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Moon, Sherril, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Intended for persons involved in training mentally retarded individuals for placement in community-based competitive jobs, this manual describes job training and development procedures used at Virginia Commonwealth University through Project Employability and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. The supported work approach to…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Job Development, Job Placement, Job Training
Buchen, Irving H. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
The focus of this book is to explore the extent to which our thinking, learning, and leading is influenced and shaped by the future. In the process, professionals and organizations are classified into three basic types: future-oriented, future-poised, and future-driven. The last typically employs divergent and convergent thinking and planning; and…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Innovation, Creative Thinking, Labor Force Development
National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. – 1986
Intended for persons establishing job development programs for developmentally disabled individuals, this training manual details the structure and procedures of Project PLANTWORK, a 21-month demonstration program which placed approximately 70 workers with developmental disabilities into employment in horticulture industry firms or into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Covey, Cameron – Executive Educator, 1987
Describes a program in Corvallis, Oregon, that provides vocational employment experience for disabled students. Success is attributed to community and business cooperation, training in diverse work sites, and placement flexibility. (CJH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Training
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Wells, Richard, Ed. – North Carolina Libraries, 1986
The community college library is the focus of this issue of "North Carolina Libraries." Articles addressing this theme include: (1) "Learning Resources Concept Position Paper," by the North Carolina Community College Learning Resources Association; (2) "An Opportunity and a Challenge," by Mertys W. Bell, which offers…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Job Training, Learning Resources Centers
Finchum, R. N. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The job of operating school plants so as to utilize their potentialities in promoting an effective educational program is one that requires training, knowledges, skills, and services of a specialized nature. School officials in charge of school plant management are primarily responsible for developing an operating program that will meet this…
Descriptors: Educational History, Personnel Policy, Training Methods, School Buildings
Faulkner, Gail; Harmon, Marguerite; Johnson, Lynnette; Knopf, Elise; Latz, Rubin; Parnes, Alan; Currie-Richardson, Diane; Sligar, Steven – Midwest Center for Postsecondary Outreach, 2004
This book provides guidance for administrators and service delivery staff of Community Rehabilitation Programs to serve consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened or deafblind. This publication follows an outline based on standards from CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities), the national accrediting agency for…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Vocational Evaluation, Rehabilitation Programs, Partial Hearing