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Fadely, Diane C. – 1987
This guide is intended to address the many roles and functions of job coaches in various employment settings. The guide was written to assist the following groups of service providers: (1) vocational rehabilitation personnel working in rehabilitation facilities, sheltered workshops, work activity centers, or other supported work-oriented programs;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Job Development, Job Placement, On the Job Training
Rist, Ray C.; And Others – 1979
Forty-eight of the Exemplary In-School Demonstration Projects being conducted under Title IV, Part A of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977 were analyzed to (1) provide an initial discussion of some of the basic aspects of the various strategies employed by the projects and (2) assess some of the fundamental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Career Exploration, Credits
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1993
This yearbook of PETRA, the European Community's program for providing youths with vocational training and preparing them for adulthood and work, contains 14 articles: "PETRA's Added Value" (Welbers); "Beyond the Fallen Wall" (Hanf); "Project Report: A Flyweight Becomes a Bricklayer"; "PETRA's Southern Tip"…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, International Cooperation
Watkins, Wesley W. – 1982
The Oklahoma State Department of Vocational-Technical Education has initiated a national demonstration project to develop and implement an entrepreneurship curriculum stressing new product and process development. Designed to stimulate entrepreneurship activities and create jobs in an economically depressed rural area, the project will involve (1)…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support, Innovation
Schill, William J.; And Others – 1988
The first of five studies in this monograph, "Transition Policies for Youth with Disabilities: Now a Question of Implementation" (Joseph Stowitschek), presents results of a study to determine priority areas for policy analysis among the issues identified in the literature on the school-to-work transition of individuals with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
Dent, Lillianne Massey; And Others – 1996
This paper describes a three-phase program which places students with disabilities into job sites in strip malls, enclosed malls, industrial parks, and individual businesses to prepare them for their transition to independent living. The paper explains that in phase 1 of the program students train at a different site each day; in phase 2, students…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, Community Programs, Disabilities
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Div. of Career and Continuing Education. – 1976
Designed to serve as a guide for job placement personnel, this handbook is written from the point of view of a school or job preparation facility, based on methodology applicable to the placement function in any setting. Factors identified as critical to a successful placement operation are utilization of a systems approach, establishment of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Johnson, Steven D. – 1980
The data presented in this report provide insight into employer involvement at 29 Exemplary In-School Demonstration Projects. Twenty of these programs actively sought work experiences for their youth participants, and an additional six programs contained work experience components that did not necessitate employer identification/participation. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes
New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Wellington. – 1978
New Zealand is committed to reducing unemployment by providing its youth with more skills and appropriate job opportunities. In line with this policy are recommendations to introduce vocational elements into general education and increase secondary level work experience programs in keeping with the detailed legal, labor, and safety guidelines…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Agency Role, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Hahn, Andrew; Lerman, Robert – 1983
This report presents representative findings from the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act's (YEDPA) experiments and evaluations since 1977, focusing largely on the programs' impacts on participants. The report begins with a review of YEDPA-sponsored research on the nature, causes, and consequences of youth unemployment. Chapter 2 deals…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Rist, Ray C.; And Others – 1980
The four programmatic school-to-work transition models being developed and implemented by Youthwork, Inc. are assessed. The thrust is both to distinguish these strategies, one from another, and to clarify the variations that occur within each of these four models: academic credit for work experience, expanded private sector involvement, career…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Coordination, Credits
Smith, Erica; Harris, Roger – 2000
The literature on work placements in education and training courses and current Australian practice related to work placements was reviewed. The review focused on the school, university, and vocational education and training (VET) sectors. The following major issues were considered: lack of a common name and common body of literature; purposes of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits