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Rosvall, Per-Åke; Carlbaum, Sara; Benerdal, Malin – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2022
This article focuses on how local institutions in three rural areas in Sweden organised education and work to assist adult immigrants' integration. We particularly analyse how local officials in educational institutions, employment offices and local governments attempted to support adult immigrants' education-to-work transitions, using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Rural Areas, Adult Education
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Cashman, Joanne – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1995
The demand for improved postschool outcomes has shifted school reform strategy from incremental efforts to fundamental change. Collaboration is consistently identified as an effective approach for fostering communications and creating new systems. Social and vocational educators must become skilled collaborators to influence the course of change.…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperation
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Olson, Lynn – Educational Leadership, 1998
While visiting school-to-work sites, the author observed numerous programs that teach students the "new basics" or "basics-plus" skills needed for success in today's economy. These skills include an ability to use technology, communicate ideas and information orally and in writing, work in groups, solve knotty problems,…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Interpersonal Competence
Lombard, Rick – 1988
This manual is designed to help schools in the development, implementation, and evaluation of activities that assist individuals with special needs in making vertical transitions from school to postsecondary training or employment and horizontal transitions between the school, home, and community. It presents, in section 1, a model that…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Slovic, Roz, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This manual is intended for parents of high school students with severe disabilities and offers guidelines for evaluating a high school program and ways parents can improve existing programs. In the first section seven key characteristics of a good high school are identified: (1) integrated; (2) age appropriate; (3) community-based; (4)…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Repetto, Jeanne B., Ed. – 1987
This compilation of papers focuses on the economic and educational considerations required for planning transitional services for handicapped youth, and was developed from the second and third annual forums sponsored by the Transitional Programming for Handicapped Youth: Interdisciplinary Leadership Preparation Program at the University of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperation, Disabilities, Economic Factors
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Webster, Maureen M.; And Others – 1985
Six communities engaged in planning processes to improve vocational programming for students with handicapping conditions. The collaborative efforts involved the schools, community agencies, and employers in recommending strategies for change. This report is based on a study of the six collaborative planning projects 1 year after their completion.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Organizations, Cooperation
O'Neill, John; And Others – 1990
This handbook for parents is part of a packet intended to aid educators, families, and adult service providers to facilitate the transition from school to adult life in the community for students with both cognitive disabilities and visual or dual sensory impairments. Emphasis is on preparation of students for adult lifestyles through transition…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Cooperation, Education Work Relationship