Describes typical job interview problems for individuals with learning disabilities and offers solutions. Describes the career counseling services offered by Avenues Unlimited, Inc. (JOW)

Fifteen learning disabled secondary students participated in resource room activities that stressed completing employment applications, looking for employment ads in newspapers, and role playing a job interview. Seventy percent of the class found gainful employment without assistance from outside sources. (CL)

The purpose of this guidebook is to give students, parents, and teachers some direction in helping middle and high school students find employment during their secondary school years. Suggestions for specific jobs where employers are sensitive to the needs of students who have experienced learning disabilities are made. Sources of information…

This document presents the final report with two attachments: a teacher training guide; and the curriculum guide for the Job Club Project, a job search curriculum for non-college bound high school students with and without learning disabilities. The study used a post-test, control group design with a total of 162 students (90 in the experimental…

This document is a guide to career planning and finding a job for high school and college students and graduates with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and dyslexia. The guide, which is written from the perspective of an individual with firsthand experience with a learning disability, explains how individuals can find the best…