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Rood, Lois – 1983
The manual describes a vocational training model using work stations within regular businesses or industry to help disabled persons adjust to employment. The work station in industry approach is explained to be more cost effective than sheltered workshops which limit the trainee as well as the agency and industry. Vocational goals are said to be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Industry, Job Skills
Download full textCharles County Board of Education, La Plata, MD. – 1982
Project CAST serves educationally handicapped students, ages 14-21, who are receiving special education services for more than half of their school day. The program focuses upon the students' development of skills necessary to foster independent living, wise career decision-making, and successful entry into the world of work. The model uses a…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Disabilities
Peer reviewedKohler, Paula D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
This study assessed the effects of a Brevard County (Florida) high school-based vocational training and community-based on-the-job training program called Brevard's Exceptional Students in Transition (BEST). Results indicated positive improvements in vocational skills and behaviors of participants in the BEST program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
BITTER, JAMES A. – 1966
DESIGNED AS A GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS OF VOCATIONAL HABILITATION CLIENTS (CLIENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE) THIS MANUAL PRESENTS THE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE WORK EXPERIENCE CENTER (WEC) OF THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICE. THE MAJOR TRAINING VEHICLES USED BY WEC ARE HABILITATION WORKSHOPS, EMPLOYER JOB SITES, AND…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disabilities, Evaluation, Guides
Peer reviewedLund, Kathryn A.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Job performance of disabled students can be monitored through: (1) student job reports (which emphasize self-analysis of on-the-job performance) and (2) job support groups (which focus on problem solving for employment situations). Both activities help students perceive the connection between work experience and school and help teachers intervene…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Job Performance, On the Job Training
Jarrett, Pat – 1985
This manual describes a project (a joint, cooperative venture among local businesses, Roberta B. Tully School--Louisville, Kentucky--and the Kentucky State Office of Vocational Education) that outlines the process for beginning a community-based vocational education program for mentally, physically, and multiply handicapped students. Section I…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Job Analysis, Mental Retardation
Barker, Trevor; Jones, Sara; Britton, Carol; Messer, David – 1997
This paper describes Horizon, a European-funded project designed to increase employment opportunities for students with disabilities or learning difficulties. The project established a working cafe/restaurant (Cafe Horizon) in East London staffed by students. Part of the project involved the creation of multimedia units linked directly to Level 1…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Dining Facilities
Barker, Trevor; Jones, Sara; Britton, Carol; Messer, David – 1997
This paper describes the different methods used to evaluate individually configurable multimedia materials developed for the Horizon project, a program designed to increase employment opportunities for students with disabilities or learning difficulties. The project established a working cafe/restaurant in East London staffed by the students. Part…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Dining Facilities, Disabilities
Harrington, Lois G.; And Others – 1983
Intended as a supplement to the Competency-Based Vocational Education Administrator Module Series, this guide overviews the typical vocational programs available and the general kinds of requirements involved that would have implications for program planning and budgeting. Part 1 of three parts defines what is meant by vocational education. The…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Clinical Experience
Palomaki, Mary Jane, Ed. – 1981
These eighteen articles concern approaches for dealing with the handicapped student in vocational education. The first article addresses the diversity of teaching approaches. The others focus on (1) team teaching (and cooperation with other subject area teachers); (2) the SERVE (Special Education Rehabilitation Vocational Education) Center…
Descriptors: Blindness, Career Education, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
This glossary defines 67 terms that comprise a "common language" for those involved with the school-to-work approach to learning. Where possible, definitions are pulled from the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Generally, most definitions are derived from the meanings the terms have acquired through use. The more complex definitions are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Career Academies, Career Awareness
2000
This document contains 18 papers from the partnership for vocational education and training (VET) section of an international conference on VET for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are papers are included: "School, TAFE (Technical and Further Education), and University Links, in Pursuit of a Seamless Pathway"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)
