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Download full textCoffey, Osa D.; Knoll, John F. – 1998
Suggestions for teaching selected life skills to adult and juvenile offenders are presented in this document. The general purpose of life skills programming is to help persons live more successfully and to function better in their multiple roles as members of a family, community, and workforce. Life skills training is treated as an educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Correctional Institutions, Daily Living Skills
Nelson, Ronald G.; Janzen, William B. – 1977
This report presents research studies from the past 15 years which indicate that some alcoholics have been able to return to controlled, moderate drinking after behavioral treatment. Presented in this report are: (1) the techniques used to train alcohol abusers to moderate drinking; (2) the research methodologies used to measure the treatment…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Counselors, Drinking
Black, Bertram J. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1976
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedPadgett, William L.; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1981
Describes a program that provides educational rehabilitation in a therapeutic setting using Adult Basic Education/General Education Development classes. Data indicated that students who completed six months of training in this program raised their academic achievement level by seven grade levels in math and by five grade levels in English. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedJohnson, Gil L.; Maxson, John H. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
Describes the Job Placement Training Program, a training program run by Southern Illinois University that is designed to teach rehabilitation counselors and placement specialists employed by state rehabilitation agencies the knowledge, techniques, and strategies necessary to help rehabilitation clients obtain employment. The program's curriculum…
Descriptors: Adults, Counselor Training, Disabilities, Employment Services
Resource Manual of Jointly Planned/Funded Programs/Services/Activities To Serve Special Populations.
LaBrecque, Suzanne V.; And Others – 1989
This document is intended to aid those in Texas doing joint planning of vocational and technical education programs with programs conducted under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Adult Education Act, Chapter I of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, the Education of the Handicapped Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs
Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1980
This manual is intended as a resource for anyone involved in planning, developing, and/or operating a horticultural training or work co-op program for the handicapped. Following an introductory chapter, the manual is divided into three parts with the greatest weight given to the second part. Part I elaborates on development of the horticulture…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Education, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
