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Horn, Adelaide; Drury, Stephen – 1980
This handbook stresses those components that are considered peripheral to the placement process but that must precede the actual placement. The philosophy of placement upon which this guide is based appears first. Discussions follow of the basic components of the process of training and placement of handicapped individuals, including a varied…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Job Analysis, Job Placement
Download full textGordon, Elizabeth; Zamule, Elisabeth – 1986
This report discusses sheltered workshop programming and high school-level vocational training for mentally retarded (MR) individuals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Sheltered workshops conducted by Goodwill Industries and Parc-way Industries were examined to determine client characteristics and the rate of placement in competitive employment.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Choice, High Schools, Job Placement
DePoint, Beth – 1989
This document is intended to assist agencies in formulating and initiating a financially realistic public relations plan specifically designed for their community-based vocational rehabilitation organizations. The document consists of 6 chapters, a 43-item bibliography, a glossary, and information about the author. Chapter 1 defines public…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Audiovisual Communications, Community Services, Public Administration
Campbell, John L.; O'Toole, Richard
All major types of disabilities were represented in the Work Adjustment Program at the Cleveland Vocational Guidance and Rehabilitation Services (VGRS). During the five year project it successfully placed in competitive employment three-fourths of the 300 clients who had previously been unemployable and untrainable. The report describes the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Disabilities
Kohring, Curt; Tracht, Vernon S. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1978
In order to more accurately and realistically assess the severely handicapped individual's vocational potential, a study of 92 severely handicapped high school students who participated in a pioneer goodwill program was undertaken. (PHR)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cerebral Palsy, Community Organizations, Deafness
Phelps, L. Allen; And Others – 1982
A 6-month study was conducted of Illinois job training, rehabilitation, and vocational education programs serving handicapped persons by the Illinois Vocational Education Task Force. From a list sent to 225 vocational and special education directors, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors, and rehabilitation services officers,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness
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)
Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center, Johnstown. – 1967
The proceedings include five papers from a seminar designed to train rehabilitation personnel in the procedures, theories, and aims of work evaluation. Morton H. Bregman discusses the use of vocational evaluation in the counseling process; Henry Cobb describes methods of predicting vocational adjustment in the mentally retarded; and John Campbell…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Counselor Role
Spiers, Elizabeth, Comp.; Samberg, Laura, Ed. – 1992
Designed for parents and professionals facing development of transition programs in their own communities, this guide offers in Section 1 an overview of noncollegiate educational options after high school for students with disabilities who need additional time and training to prepare for adulthood. It covers employment, postsecondary education and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. School of Education. – 1975
The handbook for special education personnel was written by 18 graduate students culminating a period of intensive work with physically and mentally handicapped adults at workshops operated by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens and the Easter Seal Society. The first chapter details the steps from contract procurement to work…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria
Potter, Susan B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
This final report is a practical document, specifying techniques and procedures found effective during a project to (1) demonstrate a model of appropriate vocational service for developmentally disabled adults and (2) provide technical assistance and training to community facilities serving these persons. Chapters 2-6 discuss model components:…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Cooperative Programs, Counseling Services
JONES, MONA; KANDEL, DITHA – 1964
RESULTING FROM ONE OF SIX 1-WEEK STUDY COURSES FOLLOWING THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN 1962, THIS MANUAL PRESENTS A BROAD REVIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY, ROLE, AND TECHNIQUES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE FIELD OF PREVOCATIONAL EVALUATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND SHELTERED WORKSHOPS. NINETEEN…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Disabilities
Rosenberg, Bill; Savage, Steven – 1981
A resource guide to assist inservice personnel to establish vocational education programs for severely handicapped individuals is presented. Section 1 summarizes issues in vocational services and training for severely handicapped persons. Section 2 contains brief descriptions of national agencies and organizations that relate in some way to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Agency Role, Community Programs
Redkey, Henry – 1975
Sheltered work programs for the handicapped in five European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, West Germany, and The Netherlands) are described in this paper. Basic features of the programs in each country are discussed, including population, financing, and aspects of the programs that can be applied in helping America improve employment…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Potter, Susan B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
These appendixes are the second volume of a final report of a project to (1) demonstrate a model of appropriate vocational service for developmentally disabled adults and (2) provide technical assistance and training to community facilities serving these persons. (Volume 1, the report, is available separately. See Note.) Contents include an intake…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
