The article summarizes the evolution of career education for the handicapped from a work study approach in the 1950s to its official introduction in 1971 and greater recognition at the federal level as well as in national organizations. Unique contributions of career education are cited, and areas for future attention are identified. (CL)

The first of four articles by members of the Habilitation Department of the Council for Exceptional Children discusses the evolution of the concept of career development, provides a definition of career education as a life centered approach to education, and offers suggestions for program development. (GW)

Several major issues--including definitional, age, and responsibility concerns--that have hampered the satisfactory adoption of career education by special education are highlighted. Further difficulties, such as overly limited conception and implementation of career education and minimal administrative support are also cited. (CL)

Describes three major efforts that are moving career education forward for exceptional persons: (1) activities of the Division on Career Development, Council for Exceptional Children; (2) the school-to-work transition movement; and (3) development of the Life-Centered Career Education Curriculum at the University of Missouri-Columbia. (CH)

The functions of career education for learning disabled students are traced in four phases: elementary level (career awareness), junior high level (career exploration), senior high level (career preparation), and postsecondary level (career placement/followup/continuing education). Components and instructional approaches of the Life Centered…

The Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) approach is discussed and strategies of providing career development experiences at preschool/elementary, middle school/junior high school, senior high and postsecondary/lifelong learning levels. LCCE's competencies are reviewed in terms of daily living, personal-social, and occupational skills. (CL)

The article discusses some critical issues in career education for handicapped secondary students. (Author/DLS)

Advocates a life-centered curriculum approach, which focuses on 22 skills essential for successful community living and working. Recommends that counselors assume specific responsibilities in this approach and outlines competencies necessary to carry out guidance and counseling activities for persons with handicaps at four phases of career…

Describes Projects PRICE's (Programming Retarded in Career Education) inservice training program (which has been field tested and evaluated) for school districts, designed to train various types of school personnel, parents, community agency workers, and employers to provide mildly retarded students more relevant instruction and supportive…

The article describes the development of a Knowledge Battery to assess the competency level of secondary special education students receiving instruction in the Life-Centered Career Education Curriculum. The Battery consists of 89 subcompetency tests with items selected, validity, reliability, cutting scores determined, and standardization…

Describes the growing awareness of the need for career education that led to the establishment of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) in 1976. Highlights DCDT's accomplishments over the last 20 years and identifies critical issues facing the field. (CR)

Emphasizes that appropriate redirecting of traditional teacher/counselor roles and greater involvement from parents, community agencies, and industries is needed to meet the career education needs of handicapped students. Discusses preservice and inservice training, describe an inservice model (a 4-day workshop), and outlines a career education…

Intended for administrators, the guide provides directions and materials for a series of workshops aimed at creating a team of people including educators, parents, and community workers, who can develop and monitor a career education program for handicapped students in secondary schools. The first of five sections gives an overview of the program…

This curriculum guide, based on the position that career education is a major focus of the educational program, is designed to assist students with disabilities to become productive workers and independent adults. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the history and importance of career education for children with disabilities. The features of career…

The paper describes a career education program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) high school students which was developed by Project PRICE (Programing Retarded in Career Education). Recent research relevant to the career education movement is reviewed. Career education is defined as preparation for all aspects of successful community living,…