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Peer reviewedWhitman, D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
This article describes a summer work experience program for seven blind rural high school students in Ohio, consisting of two weeks of work evaluation/adjustment and eight weeks of paid work experience using job coaches. Results indicated success in improving participants' understanding of work-related issues in general. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Blindness, High Schools, Job Placement, Rural Education
Download full textWurtz, P. Robert – 1986
This annotated bibliography is a reference to over 220 publications that deal with the concepts of transitional employment and supported work. All of the documents may be borrowed from the Materials Development Center of the University of Wisconsin. The documents are listed in alphabetical order by author or institutional author. Each entry…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
Fadely, Diane C. – 1987
This guide is intended to address the many roles and functions of job coaches in various employment settings. The guide was written to assist the following groups of service providers: (1) vocational rehabilitation personnel working in rehabilitation facilities, sheltered workshops, work activity centers, or other supported work-oriented programs;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Job Development, Job Placement, On the Job Training
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1990
The introduction and the three booklets contained in this packet are intended to provide guidance to further education staff who are implementing, or planning to implement, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) based on the standards devised by the Administrative, Business, and Commercial (ABC) Training Group in Great Britain. The boklet on…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Cooperative Programs, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries
Stroup, Phillip – Office of Student Services Brief, 1996
The Business and Education Transition Alliance (BETA) is a model school-to-work transition program that was developed to facilitate the school-to-work transition of at-risk youth in the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado. Among the BETA program's specific goals are the following: increase students' knowledge/understanding of demands of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Guidelines, High Risk Students
Support Services. Module Number 15. Work Experience Program Modules. Coordination Techniques Series.
Struck, John – 1982
This self-instructional module, the fifteenth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with support services. Addressed in the module are the importance of various support services for work experience programs; financial, placement, work adjustment, evaluation, and transition support services that are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Transitioning Vocational Services: An Exemplary Vocational Program Serving Youth with Special Needs.
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1991
Transitioning Vocational Services (TVS) meets the career exploration, training, and placement requirements of students with special needs in Illinois High School Districts 211 and 214. It serves students enrolled in special education who require assistance with the transition to postsecondary training and/or employment. TVS targets wards of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Asselin, Susan B. – 1987
This guide is designed to help vocational education teachers prepare students with special needs to make a successful transition from school to employment. The guide is organized in five chapters. The first chapter provides a definition of transition and a model for transition from special education or vocational education to the community. In…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Leadership Training Inst./Vocational and Special Education. – 1981
This information guide is designed to help handicapped adults and parents of handicapped youth become aware of the vocational programs and services available in the community as well as in Illinois and to understand what to ask for when considering vocational programing. Chapter 1 is an introduction and overview. Information is provided on the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Career Awareness, Career Development
