Brief description and short-term evaluation of the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program. (Editor)

This outline of a comprehensive job placement program, which can be adopted or adapted by school staff members, includes information on the following areas: Service to the students and teachers; promotion of co-op and workstudy programs; meeting the needs of the entire school system; organizing the support of employers, labor, and community…

A U.S. Office of Education (USOE) study presents a mixed picture on efforts of secondary schools to prepare adolescents for the world of work. (Editor)

The authors describe the Job Training and Tryout model of school-to-work transition for disabled individuals. The four phases include (1) utilizing previous assessment data and developing individualized employment success plans, (2) employability skills training, (3) job placement, and (4) job change or advancement. (CH)

Adults (N=153) with mild mental retardation attending a transitional vocational program were evaluated based upon the multiaxial criteria of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual." Fifty-three percent were diagnosed as meeting Axis I criteria, and 17.6 percent met criteria for an Axis II diagnosis, involving…

A study examined the circumstances underlying the school-to-work transition problems of disadvantaged youth and strategies that school systems in Detroit, Pensacola (Florida), New Castle (Indiana), and Pittsburgh have adopted to address these problems. Among the problems studied were lack of information about jobs and careers, too few role models…

The number of persons confined to correctional institutions continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Some of the factors contributing to this growth include an increase in the 18- to 25-year-old population, a tougher stance on crime resulting in more prison sentences, longer sentences because younger offenders commit more violent crimes, and…

Lake Sumter Community College (Florida) undertook a project to improve its existing job placement services for vocational students. The primary objectives of the project were to develop and implement a system for all vocational students to register with the placement office, inform all vocational students and instructors about the services…

Discusses some of the problems encountered in getting minority students into vocational programs and then in placing them. Considers the role career placement services should play. (HMV)

This report summarizes steps in the evolution and implementation of a computerized talent pool/job bank model developed primarily to assist women and minorities in the identification of and placement in leadership positions in vocational administration. Included in the report are chapters on recruiting participants for the talent pool, encouraging…

A Study investigated skill training, job placement, and follow-up services for the vocationally handicapped of sheltered workshops in Utah. Two questionnaires were developed, one to ascertain pertinent data about clients from the sixteen workshops of Utah and the other from the placed clients, for validation purposes. All but one workshop…

The document presents 12 papers on the vocational training and placement of severely disabled persons based partly on Project Employability, which involves the placement and on the job training of the severely disabled. Titles and authors include: "Placement of Severely Disabled Individuals into Competitive Employment--A Two Year Progress…

This regional conference assessed the status of guidance programs as they relate to area vocational-technical schools (AVTS), and formulated strategies for improvement in this area. The discussions of the following issues are summarized: (1) providing a balanced educational experience, (2) effective communications between sending schools and AVTS,…

Presented is a bibliography of approximately 250 documents (1965-1975) related to vocational training and placement for severely handicapped people. The material is said to be drawn from a computerized search of Resources in Education, Current Index to Journals in Education, Exceptional Child Education Abstracts, American Psychological Association…

The fifth of a series of six monographs provides followup data on 467 former students of three postsecondary vocational technical programs for the deaf. Introductory information includes objectives of the study (such as providing developing postsecondary programs with guidelines for establishing programs for the deaf) and a summary of the contents…