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SAVITZKY, CHARLES; AND OTHERS – 1965
A WORK-STUDY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE AND TRAIN POTENTIAL DROPOUTS FOR EMPLOYMENT. A TEACHER-COORDINATOR CONDUCTED ORIENTATION CLASSES, SUPERVISED STEP PUPILS ON THE JOB, VISITED PARENTS, EMPLOYERS AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL, COUNSELED STUDENTS, FOLLOWED UP PUPIL PROGRESS WITH SUBJECT TEACHERS, MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Family Characteristics, Job Training
Download full textLake, Thomas P., Ed. – 1974
The publication contains reports of six career education programs for handicapped adolescents and young adults. Described is the Career Development Center, an alternative high school program in Syosset, New York, which offers academic and vocational learning opportunities to students (15 to 21 year old) who have difficulty adjusting to public…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Bergendal, Gunnar – Prospects, 1975
The author discusses secondary vocational education programs and work study programs for adults in Sweden. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Guidance, Comparative Education
Laurence, Marilyn – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
An intensive 5-week residential, vocational program sought to establish a boot camp'' environment in which great demands were made upon 27 blind students (15- to 20-years-old), forcing them to achieve through a heightening of self-awareness and self-esteem. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Lacot, Maria Socorro – Amer Vocat J, 1970
Cooperative program of accelerated instruction in basic subjects channels high school graduates into on-the-job training and well-paid jobs in the petrochemical industry. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum, Educational Programs, Labor Force Development
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
Herdler, Joseph A. – 1968
This report evaluates nine projects geared toward economically disadvantaged youth with low employment potential, who are having or are likely to have difficulties with school work. The programs are: the Neighborhood Youth Corps, designed to provide paid work experience for young men and women, ages 16 to 21; the Rotary Sponsor Project, which…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Fatherless Family
Geteles, Frances; And Others
This project was established to experiment with a work-study program for mentally retarded youth in the hope that it would improve the vocational functioning of these adolescents. The 300 male students, aged 14 to 18 with IQs ranging from 43 to 83, were divided into an experimental group and a control group for the purpose of the project. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cooperative Education, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
Peer reviewedDanker-Brown, Pamela; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
Data for 204 handicapped students (145 males and 59 females) in 68 work-study programs were analyzed to determine the nature and extent of sex differences in student characteristics and competencies, experiences, and outcomes. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, High Schools
Spellman, Charles R.; and others – Teaching Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Homemaking Skills, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedShores, Louis – Catholic Library World, 1971
The need in today's library for a middle career category between the professional and the clerical is stressed. The functions which could be performed by the library technical assistant are elaborated and programs for education and training are presented. (JN)
Descriptors: Careers, Curriculum, Labor Utilization, Library Education
RAMEY, GEORGE L. – 1967
THE MAYO STATE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED AT PAINTSVILLE, KENTUCKY IN 1938. IT IS LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA OF KENTUCKY WHERE COAL MINING HAS PROVIDED JOBS FOR MANY FAMILIES. IN RECENT YEARS, DEPLETION OF COAL AND MECHANIZATION OF MINING HAVE BEEN MAJOR FACTORS CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THIS AREA. THE MAYO SCHOOL HAS SERVED TO PROVIDE…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extracurricular Activities, Low Income, Poverty
Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1966
THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PROGRAM FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IS OUTLINED IN TERMS OF THE STAFF AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES. SAMPLE FORMS ARE ILLUSTRATED. A SECOND SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT PRESENTS INFORMATION TO ASSIST LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE PREPARATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR A "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Adolescents, Federal Aid
DANIELSON, RICHARD H.; MILLER, DONALD Y. – 1965
THIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS WAS PRESENTED AT AN INSTITUTE AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY IN APRIL 1964. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PUPILS ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A PROGRAM, PLANNING THE CURRICULUM,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Mild Mental Retardation, On the Job Training, Prevocational Education
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1970
The implementation of a work-study program in a rural, depressed area, the operation of the program, and evaluation are discussed in the first of six papers on vocational education for the retarded. The sheltered workshop at the Kurtz Training Center in Pennsylvania is described with a focus on promoting self image and adjustment. A 6-year…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
