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Download full textButte County Superintendent of Schools, Oroville, CA. – 1974
Presented is the final report of a 3-year work study program (funded under Title VI) to increase the employability of 95 mentally or physically handicapped high school students. Project objectives included determination of requirements for 50 local jobs, development of 50 slide-film sets to provide job task information, assessment of student…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Exceptional Child Education, High Schools, Job Analysis
Groelle, Marvin C. – 1967
A 2-year project constructed a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) high school students. The first phase developed courses of study, instructional materials, and teaching procedures; the second phase established a functional vocational training program in five high schools with approximately 150 EMR seniors (IQ range 53 to 78,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Research
Evaluation of the Long Term Educational Grant Program of the Social Security Act, Title XX, 1978-80.
Laverty, Grace E. – 1980
A Pennsylvania Department of Education 1979 evaluation of the long-term educational grant program provided for in the Social Security Act 1975 Amendments is described. Interview schedules were developed and administered to supervisors and students working in Title XX agencies on effects of the just completed educational experience on job…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Federal Programs
Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.; And Others – 1990
The Services for Transition to Independence through Education (STRIDE) project evaluated a model for providing comprehensive training and employment services to adults with mild handicaps, using existing vocational education classes and special needs support programs in a secondary vocational technical school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Virginia Western Community Coll., Roanoke. – 1976
The Career Life Development Center (CLDC) developed at Virginia Western Community College was designed to serve both enrolled students and non-student residents of the locality. The following eleven program components were implemented: career counseling interviews; curriculum-based counseling strategies; diagnostic center; individual career…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Dinger, Jack C.; And Others – 1973
In the middle western area of Pennsylvania, four model programs have been developed at the high school level to provide occupational orientation and preparation for the educable mentally retarded: The Community Based Work-Study Program, The Academic Special Education Program, The External Vocational Program, and The Internal Vocational Program.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications
PDF pending restorationBreglio, Vincent J.; And Others – 1976
This is the second of a three-volume final report of a study to assess the effectiveness of secondary and postsecondary cooperative education programs in the nation's hundred largest cities and to analyze the postprogram experiences of participants and nonparticipants. This volume presents the findings of the 24-month followup study of students…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
Towns, Kathryn; And Others – 1980
These guidelines are designed to help public school system vocational educators establish programs and services for displaced homemakers within the framework of vocational technical school and community college programs. The main body of the guide consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the special needs of displaced…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
Hunt, DeWitt – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…
Descriptors: Educational History, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Student Employment
