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Nisbet, Jan; Vincent, Lisbeth – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
Comparisons of the nature and frequency of the instructional interactions and work-related behavior of 15 workers in nonsheltered vocational environments with 15 in sheltered environments revealed that the workers in sheltered environments engaged in significantly more instructional interactions with supervisors and exhibited significantly fewer…
Descriptors: Employment, Moderate Mental Retardation, Severe Disabilities, Sheltered Workshops
Peer reviewedMelstrom, Margaret A. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1982
Turnover, reasons for termination, productivity, and number of hours worked as a function of demographic data, workshop settings, and measures of sociability for mentally disabled adults at six sheltered workshop settings were examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation, Productivity
Peer reviewedBrickey, Michael; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1982
Job placement histories of 73 mentally retarded sheltered workshop employees placed in Projects With Industry (PWI) or competitive jobs in calendar year 1978 were examined during a 30-month period. Job variables such as structure appear to be more important to job success than employee demographic variables such as IQ. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Job Performance, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Retardation
Hughes, M. J.; Hardman, E. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1977
Examined was the effectiveness of an assessment and training instrument with 32 mentally retarded adults in a sheltered workshop. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Soloff, Asher; Bolton, Brian F. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Older Adults, Physical Disabilities, Rehabilitation Programs
J.M. Foundation, New York, NY. – 1986
This document explains the process by which the J. M. Foundation selected vocational programs for the disabled that would be designated as "excellent" and describes the programs selected. Applications for the designation were evaluated on benefits to clients, program productivity, client severity, and the quality of materials included with the…
Descriptors: Awards, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Sheltered Workshops
Peer reviewedHollender, John W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
No correlation was found in a rehabilitation workshop between a client's adjustment had his perception of a positive relationship with his staff supervisor. Correlations were found between social self esteem and work adjustment and between good work adjustment in the workshop and successful placement in competitive employment. (Author/EAK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Males, Mental Retardation, Rehabilitation Programs
Peer reviewedMalgady, Robert G.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
The validity of the Vocational Adaptation Rating Scale (VARS) for predicting placement of 125 mentally retarded workers in sheltered workshop settings was investigated. Results indicated low to moderate significant partial correlations with concurrent placement and one year follow-up placement (controlling IQ, age, and sex). (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Job Placement, Mental Retardation, Prediction
Peer reviewedFiester, Alan R.; Giambra, Leonard M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Language Role, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedNiewoehner, Gerald J. – Rehabilitation Research and Practice Review, 1971
Descriptors: Career Planning, Group Counseling, Job Placement, Literature Reviews
Mallary, N. D., Jr. – J Employment Counseling, 1969
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Disadvantaged, Emotional Disturbances
Rudolph, Jo Ellen – 1980
The development of a work practice center for visually impaired multihandicapped adolescents in a residential school for the blind is described. The purpose of the center is explained to be preparation of work habits and skills for adult placement in sheltered employment settings. Six stages in program development are traced: intake information,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment, Multiple Disabilities, Prevocational Education
Sankovsky, Ray, Ed.; And Others
The collection of articles is intended to serve as supplementary reading for students and practitioners in rehabilitation and related fields, and to provide a background in the philosophy, terminology, and methodology of vocational evaluation and work adjustment. The articles are divided into eight areas: philosophy of vocational evaluation (four…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
Download full textButton, William H.; And Others – 1969
This paper describes the conceptual framework of a research methodology developed by the Region II Rehabilitation Research Institute, designed to permit the study of an important set of problems confronting sheltered workshops. The main problem is centered in the issues of work as work and of work as mode of behavior change. It has become apparent…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Rehabilitation, Sheltered Workshops
Peer reviewedQuinones, William A. – Mental Retardation, 1978
The study involving 61 moderately retarded Ss (16-41 years old) was designed to develop a battery of tests that would predict the vocational competency of moderately retarded Ss in a sheltered workshop program. (SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Job Skills, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
