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Hunt, Margaret; Munro, Constance – 1982
This reference book is designed for participants in a workshop or course series for women who are newly independent or involved in other life transitions. The contents of each topic are presented through narratives, group exercises, individual tasks, discussions, and use of specific resources. The first unit covers the concerns faced by a woman on…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Career Exploration, Coping, Displaced Homemakers
Palo Alto Coll., San Antonio, TX. – 1988
The PAC-WISE program provided 150 hours of skills training in office occupations to single parents and homemakers with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Recruitment was effected mainly through GED classes and a flyer in the lobby of the administration building. Selection was based on need according to a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Guidance, Displaced Homemakers, Job Placement
Hunt, Margaret – 1982
This workshop guide is designed for facilitators of programs that assist women in coping with their newly independent status as a result of divorce, widowhood, or other life transitions. The guide reviews the leadership skills needed for organizing a workshop, planning tips, recruitment, resources and other preparations. A format for the workshop…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Coping, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Opportunities
Heatherly, Jeannie; Cox, Ann – 1985
A project studied 30 displaced homemakers who had participated successfully in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools Displaced Homemakers/Non-Traditional Job Exploration Program. Personal interviews were accompanied by a statistical sheet, gathering the individual history of the interviewee. All persons interviewed felt their situations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, Displaced Homemakers
Kentucky Vocational Education Region V, Elizabethtown. – 1990
During fiscal year 1989-90, Project Step Forward provided single parents and displaced homemakers in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with information on available opportunities and assisted participants in raising their self-esteem. The project served 64 people through three 2-week, 40-hour workshops and an additional 151 people through mini-workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration
VanderLugt, Marilyn J. – 1984
Goals of the "Transition, Retraining, and Change for Entry" project were to provide counseling and/or group support for single heads of households or persons entering nontraditional employment and to provide placement services for the target group. A third goal was to disseminate information about the value of and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration, Displaced Homemakers
Towns, Kathryn; And Others – 1987
The Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education (PROBE) counseling and referral system is intended to help single parents and displaced homemakers gain greater control over their own lives, careers, and futures. PROBE began in 1975 as a campus-based program at Pennsylvania State University and became community based in 1977. PROBE,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers
Women's and Family Programs Corp., Louisville, KY. – 1990
Operation of the 1989-90 Creative Employment Project, a regional transitional support center for adult single parents and displaced homemakers, resulted in increased entry rates for participants into vocational education programs. The program assisted participants in acquiring marketable skills and entering the work force. The objectives were…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Career Exploration
Bloomington Dept. of Human Resources, IN. – 1983
A project was conducted by the city of Bloomington, Indiana, to help displaced homemakers cope with stress, learn to manage their lives, become more assertive, and gain job search skills. Aimed at a three-county area, the project assessed the job market, developed counseling techniques, developed interest and aptitude assessment instruments,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Joynes, Margot – 1984
In the Displaced Homemaker project at the New Options Center in Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, clients were displaced homemakers, single household heads needing training, homemakers seeking full-time employment, and anyone interested in jobs or training nontraditional to his/her sex. Various outreach methods--public service announcements,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Bromley, Ann; Moore, Marnie – 1987
Focus on Careers, a program for single parents or homemakers, completed its second year of operation at Santa Fe (Florida) Community College on June 30, 1987. The program served 175 adult men and women from Alachua and Bradford counties who wanted to develop a career, re-enter the work force, or change careers. Services offered to single parents…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Knold, John, Comp. – 1980
This report contains summary descriptions of twenty-nine projects which have been implemented during 1978-80 in the state of Washington. By their design, they address the need for vocational equity. The projects received funding from one of several sources including the Washington State Commission for Vocational Education's Research Coordinating…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Women's and Family Programs Corp., Louisville, KY. – 1990
The Owensboro (Kentucky) Displaced Homemaker Program assists single parents/displaced homemakers in sustaining themselves and their families by enabling them to enter the workforce. Barriers of age, sex, lack of work experience, low self-esteem, low educational attainment, and little knowledge of the work environment affect their ability to enter…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Henry, Ann; Teschendorf, JoAnn – 1984
The Older Worker Project was conducted to provide employment services to unemployed persons aged 45 and older who live in the western part of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis, Minnesota) area. Although the expected result was permanent employment of the participants, the intention of this demonstration project was to refine service approaches…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitude Change, Career Change, Career Counseling
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
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