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Stodden, Robert A. – 1983
The paper reviews problems in the sheltered workshop concept and proposes a change of focus in the provision of occupational life preparatory services for individuals with severe disabilities. Among problems cited are a lack of efficient production and training technologies, a lack of trained community placement personnel, and a general lack of…
Descriptors: Adults, Prevocational Education, Severe Disabilities, Sheltered Workshops
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
Gehm, Fred O., Ed. – 1972
Presented are the proceedings of a special study institute whose primary purpose was to acquaint leaders in special education with the prevocational and vocational training of trainable mentally retarded (TMR) adolescents and young adults in sheltered workshops. Institute workshops are said to have considered the following topics: prevocational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
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
Peterson, Craig M. – 1969
A system of task analysis and positive reinforcement was used in the vocational training of a 19-year-old trainable retarded youth (MA=6 years). The task of polishing shoe skates was analyzed and programmed into 29 steps and was reinforced with praise and money. The trainee learned the task in 13 sessions (approximately 1 month) and was employed…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
Presented are results from a survey of 2,530 sheltered workshop programs serving handicapped persons. Initial sections review the historical development of workshops, federal regulations affecting workshops, and previous related studies. Data are provided on the following topics: characteristics of workshops and clients (including a table on…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employment, Federal Legislation
Barta, Roberta Fair – 1981
A study was conducted to determine (1) the entry level skills that are required for admission to selected North Dakota programs for the vocational education of the severely handicapped; and (2) the articulation, if any, between nationwide prevocational training programs' exit requirements and the North Dakota programs' entry requirements. Using a…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Adults, Articulation (Education)
PRENTICE, GEORGE R. – 1966
THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO INCREASE PARENT PARTICIPATION IN THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, TO DEVELOP METHODS OF MOTIVATING PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT PARTICIPATION AND THE RETARDATE'S VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT. DURING THE FIRST YEAR,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Family Influence, Job Placement
Griffiths, Matthew; And Others – 1989
The study described in the first part of this two-part document identified the kind of ongoing support that would be most beneficial to all those concerned in the employment of young people with disabilities in England and Wales. Semistructured interviews were conducted with employers, representatives of preparation and placement agencies, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation
