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Schalock, Robert L.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
Data from surveys of 2,071 facilities providing vocational services to adults with developmental disabilities were used to analyze: employment placement patterns in sheltered, supported, competitive, or transitional settings; employment retention rates; occupational categories; rehabilitation costs; integration with nondisabled coworkers; effects…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Procedures are outlined for employing a resource components approach to collect and report cost information on training and supported employment programs for adults with developmental disabilities. Examination of the costs of 41 Minnesota programs indicates that costs are functionally related to different consumer and program factors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities, Program Costs
Peer reviewedZivolich, Steve; Shueman, Sharon A.; Weiner, Jan S. – Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1997
Presents a cost-benefit analysis of a supported-employment program using natural support strategies to assist 59 workers with severe disabilities in integrated employment settings. Results suggest substantial benefits to participants, the taxpayer, and society resulting from the choice of a natural support approach over the sheltered workshop…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Helping Relationship, Normalization (Disabilities)
Bellamy, G. Thomas; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1975
Reported are data regarding the work performance and production data of three institutionalized severely and profoundly retarded adults who were taught to perform small parts assembly work. (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation
Dean, Alan, Ed.; Hegarty, Seamus, Ed. – 1984
Twelve papers focus on post-school provision for mentally handicapped young people and adults in Great Britain. The following papers are presented: "Educational Opportunities for People with Severe Learning Difficulties" (S. Hegarty); "Further Education Provision for Students with Severe Learning Difficulties--Analysis of Survey…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Download full textMcGinnity, Betsy L. – 1983
Project ADVANCE currently provides vocational training to 26 deaf-blind adolescents and young adults attending Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. The project has developed community work sites in four different vocational options: (1) competitive employment, (2) a student operated small business, (3) sheltered enclave within…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Resources, Deaf Blind, Employment
Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1988
The document is intended to help individuals, agencies, and states seeking information on supported employment for persons with disabilities. An introductory article (by Zana Lutfiyya, Pat Rogan, and Bonnie Shoultz) titled, "Supported Employment: A Conceptual Overview," describes supported employment as an alternative to sheltered…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Potential
DeSimone, Anthony – Social and Rehabilitation Record, 1974
Through the Projects With Industries grants program, the rehabilitation of handicapped people is being actively engaged in by industry as well as by professional rehabilitation persons. (AG)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Aid, Government Role, Industry
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Townsend, J. William – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
The present study investigated the efficiency of various existing measures, mainly psychological tests, for predicting job performance of mentally retarded workers in a sheltered occupational shop. Results indicated that existing measures are predictive of performance on some but not all jobs in a sheltered workshop. (Author)
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Zimmerman, Joseph; and others – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Motivation Techniques, Multiple Disabilities, Operant Conditioning
LANGDON, MARGARET – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO APPLY CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO REHABILITATING THE HANDICAPPED BY USING THE LABOR FORCE AVAILABLE IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND HOMEBOUND PROGRAMS. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED AS TASK FORCES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, AND LOS ANGELES WITH THE…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicrafts, Home Programs
PERKINS, DOROTHY C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THESE 126 ANNOTATIONS ARE THE THIRD VOLUME OF A CONTINUING SERIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES LISTING ARTICLES APPEARING IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE, RESEARCH, AND PROJECT REPORTS. LISTINGS INCLUDE TESTS, TEST RESULTS, STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMS, GUIDES FOR COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS, AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING, AND RELATE TO THE MENTALLY RETARDED, EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Programs, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
Intended for staffs of sheltered workshops for handicapped individuals, the guide presents a plan for selling the workshop idea to industry, hints on meeting obstacles, and ideas for expanding and upgrading workshop contract promotion. Brief sections cover the following topics (example subtopics are in parentheses): finding work contract prospects…
Descriptors: Administration, Adults, Community Resources, Disabilities
Rogerson, Robert W. K. C.; Spence, Philip H. – 1969
Designed for the architect and student, the text concerns the health of the disabled as seen through the eyes of the architect. The total environment of the handicapped is the focal point of the approach. It begins with schools; then looks at medical treatment and rehabilitation as dealt with in hospitals, special rehabilitation centers, and…
Descriptors: Architects, Architecture, Building Design, Disabilities
Button, William H. – 1970
This paper discusses a set of concepts which have been developed for the analysis of the organization and administrative problems which confront sheltered workshops. The concept of systems analysis is introduced to examine the activities of the workshop and to indicate the manner in which the conceptual framework developed may be applied to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Organization, Planning
