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Soder, Marten – 1984
The report describes the Swedish educational and employment system and efforts underway to facilitate the transition from school to work for handicapped adolescents. A review of the general education system touches upon administrative structure, finance, and trends in compulsory comprehensive school and in upper secondary schools. The next section…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Download full textBrodin, Jane; And Others – 1992
This report examines preschools for children with disabilities in Sweden. In Swedish society the roles of the family and the environment are emphasized with the preschool serving as part of a family support system for children with disabilities. The value of a family oriented intervention is stressed. The first section discusses Swedish provision…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Family Programs
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1991
This monograph offers an international perspective on the period of transition from school to adult and working life for young people who are disabled. It examines practices which appear to be effective in facilitating a successful transition and looks at ways in which important features of those practices might be incorporated into professional…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Miller, Kathleen S., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Selected papers from the 1980 World Congress of Rehabilitation International Meeting on the participation of disabled people are presented. The papers address the rights of the disabled, the organization and functions of consumer groups, the impact of consumer involvement on rehabilitation and related services, social implications of the consumer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Activism, Advocacy
Redkey, Henry – 1975
Sheltered work programs for the handicapped in five European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, West Germany, and The Netherlands) are described in this paper. Basic features of the programs in each country are discussed, including population, financing, and aspects of the programs that can be applied in helping America improve employment…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Vash, Carolyn L. – 1977
Major research findings are synthesized and innovations of current concern to vocational rehabilitation professionals are reported in this document, which covers the area of sheltered industrial employment. It is intended to provide a state-of-the-art review of worldwide experience and conceptualizations regarding accommodated or sheltered…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business, Change Strategies, Definitions
