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Gill, Douglas H. – 1986
Activities of a Pierce County, Washington, cooperative established in 1983 to unify the delivery of instructional services to secondary special education students in a vocational education context are reported. The report is divided into two major phases: Phase I, A Determination of Secondary Vocational Education Staff Input and Involvement in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Enrollment Trends, Individualized Education Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textLevy, Margaret – 1994
This report examines how the "good practice" model of work-based learning (WBL) and its tools can be used with students having learning difficulties and disabilities. The model is a partnership model involving three prime partners: production professionals (employers), learning professionals (trainers and teachers), and the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Education and Work Program. – 1985
This issue examines successful partnerships in the Northwest that have emerged from strategic alliances between business and education. Some models are described briefly. These partnerships are then described: Private Initiatives in Public Education (PIPE), the adopt-a-school conduit; Business Youth Exchange, a structure for work-study; Business…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Ordover, Eileen L.; Annexstein, Leslie T. – 1999
This publication provides guidance to state and local administrators responsible for planning and implementing comprehensive school-to-work systems for all students, including youth with disabilities, under five key federal laws: (1) School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994; (2) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as amended in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.; And Others – 1990
The Services for Transition to Independence through Education (STRIDE) project evaluated a model for providing comprehensive training and employment services to adults with mild handicaps, using existing vocational education classes and special needs support programs in a secondary vocational technical school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Inge, Katherine J., Ed. – RRTC, 1992
This newsletter issue provides rehabilitation professionals with various information pieces concerning transition from school to adulthood for young people with disabilities. An introduction identifies specific challenges in transition programming and stresses the goal of fully integrating young people with disabilities as interdependent parts of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Compliance (Legal)
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Youth, Adult and Alternative Educational Services Div. – 1995
This revised guide is designed to help school administrators, teachers, and counselors operate and improve their continuation programs and develop a school program based on the Model Curriculum Standards, Grades 9 through 12 and Raising Expectations: Model Graduation Requirements. It references up-to-date legal and technical information and…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1988
This guide to Maine and United States child labor laws and their relevance to school work experiences for youths aged 14 to 18 is intended to provide teachers, guidance counselors, job developers, and job coordinators with basic information on the standards and major provisions of the laws. Chapter 1 tells why the guide was developed; recommends…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Child Labor
