The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 challenged vocational educators to set up meaningful services for persons with special needs. Pennsylvania vocational educators feel they have begun to accept this challenge. This report reviews the major programs that received funds for the disadvantaged in Pennsylvania under Public Law 90-576 during…

Activities of the Owen O. Sabin Occupational Skills Center are described to illustrate an effective vocational education complex. (MJB)

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SIX DIFFERENT COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED TO ASSESS THEIR COMMON FEATURES, INNOVATIONS, AND SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES. THESE PROGRAMS WERE OF A MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL NATURE, DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SLOW LEARNERS. DATA WERE SECURED BY MEANS OF INTERVIEWS WITH KEY PERSONNEL,…

The article describes a program which provides vocational training, career planning, and therapeutic supervision for older emotionally disturbed adolescents (for whom facilities are so often not available). It is explained that resources for the program have come from the local board of education and the community mental hospital. (PHR)

This annual descriptive report supplements the detailed official statistical and financial reports submitted to fulfill the requirement of a report for the fiscal year 1970-71, and to bring about increased understanding of the vocational program in the state. Information is presented about 36 specific areas under the four sections of: (1) program…

Brief descriptions of employment and educational programs in women's centers of nine Florida junior and community colleges. (JT)

Negative labelling harms by lumping together students with diverse learning problems; instead of diagnosing and treating their problems scientifically, students are stereotyped and relegated to watered down curricula and poor instruction, says one speaker. Other reports on vocational education's response to students special needs are briefly…

This document contains information on the vocational/career education programs which have been funded by the 1968 Vocational Amendments and Wisconsin's 17 vocational technical and adult education districts to provide services to special needs students. It is designed to assist teachers and administrators in the Vocational, Technical and Adult…

This annotated listing of program offerings for the out-of-school adult with learning disabilities is intended as a national reference guide. The 26 programs listed represent those available for learning-disabled adults who may never attend or do not succeed in traditional college programming. The programs focus primarily on basic education,…

Nearly 200 ongoing educational programs using outdoor adventure as a learning device are listed in this 1975 directory. The program listings, including a broad cross section of outdoor education adventure programs, give the name of each program, program director, address, and phone number, along with a brief description of activities, length of…

The Dawn Hancock Animal Farm, which was developed in 1974 with volunteer labor and over $100,000 in donations, provides farm experiences for the mentally handicapped students of the Helen J. Stewart School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The farm and animals are part of the school's emphasis on vocational training, and every effort is made to help prepare…

The New York State Annual Report for Occupational Education, Fiscal Year 1975, contains a narrative description of the State's accomplishments in terms of the objectives of the State Plan for Administration of Occupational Education, as well as a statistical overview of the State's occupational education programs during the fiscal year. Data are…

The document opens with a 14-page state of the art review discussing influences which affect educators who prepare personnel involved with special needs students. These influences include: professional dissatisfaction; leadership groups, including legislative bodies and professional organizations; current issues and trends, including career…

This study examined the form and availability of alternative education programs in suburban Cook County, Illinois, public secondary schools. Alternative education was defined as any special program that is directed to specific academic, emotional, and/or work training needs of students. A survey was submitted to school districts to gather…