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Calabrese, Anthony; And Others – 1987
This booklet was designed and illustrated to familiarize parents with the many career opportunities available through vocational education. The text provides an overview with a special emphasis on introducing career options without the limiting occupational sex stereotypes of the past. Topics covered in the narrative include the following:…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Employment Opportunities
Download full textTindall, Lloyd W; And Others – 1987
This publication provides information about jobs performed in business and industry by persons with disabilities. The first section suggests ways to use the guide. Section 2 lists 70 job descriptions, each of which includes information on the following: the type of job, disability of the person performing the job, company information, job…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Employment Opportunities
Transition Summary, 1985
Two newsletters center on making the transition from school to work for students with disabilities. In the first newsletter, a personal reflection on transition by a man with cerebral palsy is followed by a review of services offered by colleges with support programs for learning disabled students. Guidelines are given to help parents prepare…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Pressman, Harvey – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Parents of disabled children throughout the country are organizing to find appropriate employment opportunities for their children by: writing proposals and obtaining funding for employment programs; improving in- school vocational programs for special needs students; advocating earlier vocational education; preparing work settings for supported…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
San Diego State Univ., CA. – 1992
Project WORK was developed by San Diego State University and San Diego City Schools in California to prepare young people with disabilities for work and life after high school. The program teaches employment skills; supports students in their first work experience; works with students and their families to plan for the student's work and life…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Martens, Elise H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection has recently pointed out how inadequately this country is providing educational opportunities for exceptional children. One-half million gifted children, another half million retarded children, three-quarters of a million children exhibiting serious behavior problems, three hundred thousand…
Descriptors: Gifted, Educational Opportunities, Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation
