A model for employability development is introduced to improve employability assessment and planning programs in rehabilitation and educational settings. The major components of an employability assessment and planning program are vocational choice, job acquisition, and job retention. The model offers strategies for empowering the consumer and…

This document summarizes the plan of New York's Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) to reform its system of service delivery. It first describes activities begun in 1989 to improve the accessibility of vocational rehabilitation services to people with disabilities. The plan then details…

The booklet describes the Parents Alliance Employment Project, a program to provide job development, job placement, and job coaching to persons with intellectual disabilities in the DuPage County, Illinois, area. The first four sections provide an introduction, explain the program's philosophy, describe the population served by the project, and…

A method of designing and evaluating internship and cooperative education programs between colleges and industry is presented. The approach accomplishes college objectives of academic progress and positive community relations while allowing the student to develop skills and marketability. The principles presented have application to many…

This guide is Missouri's primary resource for planning, implementing, and evaluating Industrial Technology/Technology Education (ITE/TE). It contains 10 chapters: (1) a direction for ITE/TE; (2) planning the ITE/TE program; (3) planning ITE/TE facilities; (4) implementing a safety program; (5) creating ITE/TE's image (public relations); (6)…

This guide is intended to make adult educators aware of the materials and products for use with special needs adults that have been developed with funds from Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. The resources have been grouped into the following categories: adult education program management, adults with disabilities, competency-based adult…

This report presents results of a process analysis that describes and documents Job Corps services and operations. Chapter one provides overviews of Job Corps, the national Job Corps study, and the process analysis. Chapter two describes the administrative structure of Job Corps and presents data on the geographic distribution and characteristics…

This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for child care and guidance management and services I and II. Presented first…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the child development technology programs cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies,…

This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program…

This catalog, which describes over 350 projects, is the ninth in a series of annual listings intended to inform adult educators about projects funded under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. The projects are organized according to the following areas: administration, assessment, community linkage, computer-based programs, correctional…

Designed to provide information about projects funded by States under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act, this catalog lists 400 projects. It is the eighth in a series of annual listings of special projects and staff development programs. The 400 projects are divided into 18 categories or subject areas. These categories are administration,…