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Peer reviewedFord, Jerry; Ford, Christine – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
A survey of 21 supported-employment program-managers in South Australia found highest identified priority training needs focused on areas of systems development and evaluation, and technological skills. Few reported training needs in areas related to direct-service delivery, even though most had some professional duties in this capacity.…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Direct linkWilkins, Stephen – Education & Training, 2002
Explains that the Sultanate of Oman is the only country in the world, other than the UK, to have adopted the national vocational qualification NVQ as its national system for vocational training. Assesses the extent to which centres in Oman have been successful in implementing the NVQ, and the extent to which the NVQ has contributed towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Program Implementation
Download full textRusso, Rocco P. – 1982
Congress, using Public Law 94-482 entitled Education Amendments of 1976, instructed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to develop, implement, and operate the Vocational Education Data System (VEDS). As mandated by legislation, the primary purpose of VEDS is to provide a national reporting system to generate uniform data from the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Legislation
DeStefano, Lizanne; Rusch, Frank R. – 1987
This document includes three papers which address the special demands that supported employment places on vocational evaluation and assessment practices. An introductory chapter by Frank Rusch et al. discusses target populations of the Illinois Supported Employment Program, program evaluation, degree of program implementation, and costs and…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Eligibility
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1982
This document, developed by the Ninth Institute on Rehabilitation Issues Prime Study Group on Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), is intended to provide basic information and guidelines to state agencies for implementing meaningful services to SLD clients. The publication is organized into five sections, with each section divided into…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Resources, Guidelines
Auspos, Patricia; Sherwood, Kay E. – 1992
This paper on assessment in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program for welfare recipients is intended to help administrators of JOBS programs weigh the possible benefits and drawbacks of the assessment choices they must make. Chapter 1 explains why assessment matters to JOBS administrators. Chapter 2 suggests a conceptual framework…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Employment Potential
Inaba, Lawrence A., Ed. – 1996
These 18 papers were presented at a conference designed to share the diversity of ways that the Career Orientation and Planning Profile (COPP) is being used to conduct effective career guidance programs by selected career guidance educators throughout the United States. The publication begins with a brief tribute to Dr. Shigekazu Fukuyama…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
