland Scale for Scientific Rigor. We conclude that…

The paper describes the program offered by the Shawbridge Youth Centers High School (Montreal, Quebec) for adolescent offenders and focuses on the school's Life Skills and Work Orientation Department (known by the students as the "Co-op"). Overall goals of the school's program include developing educational programs matched to individual needs and…

The Independent Living Project for Deaf-Blind Youth at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind focuses on functional daily living and vocational skills. The project uses a video system to replace direct staff supervision. Most students have made a successful transition into adult living and work. (Author/VW)

An alternative program offers learning disabled secondary students with histories of academic failure a curriculum emphasizing career awareness and life skills. A work station setup provides experience in such areas as drafting, consumer awareness, mechanics, and transportation. Results include increased attendance, improved self esteem, and…

Home economics can help students deal with social problems, learn to cope with their lives, make sound judgments, get along with family members, and manage their resources. Guidelines are given for implementing the new, socially significant home economics. (MJL)

The article describes two groups of visual materials developed for multiply handicapped deaf teenagers. The daily living skills project includes vocabulary lists, visuals, games and a model related to household cleaning, personal grooming, or consumer skills. The occupational information project includes visuals of tools, materials, and clothing…

Discussion of transition for students with disabilities emphasizes transition skills needed for life beyond work. The importance of assisting students in planning for their life roles as workers, family members, friends, consumers, and community members is discussed. Suggestions are offered to better prepare students for all their life roles by…

Fifteen students, age 13-21, with moderate to profound mental retardation received shopping skills training in either 1 or 3 department stores. A study of operational behaviors, social behaviors, number of settings in which criterion performance was achieved, and number of sessions required to achieve criterion found no significant differences…

Educational excellence is shaped by and reciprocal to the confidence of students in their ability to pursue programs that challenge their abilities, provide access to opportunity, and rest upon self-knowledge and informed choice. This demands vocational guidance and assessment. (JOW)

This study of autonomous functioning in 100 adolescents with learning disabilities found that subjects differed significantly from a nondisabled comparison group in execution of management activities involving use of community resources and self-management but found little or no differences on self and family care, recreation, and social and…

The article proposes a transition program for mildly handicapped students which stresses appropriate placement and ongoing support systems. Following intensive remedial academic instruction in junior high school, students would be tracked into either the traditional high school program (with ongoing support) or an alternative program designed to…

Vocational educators, especially in home economics, are involved in preparing students with life skills. Life skills curricula include the following topics: personal development, interpersonal communication skills, families in today's society, parenthood education, nutrition, health, wellness, consumer/resource management, employability skills,…

Interviews with 20 professionals in agriculture and agricultural education indicated their perception of agricultural education as a viable curriculum to develop workplace, transferable academic, and life skills. They believed it should incorporate more science-based instruction but were uncertain how that would affect traditional elements such as…

The handbook was intended to help teachers of pupils with emotional and/or behavioral disorders teach daily living and coping skills. An initial section describes basic assessment and intervention strategies, noting the use of a social/emotional objectives checklist and a sample affective unit on living with fear. The checklist is presented with…