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Oswald, Joyce – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
Job Fairs have taken on an increasingly important role in correctional education and transition programming. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has been instrumental in promoting mock job fairs in all federal prison facilities. The focus of this research project was to understand how widespread the use of job fairs is in state prisons and correctional…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Directors, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Whitehead, Vivian; And Others – 1987
A project was conducted to help prison inmates in Will County, Illinois, make an effective transition to employment in the community. During the project, an eight-session, in-jail job search course in career exploration and preemployment skills and a follow-up program for jail residents in transition were developed. A volunteer target population…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Career Exploration, Correctional Education
Whittier Union High School District, CA. – 1988
The Career Assessment and Placement Center is a school-to-adult-life transition program which provides vocational and independent living services to individuals with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities. A set of five manuals was prepared to assist in developing services similar to those provided by the Center. The "Operations"…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Daily Living Skills
Cahill, Deborah, Comp.; And Others – 1988
This handbook acquaints special needs students with programs and opportunities available to help them make the transition from school to working. The guide helps students identify their personal strengths, identify goals for the future, determine skills needed to reach those goals, and determine help needed from others. The body of the guide…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Cobb, Brian; Hasazi, Susan Brody – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1987
Secondary special education programs should include employment or postsecondary education placement outcomes in the curricula for mainstreamed mildly handicapped students. Program elements that support these goals are: individualized transition plans; paid work experience; job-seeking skills curriculum; flexible staffing patterns; active…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level, High Schools
Langan, A. Bud – 1984
A prerelease program was developed to provide job training to persons who were within 90 to 120 days of their scheduled release date from a Washington State prison. The Geiger program was sponsored and operated jointly by Spokane County and State agencies. Because it was determined that the 84-bed unit would handle approximately 30 arrivals and 30…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Patton, Patricia L.; And Others – 1984
This booklet is designated to help parents in California find training, jobs, and services for their learning disabled children. Information is presented on how to represent their children's vocational education and job training needs and prepare them for vocational opportunities. An introductory chapter outlines the importance of working, the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential