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Peer reviewedGerber, Paul J.; Brown, Dale – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
The consensus conference on learning disabilities and employment sponsored by the President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities in May 1990 is described. Decisions and proposals made in the key areas of work preparation, vocational entry, reasonable accommodation, job advancement, socioadaptability, attitudes, and definitions…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Potential, Entry Workers, Job Placement
American Vocational Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Entry Workers, Job Placement, Job Training
Peer reviewedNeubert, Debra A.; Tilson, George P., Jr. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1987
The authors describe the Job Training and Tryout model of school-to-work transition for disabled individuals. The four phases include (1) utilizing previous assessment data and developing individualized employment success plans, (2) employability skills training, (3) job placement, and (4) job change or advancement. (CH)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers, Job Placement
Peer reviewedOkano, Kaori – Sociology of Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the impact of formalized school-based job-referral procedures among 94 students in vocationally oriented Japanese high schools. Finds that the process achieves a meritocratic allocation of jobs and a smooth entry into the workforce for most students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Decision Making, Entry Workers
Cape May County Vocational Schools, NJ. – 1981
The Marine Science Aquaculture Project is a program designed (1) to provide secondary and postsecondary students with job entry-level skills for employment in the shell fisheries industry; (2) to give students instruction and hands-on experience in the fundamental processes of seeding shell beds, monitoring and recording growth, and harvesting and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Conservation (Environment), Entry Workers, Environmental Education
Download full textGordon, Ruth – 1985
A survey of over 3,800 employers found that school-provided vocational training was required for 9.5 percent of the jobs studied and "important but not required" for another 37.9 percent. In this study, new employees with relevant vocational education exhibited these characteristics: (1) were 6.5 percent more productive 6 to 36 months after being…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Entry Workers, High Schools
Wehman, Paul, Ed.; Hill, Janet W., Ed. – 1979
Ten papers on the vocational training and placement of severely disabled persons are presented in this monograph. The titles are as follow: "Project Employability: Toward Competitive Employment for Severely Disabled Individuals"; "Vocational Evaluation of Severely and Profoundly Retarded Clients"; "Considerations in…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Case Studies
Ripley, William K.; Arredondo, Trish
Materials contained in this training module are designed to carry the classroom teacher through a step-by-step process for developing a job entry, individualized curriculum which involves two phases. (Phase 1 is the preparation or developmental phase which looks closely at the job and the student, and includes the job description, task analysis,…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Career Education
Transitioning Vocational Services: An Exemplary Vocational Program Serving Youth with Special Needs.
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1991
Transitioning Vocational Services (TVS) meets the career exploration, training, and placement requirements of students with special needs in Illinois High School Districts 211 and 214. It serves students enrolled in special education who require assistance with the transition to postsecondary training and/or employment. TVS targets wards of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Oinonen, Charlotte M., Ed.; And Others – 1984
A study, which was part of a multiphased secondary education improvement program entitled the Parker Project, examined Wisconsin employer and employee perceptions of the effectiveness of job training and career education available in high schools in the state. Survey data indicated that employers are not entirely satisfied with the training…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Christian, Nancy K., Ed. – 1982
This collection of 13 articles by vocational educators discusses issues that confront vocational education in the 1980s. It is designed for the practicing vocational teacher and for persons who are enrolled in preservice vocational education courses. Two major themes running through the papers are: (1) the need to keep existing vocational…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Cognitive Style, Conservation Education
Chang, Wonsup – 2002
The school-to-work transition in Korea was examined in a comprehensive study that included an overview of the realities of the school-to-work transition in Korea and a survey of 694 Koreans aged 15-29 years who had completed high school. The sample included 366 respondents who were in enrolled in a two-year college or higher level of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Articulation (Education), Colleges, Definitions
Inserra, Anne; Conway, Maureen; Rodat, John – 2002
Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) is a worker-owned cooperative and employer-based training program that provides home health aide services in New York City's South Bronx. Since 1985, CHCA has developed from an outsider advocating for change in the home health sector to an insider within the sector. CHCA exhibits the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Couppie, Thomas; Epiphane, Dominique – Training & Employment, 2002
Findings from the 1992 Generation survey carried out by Creq in 1997 among young people exiting the French school system indicates that work-related disparities encountered by young labor market entrants in France can be characterized according to the worker's gender. Obstacles facing women include the following: (1) risk of unemployment or…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates
