Although there is a shortage of jobs for the severely impaired, there is a manpower shortage in the field of micrographics. The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Micrographics Training Program attempts to solve both of these problems by training and placing in competitive employment individuals with severe physical disabilities.…

Describes the job training programs at the Hampden District Regional Skills Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, financed under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. The center trains 650 persons at a time and places more than 800 trainees a year in jobs through involving industry in the planning and training. (MF)

A program of transitional employment was developed at Fountain House in 1958. Currently, this program works cooperatively with some 40 New York City business and industrial firms, enabling some 200 patients a day to go to work on a half-time basis as an integral part of their vocational rehabilitation. (Author)

The evaluation and placement of rehabilitation clients has been problematic. In addition to physical and emotional problems, these individuals suffer from a variety of unique handicaps. With this in mind, a program was developed to assess the present abilities and future potential of such a client to perform certain work tasks. Subjects were…

The article describes the design and implementation of a community-based training program for mentally retarded adults. The program focuses on job preparation, training, and placement, with a secondary emphasis on functional independent living skills. (PHR)

Describes the Human Resources Center at Albertson, Long Island. Outlines the various aspects of the Center's program including the placement process, developing job seeking skills and the relations of the Center with employers and companies. (EJT)

This first in a series highlighting Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) programs describes a guidance and placement program in Williamson County, Tennessee, to ease students' transition from school to work through career counseling, job training at Yates Vocational Center, job placement, and community liaison services.…

Describing the initial implementation period (April 1--June 30, 1975) of the Covelo Indian Community's Career Development Program, this report presents: (1) the Director's Report which deals with implementation delays, revised time frames, contracts for personnel, the new site, the board of directors, record keeping, testing instruments, charts,…

The Adult Education Component of the Delta Opportunities Corporation (DOC) operated learning centers in four Mississippi delta counties for educationally disadvantaged rural poor adults. The centers served an excess of 200 participants, preparing them for General Education Development Tests (GED) and providing prevocational and adult basic…

The report describes the development of a model training program, Training and Technology, and subsequent efforts to diffuse the innovation. Before the inception of TAT, a survey study, Resources for Southern Manpower Development, had indicated that the South had considerable manpower development potential and need. TAT was organized by Oak Ridge…

REPRESENTATIVES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING FORMER MIGRANTS (FARM WORKERS) AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, NEGRO AND WHITE, PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT UNSKILLED PERSONS WITH LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION AND LIMITED COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED AND PLACED IN OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS LOCAL DEMAND AND…