Suggestions are offered for providing career counseling to learning disabled students in groups. Career counseling problems, specifically unrealistic student aspirations, are noted, and career assessment needs are reviewed. (CL)

The article considers the importance of vocational evaluation for individuals with learning disabilities, notes a legislative mandate for vocational evaluation, defines it in the context of special education, describes specific evaluation tools such as performance tests and work samples, and identifies seven vocational evaluation outcomes for…

Research has suggested that career maturity, measured by students' readiness to make sound educational and occupational choices, is deficient in learning disabled students. The Career Development Inventory focuses on five dimensions: career planning, career exploration, decision making, world-of-work information, and knowledge of preferred…

Northern Lights Vocational Services of Ontario (Canada) is an agency that grew out of a need for people to have access to vocational services on a local basis. It replaces traditional, facility-based testing technologies with new tools that can be used in a community setting. The agency has developed an approach to vocational evaluation and…

The format of a model vocational evaluation report for special education students is described in terms of components: student information and data, test results, and recommendations. Adaptation of the model for word processing has increased report writing efficiency. (CL)

This article presents suggestions and proven effective strategies for determining eligibility, conducting diagnostic workups, and providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with deaf-blindness. It emphasizes that the optimal rehabilitation process begins before the clients transfer from educational programs. (Author)

This job application training package was developed as part of a comprehensive employability assessment and intervention program. The package is designed to train participants who have significant deficits in completing job applications but have basic reading and writing skills. The training package prepares participants to make a favorable…

The Occupational Report (OR) is a computer-generated report that provides occupational information for planning vocational rehabilitation services. Input data includes raw scores from the USES (United States Employment Service) Interest Inventory and raw scores from either the General Aptitude Test Battery or the Non-Reading Aptitude Test Battery.…

The report describes a sample of effective vocational assessment practices for handicapped students implemented in California. An introduction presents the challenges and difficulties of complying with federal and state legislation that mandate nondiscriminatory vocational assessment and the least restrictive placement. Alternatives to…

This monograph, a product of a symposium that examined innovative research and practices in evaluation, adjustment training, and employment services for hearing impaired persons addresses the assessment phase of the vocational rehabilitation process. The editorial introduction provides an overview of how assessment is conducted with deaf…

Gender, racial, and ethnic differences occur in vocational and cognitive ability assessments when the average scores of various groups are not equal. Results of such assessments indicate that not all groups are equally represented at all points of the assessment continuum. Many attempts to reduce or minimize existing group differences have been…

The Vocational Preparation for the Handicapped Program prepares 14- and 15-year-olds for participation in regular vocational education programs and for a successful learning experience. Recommended students are evaluated to determine if they have vocational potential and, if so, are assisted in making the appropriate vocational placement. Students…

The Vocational Personality Report (VPR) is a computer-generated report that provides information useful in vocational rehabilitation service planning. Input data required by the VPR are 16 raw scores from the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire-Form E (16 PF-E), an inventory designed for persons with low-level language skills. The VPR…

This bibliography, which covers literature from 1947 through 1984, contains entries for 2,154 documents. Most documents are journal articles but they also include research reports, rehabilitation facility in-house materials, speeches, unpublished papers, and hardcover books. The bibliography serves as a reference to the literature in vocational…

Critiquing the bureaucratization of Federal Civil Service, the author suggests production by workers would be promoted by the introduction of the profit motive and the use of performance management. Civil service pay, benefits, security, and prestige should be the rewards of efficient production. (MD)