Designed for use in teaching the food service phase of a general home and community service program or in teaching a food service program, this food service guide is also suitable for use with students in vocational education for the handicapped (VEH) programs and with mainstreamed special education students in other occupational home economic…

This document is a transcript of a United States House of Representatives hearing conducted in October, 1981, regarding reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963--specifically the National Institute of Education's study of vocational education mandated by the Education Amendments of 1976. Six principal findings were reported in the…

Public Law 94-142 and other federal legislation mandate that all handicapped children receive a free and appropriate public education, including vocational education. In order to implement these provisions, personnel development of vocational and special education personnel is needed; therefore, each state that applies for federal funds must…

The South's rural high schools, particularly their vocational education programs, reflect the history, social relationships, attitudes, and values of the region. Competitive and competency examinations eliminate large numbers of students from advancement to more intensive academic work or vocational skills training. Many students from poor…

This curriculum guide contains 11 units for a secondary consumer and homemaking education course in parenting. Unit titles include (1) The Individual, (2) The Family, (3) The Parent, (4) Family Planning, (5) Pregnancy, (6) Childbirth, (7) Care of Mother and Baby, (8) Adjustment of the New Family, (9) Developmental Stages of Children, (10) Guiding…

This workbook is intended to teach disadvantaged, handicapped, or "hard-core" unemployed persons to find their own jobs. Although the book is designed for a self-study approach, it is important that a trainer/instructor/vocational counselor be available for assistance. The eight chapters cover (1) Employer Expectations (appearance,…

This collection of four policy papers on vocational assessment for the handicapped deals with personnel development, interagency coordination, current research and development, and providing individualized assessment services. Discussed in the initial paper on program improvement in vocational assessment for the handicapped are federal legislation…

This document reports on findings of the studies on vocational education that the Education Amendments of 1976 directed the National Institute of Education to conduct. The introduction overviews these studies of vocational education programs conducted under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) and other related programs conducted under the…

This is a review of a case considered by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education regarding charges brought by the Puerto Rican Congress and Council of Puerto Rican Organizations against the Trenton, Mercer County, Board of Education. The Commissioner of Education evaluated the Trenton Board's performance in adhering to State laws in the following…

The thrust of federal legislation during the last few years has been to encourage the inclusion of handicapped persons in the mainstream of society and the educational system. Public Laws 94-142, 94-482, and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, collectively, stress free, appropriate public education, education in the least restrictive…

This volume is one of the products of the "knowledge development" effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977. Under YEDPA's discretionary authority there have been a number of efforts to better measure the impact of services that facilitate the transition of youth from…

Summaries are provided of the presentations made at Montgomery College's (MC's) two-day conference conducted to acquaint college trustees, staff, and students and the community with major issues likely to affect MC in the 1980's. First, six papers consider economic trends: "Implications of Economic Trends for Higher Education" by Susan Nelson;…

The overall objective of this project was to produce a guidebook to help vocational educators gain skills in working with handicapped students in regular classrooms. The first step in the project was to assess barriers and identify ways to overcome them. Barriers were classified into the following categories: attitudinal, architectural, work…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: advance organizers; a comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of behavioral objectives and sample tests; anaphoric nominal substitution and its relationship to reading…

This report provides short summaries of career education projects funded under the provisions of Section 406 of Public Law 93-380 during fiscal year 1978. Each project summary follows a similar format, which includes identifying information (title, grantee, project director), major objectives, project activities, evaluation, communications, and…