Presents a model of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in post-acute treatment settings that is designed to address the multiplicity of deficits in cognitive, social, and physical functioning. Model described involves an integrated transdisciplinary team approach conducted in a functional retraining environment. (Author)

Issues currently affecting employee training are the impact of high technology, worker adaptability, the communications revolution, job satisfaction, underinvestment in human capital, demographic shifts, and interest in productivity improvement. (SK)

Robots--powerful, versatile, and easily adapted to new operations--may usher in a new industrial age. Workers throughout the labor force could be affected, as well as the nature of the workplace, skill requirements of jobs, and concomitant shifts in vocational education. (SK)

Worker dislocation is a major problem in Wisconsin. Services needed include provision of coping mechanisms, job search methods, and retraining. A partnership between the state and the Wisconsin American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations was created to provide these services and referrals, as well as preventive training…

A shortage of information-technology professionals is leading some companies to recruit and train people from other fields. Some dissenters believe the shortage is an excuse to fill positions with lower-paid foreign nationals and college students. (SK)

Describes outplacement services as including such services and information as (1) financial and career counseling, (2) connections with established training programs and resources in the community, and (3) workshops to teach business start-up skills (although at different levels depending upon program costs). Includes questions to ask potential…

Notes several options for keeping practicing engineers abreast of the state of the art, including university seminars, videotape courses, and instruction via satellite. Also cites the need for engineers to be encouraged to pursue life-long professional education. (DH)

Examines retraining transition processes as a basis for understanding adult learning and career change. Distinguishes between frame breaking and incremental change, describes associated learning methods, outlines transitional phases, and considers relationships between degrees of change and coping styles. Finds that variables reflecting career…

Presents the Model of Vocational Redevelopment for Midcareer Physically Disabled Persons. The model uses four basic elements (worker needs, worker competencies, job reinforcers, and job demands) and their phenomenological counterparts to elucidate critical aspects of redevelopment, such as worker's self-assessment and job understanding, impact of…

The author's company, Autodesk, Inc., developed and implemented a model industry-based training program for teachers of computer-aided drafting. (CH)

The author discusses the growing need to keep older workers in the labor force and the need for vocational education to address this population's need for retraining. He presents some of the problems and recommendations for older adult training programs. (CH)

The author reports on the trend for manufacturing companies to spend heavily on retraining and retaining employees whose jobs have been abolished or dramatically changed. Employers have found retraining current employees to be more cost effective than hiring new workers. He describes a California state program that helps finance such training…

The article highlights some innovative and important approaches to employee training and retraining in anticipation of and in response to technological change. These include both collectively bargained arrangements and new state initiatives that are suggestive for future developments. (CH)

Private organizations and state governments are increasingly seeking out businesses with training needs they cannot fulfill themselves and finding community colleges willing to set up flexible retraining programs quickly. (MSE)

Discusses the changing need for adult education in Finland. Emphasizes that retraining is becoming adult education's main priority, but that general education will continue to be important and thus should continue to be developed. (CH)