This manual is intended to provide practical help to those local educational agencies, colleges, and institutes in Great Britain interested in developing educational programs for the unemployed. Section I is an introduction. Section II describes the conceptual framework, which includes five general areas: employability, coping, context, leisure,…

The long-term employment of 51 moderately mentally retarded clients who were placed into 64 supported employment positions was evaluated relative to 10 training and post-training components in a supported employment training package. Three components differentiated successful from unsuccessful employment: client advocate, collateral behavior, and…

This guide is intended to assist planners and administrators in designing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs. The following topics are covered in the individual chapters: serving youth under JTPA; program planning (planning and performance standards); program operations (participant activities and services under JTPA, establishment…

This monograph presents information on critical issues in the transition of handicapped youth from the school setting to the work environment. The articles discuss the needs of handicapped youth, professional and parental competencies, employability, job settings, and legislation. Titles and authors are as follows: "Career Education for…

This guide identifies four distinct approaches to employment-related training for limited-English proficient (LEP) adults. All of the approaches assume an intensive language instruction component, Vocational English as a Second Language. Following an introduction is a section that deals, in a general sense, with some key concerns shared by all…

This handbook was designed to assist school administrators, vocational administrators, vocational agricultural teachers, and area consultants of vocational agriculture in developing, implementing, and improving an agricultural cooperative training program (especially in Texas). The handbook, which presents information in a narrative format,…

This guide was developed to help Private Industry Council members and Job Training Partnership Act Service Delivery Area directors, planners, and program managers to develop new services by providing an introduction to the elements of effective basic skills programs. The guide is organized in three major parts. Part 1 reviews the research on the…

Focus on Careers, a program for single parents or homemakers, completed its second year of operation at Santa Fe (Florida) Community College on June 30, 1987. The program served 175 adult men and women from Alachua and Bradford counties who wanted to develop a career, re-enter the work force, or change careers. Services offered to single parents…

This handbook has been developed to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) coordinators with the information and procedures required for successful implementation of the JTPA in North Carolina public schools. The following are covered: program objectives, job requirements, file checklists, outreach/recruitment, marketing activities, program…