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Kimeldorf, Martin; Tornow, Janice A. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1984
Provides background on the job club process and how it can be used for integrated training of special needs and regular education students in need of job search assistance. Includes field test project information. (JOW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Elksnin, Linda K.; Elksnin, Nick – School Counselor, 1991
Compares traditional job search procedures with alternative approach called the Job Club. Briefly reviews literature that compares employment rates of individuals undergoing traditional job search and Job Club counseling. Discusses ways in which counselors can implement Job Clubs with handicapped students in secondary settings.(NB)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Disabilities, Job Search Methods, School Counselors
Kimeldorf, Martin; Tornow, Janice A. – Pointer, 1984
A job club approach for secondary disabled youth focuses on mastering job seeking skills by behaviorally sequenced steps learned in situational experiences within a self-help group process framework. Students learn to penetrate the hidden job market, to use social networking via the telephone, and to participate successfully in job interviews. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Interviews, Job Application, Job Development
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Lindstrom, Lauren E.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
This article describes how to develop a "job club" for students with disabilities, to assist them with the transition from school to work. The ability of job clubs to teach goal setting, self-determination skills, and interpersonal competence is discussed. Step-by-step instructions are included as well as a sample meeting agenda. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Education, Clubs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Tindall, Lloyd – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1990
Describes Replicating Jobs in Business and Industry for Persons with Disabilities, a computer program that can be used to help secondary and postsecondary students find employment. It helps individuals search for jobs that match their interests and abilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Information Systems, Computer Software, Disabilities, Employment Potential
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Johnson, Virginia Anne; Farley, Roy C. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
A study examined outcomes for 38 adolescents with disabilities from a career exploration and job-seeking skills instructional program. Results indicated students demonstrated better vocational decision-making confidence and career decisiveness, and performed better completing a job application and in a simulated employment interview. (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Career Exploration, Decision Making Skills
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Fennick, Ellen – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article describes how coteaching in a general education life skills class became an effective way to provide inclusive instruction to benefit all of the students, both with and without disabilities. The collaborative team unified separate special education and general education transition efforts within a general education transition class.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Kerka, Sandra – 1987
Parents have a major influence on their children's attitudes toward work and life. Handicapped youth, who have more difficulty than other youth in making the transition from school to work and adult life, have a special need for parental guidance. Parents can play key roles in transition, especially in the areas of career exploration, job search…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Exploration, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
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Doren, Bonnie; Benz, Michael R. – Journal of Special Education, 1998
This study examined factors associated with better employment outcomes for young people with disabilities, especially young women. Factors predicting better outcomes included having two or more job experiences while in high school and having used the self-family-friend network to find their postschool job. Some factors, such as low household…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Smith, Darrell; And Others – 1979
The work study curriculum guide for secondary special education students was designed for use in a classroom atmosphere simulating a work setting. Performance objectives and suggested activities are listed for 10 units (sample subunits in parentheses): purchasing habits (advertising methods, types of stores and merchandise, sales tax); budgeting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Disabilities, Health, Homemaking Skills
Baumgart, Diane; Purdy, Susan – 1987
The guide, developed by the Secondary Transition and Employment Project (STEP) in Idaho, is intended to provide students with moderate handicaps with systematic individual assessment of vocational preferences and instruction in work-related skills. The curriculum stresses parent involvement, vocational training beginning at the 7th or 8th grade…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
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Roessler, Richard T.; And Others – Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 1988
The article describes employability assessment and intervention packages recently developed by the Arkansas Research and Training Center in Vocational Rehabilitation. Counselors can incorporate the employability products into transitional services for disabled students to increase social, vocational, problem-solving, decision-making, on-the-job…
Descriptors: Coping, Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Horsman, Kelley – 1994
This guidebook is accompanied by a videocassette, on job search strategies for students with disabilities (the videotape should be accompanied by each school's own training materials based on personal needs). The guide begins with information on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It discusses the Title's purpose, main provisions, and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Employment Interviews
Dilbaitis, Gary J.; And Others – 1986
This guide is intended for use in a prevocational class for special needs students. Included in the guide are the following components: an introduction that discusses the content of the curriculum and its use as a main textbook, supplementary material, or element in an individualized education program (IEP); a 12-unit curriculum; answer keys for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices
McNair, Jeff, Ed.; Kronick, Nancy, Ed. – 1991
Six papers address issues in the transition of students with disabilities into the adult world of work. In "Workplace Support," Jeff McNair defines "support," differentiates types of support, and considers various foci of intervention. The second paper titled, "Cross-Cultural Transition: An Exigent Topic for Study" by Nancy Kronick, reviews…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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