Study was performed to determine if modifying a correspondence course through the simplification of materials, the inclusion of more illustrations, and the addition of audio supplementation could improve it as a training device to teach basic job information, especially to students possessing low verbal skills. (Author)

A number of Job Corps centers, both national and regional, have been staffed to serve the Spanish-speaking with bilingual and bicultural programs, including job training programs. (MF)

A device called binging'' is used in training ironworker apprentices--to test self control and trustworthiness, to establish temporary status in work settings where competence is unclear, and to communicate group expectations and job-related information difficult to share another way. (Author/JB)

Describes experimental training programs for developing arbitrators and the creation of simplified arbitration and grievance handling procedures to help meet increasing needs. (MF)

Male adolescents in job training program were provided 14 weeks of on-the-job situational group counseling (SGC) supplementing casework. Interdisciplinary teams of leaders met with work-training crews for discussions. Trainees meeting twice weekly showed greater improvement in job performance and adjustment than others. (Author)

Article is condensed from position papers on rationale for the Career Opportunities Program. (Editor)

Provides information drawn from findings of several experimental projects for disadvantaged youth that concentrate on short-term orientation as a prelude to fast placement in jobs or training. (SB)

A relationship was found to exist between occupational level and planned determinants of occupational entry. Results suggest that vocational counseling should place greater emphasis on unplanned situational events. (Author)

Describes how one school in Great Britain helps handicapped youth adapt to working life. (Editor/SB)