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Menchetti, Bruce M.; Rusch, Frank R. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1988
Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and validity of the Vocational Assessment and Curriculum Guide with mentally retarded and nonretarded subjects having different employment characteristics was investigated. Empirical validation results suggested that domain scores differentiated between retarded subjects with only sheltered work…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Curriculum, Employment Experience, Mental Retardation
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1991
Describes the services of the Appalachian Mental Health Center in Elkins, West Virginia. Services include a school for emotionally disturbed teenagers, an Adult Training Center, a preschool for developmental disabilities, a public inebriate shelter, a crisis center for teens, a small prison counseling program, and long-term counseling for drug and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Services, Counseling, Crisis Intervention
Peer reviewedGriffin, David K.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Two hundred adults with mild mental retardation were assessed on overall job satisfaction and self-esteem. Subjects worked either in a sheltered workshop or a supported employment setting. Subjects who worked in supported employment reported significantly higher levels of job satisfaction and self-esteem. Subjects living in semi-independent…
Descriptors: Adults, Independent Living, Job Satisfaction, Mild Mental Retardation
Direct linkKober, R.; Eggleton, I. R. C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Despite research that has investigated whether the financial benefits of open employment exceed the costs, there has been scant research as to the effect sheltered and open employment have upon the quality of life of participants. The importance of this research is threefold: it investigates outcomes explicitly in terms of quality of…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Sheltered Workshops, Work Environment, Employment Opportunities
Download full textGilmore, Dana Scott; Butterworth, John – Research To Practice, 1997
This fact sheet summarizes evidence on the work status of successful rehabilitations/closures for people with mental retardation in light of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, which strengthened the focus of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs on community employment outcomes. Data analyzed were drawn from the Rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Adults, Federal Legislation, Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness
Kerlin, Sandra L.; And Others – 1986
This project attempted to develop competitive employment opportunities for people with mental retardation with Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) businesses and industries. The Employment Initiatives Project was designed for persons with mental retardation, functioning in the moderate to severe range, who are located in either an adult work activity or…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Moderate Mental Retardation, On the Job Training
Gilbertson, Alan D. – 1982
This publication is intended to help production staff understand (1) what job specifications are, (2) why written specifications are important, and (3) what is involved with documenting specifications. A definition of job specifications is followed by a discussion of the importance of and necessity for such specifications as regards the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contracts, Disabilities, Manufacturing
Reingold, Jacob; Wolk, Robert L. – Industrial Gerontology, 1974
Descriptors: Facilities, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Older Adults
Hutchinson, David; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
A work orientation unit for handicapped persons is located in a British College and promotes vocational, educational and recreational skill learning. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries
Sanders, Josephine P. – Except Children, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research, Individual Instruction, Mental Retardation
STUBBINS, JOSEPH; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR 146 BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, FINAL REPORTS, AND CONFERENCE REPORTS FROM 1961 TO 1965 CONCERNING WORKSHOPS FOR THE HANDICAPPED. ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ARTICLE, "THE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COUNSELOR IN THE REHABILITATION WORKSHOP," IN WHICH GEORGE W. DUNCAN, JR. DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling
Romer, Daniel; Berkson, Gershon – 1979
To study the influence that community settings have upon peer relationships and social behavior, 81 mentally disabled (retarded and emotionally disturbed retarded) adults were observed in their intermediate care residential facility and in one of four workshop programs. In summary, Ss tended to have more extensive affiliation and to aggregate more…
Descriptors: Adults, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Influences, Mental Retardation
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1970
The objective of the project was to combine the talents of leading volunteers from the private sector (specifically those in design, marketing, and production), in order to determine if proprietary products could be developed and produced by sheltered workshops and then marketed competitively. Volunteer task forces with small permanent staffs were…
Descriptors: Design, Disabilities, Handicapped Students, Industrial Arts
Gehm, Fred O., Ed. – 1972
Presented are the proceedings of a special study institute whose primary purpose was to acquaint leaders in special education with the prevocational and vocational training of trainable mentally retarded (TMR) adolescents and young adults in sheltered workshops. Institute workshops are said to have considered the following topics: prevocational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Rusalem, Herbert; Richterman, Harold – 1972
The demonstration project assessed an innovative approach to the provision of remunerative work for evaluation, training, and employment purposes in sheltered workshops for 291 blind individuals who also were limited by vocationally significant intellectual, physical, emotional, and/or social disabilities. The multiply handicapped subgroup of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Education
