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National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2019
Transition planning officially begins between the ages of 14 and 16 for most students with an IEP. However, the process is lifelong. Job Exploration Counseling, or Career counseling/guidance includes a wide variety of activities which help students explore career options and opportunities available. Job exploring options are intended to foster…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance

Pinkney, Irving – NASSP Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Females, Males
BAYLEY, MONICA; AND OTHERS – 1964
FOUR ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST, "A RENEWED EFFORT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DROPOUT," BY MONICA BAYLEY, DISCUSSES PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FOUR IN NEW YORK ARE STEP, CO-OP PROGRAM, OPERATION RETURN, AND HIGHER HORIZONS. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, CHICAGO,…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Special Programs
CANGEMI, JOSEPH P. – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG STUDENTS TO STAY IN SCHOOL UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND TO DEVELOP THOSE ATTITUDES, HABITS, AND SKILLS THAT PRODUCE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES. THE PROGRAM IS AN ATTEMPT TO ASSIST STUDENTS ON THE JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. STUDENTS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE ATTEND…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Job Training, Parent Participation, Program Guides
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1964
STEP IS A PART-TIME SCHOOL, PART-TIME WORK PROGRAM FOR POTENTIAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WORK IN THE AFTERNOON. THE TEACHER-COORDINATOR PLAYS THE KEY ROLE AND MEETS WITH A GROUP OF 15 TO 20 PUPILS DAILY TO "ORIENT" THEM TO SCHOOL AND WORK. THE COORDINATOR COUNSELS HIS PUPILS…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, High School Students
KING, JOHN B.; AND OTHERS – 1964
SIXTY-SIX PROGRAMS FOR THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL DROPOUT, THE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVER, THE EMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS AND ADULTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TITLE, YEAR OF ORIGIN, PURPOSE OF PROGRAM, METHOD OF OPERATION, GRADES, AGES, AND NUMBERS SERVICES, FACILITIES UTILIZED, AND ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST. PRESENTATION IS AS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Public Schools
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1964
AFTER THE SCHOOL HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS, PERSONNEL MUST FORMULATE A PLAN OF ACTION. THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE--START SMALL, WORK TOGETHER, TAKE YOUR TIME, MEET REGULARLY, GET OUTSIDE HELP, REPORT PROGRESS AND EVALUATE RESULTS. THE PROGRAM FOR REGULAR STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED. A CHECKLIST IS…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Extracurricular Activities, Resource Materials
Rochester Jobs, Inc., NY. – 1972
A program is reported for potential and actual high school dropouts that combines academic courses with work experience, and is designed to demonstrate the relationship between education and the world of work. Some of the objectives of the program were to test the feasibility of a joint educational approach of trade instructors and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Program Descriptions
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYED SCHOOL DROPOUTS THROUGH EFFORTS WITH POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN SCHOOL THE EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO RETURN SUCCESSFULLY TO THE NORMAL PROGRAM AND GRADUATE, OR TO OBTAIN SATISFACTORY FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT IF THEY SOULD LEAVE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Employment Programs, High School Students
Cohen, Alan; Frankel, Steven M. – 1973
Data are analyzed to examine systematically different configurations of work education by means of a typology in three dimensions: educational level, primary program purpose, and industrial setting. A stratified random sample of 50 work education sites was drawn to determine the degree to which different types of programs are meeting their…
Descriptors: Classification, Cooperative Education, Data Analysis, Dropout Prevention
SAVITZKY, CHARLES; AND OTHERS – 1965
A WORK-STUDY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE AND TRAIN POTENTIAL DROPOUTS FOR EMPLOYMENT. A TEACHER-COORDINATOR CONDUCTED ORIENTATION CLASSES, SUPERVISED STEP PUPILS ON THE JOB, VISITED PARENTS, EMPLOYERS AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL, COUNSELED STUDENTS, FOLLOWED UP PUPIL PROGRESS WITH SUBJECT TEACHERS, MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Family Characteristics, Job Training
LOSI, CARRIE R. – 1964
PERSONAL COUNSELING OF STUDENTS IS THE HEART OF A GUIDANCE PROGRAM. A FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE DROPOUTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL HAS AIDED THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENTS OF NEW JERSEY SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE SUMMER PROGRAM INCLUDED PERSONAL HOME INTERVIEWS, INSERVICE ORIENTATION FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, A FLEXIBLE AND ADJUSTED PROGRAM OF…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Guidance Programs, Individual Counseling
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1986
This study concerns school dropouts in the Boston Public School system. It is divided into three sections which deal with: (1) a review of research studies on the causes of school dropout; (2) statistical analysis of the Boston situation by race and ethnic origin, gender, grade, and location; and (3) a review of prevention/intervention programs,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
CANGEMI, JOSEPH P.; FANTINI, MARIO D.
GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO INVESTIGATE AVAILABLE RESEARCH CONCERNING DROPOUTS, TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, TO INCREASE THE SCHOOL-HOLDING POWER, TO EQUIP UNSKILLED STUDENTS WITH SKILLS, TO INCREASE VOCATIONAL, ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE AND INTERESTS, AND TO DEVELOP…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1973
The report represents an abridged summary of a study which assessed secondary and postsecondary work education programs and suggested ways they might be modified or expanded. A stratified, random sample of 50 work-education sites was drawn for the study from a set of 500 representative programs. Specific occupational training, dropout prevention,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention