This manual is designed to assist in teaching the necessary work-related behaviors that frequently help individuals with handicaps to enter and remain in the sheltered or competitive work force. It can be used by teachers at the primary, elementary, and secondary levels. Chapter I summarizes the research on associated work skills, sometimes called…

This textbook describes instructional methods designed to address the learning and behavioral problems typical of adolescent learners with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and mild mental retardation. Part 1 provides an overview of special education and adolescents and includes chapters on programming for adolescents with mild…

These three newsletter issues are designed for users of the Council for Exceptional Children's Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum. The newsletter's goal is to inform practitioners of curriculum implementation ideas and transition issues and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Featured articles discuss meeting transition…

This book is a practical guide on how to realign one's career by careful, systematic analysis of what is not satisfying and what needs to be changed. It assists individuals in learning who they really are today, where they are going, and how to identify realistic work alternatives. Part 1 on achieving career satisfaction consists of three…

This resource manual is intended to be used by instructors and trainers in both preservice and short-term training as a tool to assist in designing new offerings and redesigning old offerings for work adjustment trainees. Annotations are provided of resources in 19 work adjustment competency areas, including the following: specific marketable…