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Download full textNational Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2019
Transition planning officially begins between the ages of 14 and 16 for most students with an IEP. However, the process is lifelong. Job Exploration Counseling, or Career counseling/guidance includes a wide variety of activities which help students explore career options and opportunities available. Job exploring options are intended to foster…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Smith, David Lawson; Ament, Patrick A. – 1990
Estimates of the current national dropout rate during grades 9-12 ranged between 25 percent and 30 percent. Studies were undertaken to determine the characteristics of dropouts; the consequences of dropping out of school; and associations between dropping out and specific curricula, including the occupational curriculum. Because of methodological…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
BAYLEY, MONICA; AND OTHERS – 1964
FOUR ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST, "A RENEWED EFFORT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DROPOUT," BY MONICA BAYLEY, DISCUSSES PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FOUR IN NEW YORK ARE STEP, CO-OP PROGRAM, OPERATION RETURN, AND HIGHER HORIZONS. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, CHICAGO,…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Special Programs
Sheridan School District 2, Englewood, CO. – 1973
Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, is a comprehensive five year program to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. Project Outreach will bring about a complete transformation of the present Sheridan Public Schools. By…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Howard, Bill – 1972
In this report are described some current programs aimed at dropout prevention. The report focuses on programs that appear to be yielding results and that lend themselves to adaptation by other schools. The discussion comprises (1) new approaches to dropout prevention, (2) student motivation projects, (3) work-study projects, (4) schooling for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Continuation Education
Drane, H. Tupper – 1971
Project Stay is a demonstration project of the St. Louis Public Schools, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, with several programs concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts. The project has the purpose of identifying students who are potential dropouts, determining their individual needs, and developing programs to meet those…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Tiedeman, David V.; Miller-Tiedeman, Anna – 1975
The first chapter of the literature review describes the Career Intern Program (CIP), a cooperative career education venture of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and two Philadelphia high schools, which is composed of three steps: career awareness (general orientation, development, motivation); career exploration (academic…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Continuation Education, Counseling Services
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1986
This study concerns school dropouts in the Boston Public School system. It is divided into three sections which deal with: (1) a review of research studies on the causes of school dropout; (2) statistical analysis of the Boston situation by race and ethnic origin, gender, grade, and location; and (3) a review of prevention/intervention programs,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
CANGEMI, JOSEPH P.; FANTINI, MARIO D.
GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO INVESTIGATE AVAILABLE RESEARCH CONCERNING DROPOUTS, TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, TO INCREASE THE SCHOOL-HOLDING POWER, TO EQUIP UNSKILLED STUDENTS WITH SKILLS, TO INCREASE VOCATIONAL, ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE AND INTERESTS, AND TO DEVELOP…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Weber, James M. – 1986
In an effort to identify the kinds of vocational experiences that appear to be the most promising in reducing the dropout rate, two distinct research strategies were used. The first strategy involved analysis of data available from the High School and Beyond Project, a nationally representative sample of students and schools surveyed in 1980 (when…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
KING, JOHN B.; AND OTHERS – 1964
SIXTY-SIX PROGRAMS FOR THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL DROPOUT, THE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVER, THE EMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS AND ADULTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TITLE, YEAR OF ORIGIN, PURPOSE OF PROGRAM, METHOD OF OPERATION, GRADES, AGES, AND NUMBERS SERVICES, FACILITIES UTILIZED, AND ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST. PRESENTATION IS AS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Public Schools
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. – 1973
The educational performance of 690 14 and 15 year old dropout prone students given limited labor market experience was evaluated in a mationwide study. The students worked 28 hours per week during the 1971-72 school year, which was found to be excessive. Working increased grade point averages up to a point, after which favorable impact declined or…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Cooperative Education, Dropout Attitudes
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1964
AFTER THE SCHOOL HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS, PERSONNEL MUST FORMULATE A PLAN OF ACTION. THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE--START SMALL, WORK TOGETHER, TAKE YOUR TIME, MEET REGULARLY, GET OUTSIDE HELP, REPORT PROGRESS AND EVALUATE RESULTS. THE PROGRAM FOR REGULAR STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED. A CHECKLIST IS…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Extracurricular Activities, Resource Materials
Rochester Jobs, Inc., NY. – 1972
A program is reported for potential and actual high school dropouts that combines academic courses with work experience, and is designed to demonstrate the relationship between education and the world of work. Some of the objectives of the program were to test the feasibility of a joint educational approach of trade instructors and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Program Descriptions
