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On-the-Job Training: A Curricular Approach to Employment.

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Kohler, Paula D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994

This study assessed the effects of a Brevard County (Florida) high school-based vocational training and community-based on-the-job training program called Brevard's Exceptional Students in Transition (BEST). Results indicated positive improvements in vocational skills and behaviors of participants in the BEST program. (JDD)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship

Preparing Teachers for the Transition of Students with Disabilities through Community-Based Instruction.

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Kamens, Michele Wilson; Dolyniuk, Chrystina A.; DiNardo, Paulette – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2003

Twenty-six university students participated as job-sampling mentors for an on-campus transition project for 17 high school students (ages 16- 20) with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities. The university students gained new expectations for individuals with disabilities, become more aware of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities, and…

Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Mental Retardation