The Minnesota model is based on the establishment of terminal performance objectives for home economics and their assessment by criterion-referenced tests. Model components are intended to eliminate gaps or overlap in instruction on secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels of education. A statewide center is responsible for model management. (SK)

This resource unit is a prototype for others that can be developed as a team effort by vocational and special educators concerned with mainstreaming hearing impaired youth into regular vocational education programs. Although focusing on a specific vocational area (food service), the unit's step-by-step design can be applied to other vocational…