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Horner, Robert H.; And Others – 1977
Reported are four studies on methods to increase the production rates of severely and profoundly retarded adults in the sheltered workshop setting. It is explained that all four Ss had undergone intensive training on a complex task, were able to perform the task at a reasonably high rate, but did not usually maintain a high rate in the production…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Performance Factors, Productivity
Download full textPeterson, 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
Perkins, Dorothy C., Comp.; And Others – 1969
An annotated bibliography of workshops for the handicapped covers the literature on work programs for the period July, 1968 through June, 1969. One hundred and fifty four publications were reviewed; the number of articles on administration, management, and planning of facilities and programs has increased since the last edition. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Disabilities, Employment Problems
Smith, Christopher A. – 1985
This publication presents a system of gathering overhead data and describes several methods for assigning overhead costs to specific contract prices. It is intended to provide facility production supervisors with a means of ensuring adequate cost recovery in bid prices and gaining a measure of overhead cost control. The seven steps in the overhead…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Bids, Contracts
Bergen County Special Services School District, Paramus, NJ. – 1982
The document reports the rationale, goals, objectives, and activities of a Bergen County (New Jersey) program to appraise students in the sheltered workshop relative to prevocational and vocational strengths and needs and to prepare students with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for functioning semi-independently in sheltered…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills
Olson, Robert L., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Intended for teachers of deaf/blind and severely handicapped students, the manual focuses on teaching skills to meet the requirements for sheltered and transcommunity employment. The first section presents two approaches to teaching independent living skills (including grooming and self care). Section 2 describes orientation and mobility skills…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind, Individualized Education Programs, Job Skills
Ward, James; And Others – 1978
The paper reports on a followup study of the work adjustment of 43 mildly retarded adolescents who had undergone training in social and work skills at the Granville Work Preparation Centre in Australia. Among the findings were that 40% of the Ss had a history of full open employment, with no unemployment at all, since leaving the Center; that 21%…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
GREENSTEIN, MELVIN – 1966
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUNG MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS FOR VOCATIONAL SERVICES, THE KENNEDY JOB TRAINING CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE DAY AND RESIDENTIAL KENNEDY SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS FOR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO UTILIZE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RESOURCES. A SHELTERED…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Community Resources, Job Placement, Job Training
Tufts, Jean – 1975
Reported are results of a (1974-75) project in a New Hampshire school district which assessed the vocational needs of handicapped children in that district, the potential for their employment in the community, and the school potential for vocational programs. Provided is information such as the number of children by handicaps and present status…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Employment Opportunities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Hansen, Cheryl L., Ed.; Haring, Norris G., Ed. – 1980
Seven papers examine issues in vocational education for the moderately to severely handicapped. The first paper, "Introduction: Perspectives on Vocational Education" and "Rehabilitation for the Handicapped" by C. Hansen and N. Haring sets out terms and definitions and provides an overview for the text. C. Hansen's second paper,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Job Placement
Stroud, Ronald R.; Lamb, Auburn J. – 1970
Partially funded by a research grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, this technical monograph is the first of a series to be published on production-management aspects of vocational rehabilitation workshops. In order to meet information needs in this area, selected techniques used by industrial profit-making enterprises…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Development, Conceptual Schemes, Industrial Education
Washington Univ., Seattle. – 1988
These five papers deal with topics related to problems associated with transition from school to independent living for handicapped youth. "Individual Transition Plans: From Lip Service to Implementation" (Joseph Stowitschek, Cheryl Kelso) reports on a study to determine the extent to which individual transition planning is advocated by…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Employment Level
FREY, ROGER M.; KOLSTOE, OLIVER P. – 1965
CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE ORGANIZATION OF A 4-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM FOR THESE STUDENTS ARE DESCRIBED FOR TEACHERS AND WORK-STUDY SUPERVISORS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES WORK AND RELATED STUDY THROUGH THREE STAGES OF EXPERIENCE--PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING WHICH PROVIDES VOCATIONAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Mental Retardation, Personnel, Prevocational Education
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Information Center on Exceptional Children. – 1969
Contained in the bibliography are 55 abstracts and descriptive terms of documents concerned with all aspects of vocational education, work study programs, and rehabilitation techniques for use with virtually all handicapping conditions. Also included are a subject and author index, user information, and information on ordering specific documents…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Career Development, Curriculum Guides
Haapasalo, S. – 1996
A Finnish study compared the career development, participation in vocational education, and working life 4 to 5 years after the completion of secondary school education of students with mild mental retardation (n=13) and students with other disabilities (n=72). Results found most of the subjects had completed their studies, however, only 25…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
