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Peer reviewedOudenne, William – Mental Retardation, 1974
The article describes two relatively uncomplicated methods of reducing resident labor in public institutions for the mentally retarded and the successful pursuit of this goal in New Jersey State institutions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Employment, Exceptional Child Services
Download full textGADLIN, WALTER; AND OTHERS – 1966
A NATIONWIDE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYED 490 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS SERVING THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. LISTINGS BY STATES OF SUCH CENTERS PROVIDE ADDRESSES, REFERRAL SOURCES, AGE RANGE OF CLIENTS, YEAR PROGRAMS BEGAN, NUMBER OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CLIENTS DAILY, NUMBER OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CLIENTS DAILY, AND TYPES OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Disadvantaged, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Retardation
Soloyanis, George – 1978
The paper presents 24 suggestions for the employment of mentally handicapped individuals. Each suggestion is described briefly and considerations or actions are posed as applicable. Among opportunities listed are free labor market status plus additional support, selective placement, quota system (requiring a percentage of those hired be…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Mental Retardation, Rehabilitation Programs
National Association of Sheltered Workshops and Homebound Programs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1966
Source material for the establishment and maintenance of sheltered workshop programs is arranged in chronological order. Aspects described include planning considerations, how to get started, program of services, operating the workshop, personnel, state and federal labor laws, workshop standards, and the future of the workshop. Appendixes provide…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Adults, Disabilities
Stubbins, Joseph, Comp.; Hadley, Robert G., Comp. – 1967
The bibliography lists 114 annotated entries on workshops for the handicapped. Although some items date back to 1963, most are from 1966 and 1967. Research, project, and conference reports are cited as well as program descriptions and other varied publications. The three previous issues of this bibliography on workshops contain abstracts of items…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Services
Fry, Ronald R., Ed. – 1974
This annotated bibliography covers literature on work evaluation and adjustment for the period 1947 to 1973. The 801 entries include articles, speeches, research and demonstration reports, and unpublished papers related to work evaluation and work adjustment. Many of the entries concern the vocational evaluation of the physically and mentally…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Employment Services, Evaluation
Lowitt, Julian – 1973
In the rehabilitation workshop there is insufficient attention to job development oriented to the current and future needs of industry. Many types of work which were done in vocational workshops in contract from industrial firms are now done by automation. Semiskilled labor is thus in diminished demand. There is a twenty year lag in the industrial…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Industrial Education, Industry
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1973
This report covers the proceedings of a hearing on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a bill to authorize grants for vocational rehabilitation services. A discussion of funding, state and federal responsibilities, grants, administration, evaluation, and the establishment of an Office for the Handicapped ensues. The bill calls for research, training,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Peer reviewedKirby, Neil – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1986
A review of problems faced by sheltered workshops for disabled persons (low placement rates in open employment, nonconsideration of individual needs, poor financial rewards) includes an outline of a habilitation model featuring improved staff training, production and wages, vocational and nonvocational options, organization of training, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society), Job Training
Olshansky, Simon – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Services, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedGerber, Norman M. – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1979
Describes the job worksite program developed by Altro Workshops, Inc., Bronx, New York, to serve as an intermediate step between the protected vocational training workshop and the unprotected work world. Psychiatric clients of the workshop selected for the program were placed in facility-supervised or company-supervised jobs with generally good…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Job Placement, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMartella, Ronald C.; And Others – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
A two-stage problem-solving strategy involving cue cards and their gradual withdrawal was used to teach nine sheltered workshop employees how to prevent work-related accidents. Results indicated that participants used the strategy appropriately and generalized their skills to similar and dissimilar situations up to eight weeks after training.…
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Job Skills, Maintenance
Wetzel, Mary C.; Taylor, M. Jo – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of videotapes of training procedures with 12 developmentally disabled adults in a horticultural day work program found an overall staff emphasis on selectively attending to workers' successful behavior with evidence of both efficiency and effectiveness of this approach. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities, Efficiency, Horticulture
Rose, Patricia M.; And Others – 1994
Employers (N=1,369) on the Navajo reservation were identified, and a subgroup (N=122) participated in an Employer Account System (EAS) to provide detailed information about types of jobs available at their organizations. In addition, 239 closed client case files from the Navajo Vocational Rehabilitation Program (NVRP) were reviewed to determine…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Rosinsky, Robert W. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1975
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Job Skills
