Adult women returning to paid employment often encounter the belief that homemaking and community volunteer work have no transferability to work experience. Project Access, designed to survey the skills acquired through women's life experience and determine their usefulness in selected direct-entry occupations, showed that the most commonly found…

Standards for programs serving multiply handicapped-visually handicapped students are presented in one of 16 self study and evaluation guides. Standards encompass the following 10 areas: planning and organization, personnel, basic personal independence, communications, development of personal awareness, music, motor development, prevocational…

Questionnaires were sent to all active Peace Corps volunteers between July and September 1976. Completed questionnaires were returned by 62% of the volunteers who were in the field at the time of the survey. Analyses were conducted to provide basic descriptive information about volunteers, information on differences between groups or types of…

The reports in this volume concentrate on various aspects of the 1978 program designed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged and minority youth in urban areas. Included are process evaluations, worksite examinations, impact studies, a General Accounting Office report with Department of Labor comments, specialty reports such as the study on…

To identify motivations and expectations regarding experiential education programs, a study interviewed 143 individuals from five participant groups. High school students, program coordinators, secondary principals, employers/sponsors, and parents involved in eighteen experiential programs in four states (Ohio, California, Florida, and…

A study of the socioeconomic status of households headed by women was conducted based upon data obtained from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Experience. (Since the mid-1960s NLS has been following labor market experiences of four cohorts of persons including male and female youth and mature men and women.) This study used…

THE PROJECT SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES, PROVIDE A WORK CONDITIONING PROGRAM TO INCREASE WORK POTENTIAL, AND PROVIDE AFTERCARE SERVICE AND FOLLOWUP. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT PATIENTS GIVEN A PROGRAM OF WORK CONDITIONING WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE PLACED IN WORK SITUATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO REMAIN LONGER OUTSIDE THE…

THE SURVEY OF PRACTICAL TRAINING INDICATED THE NEED FOR TRAINED PERSONNEL IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION SCIENCE. MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FOUND PRACTICAL TRAINING TO BE A SATISFACTORY METHOD FOR FULFILLING THE DEMAND FOR TRAINED PERSONNEL. OTHER GROUPS INDICATE THAT THEIR PLANS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. THE…

THIS PAPER STATES THAT A DISPROPORTIONATE EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON COLLEGE-BOUND PROGRAMS, NEGLECTING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS. THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA PROGRAMS APPEAR TO BE SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE PROBLEM-SOLVING, WORK-EXPERIENCE APPROACH THAT BUILDS ON CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE HOME, THE SCHOOL, AND THE…

A MODEL FOR A CAREER GUIDANCE SYSTEM THAT APPEARS TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE FOR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, AND THE COMMUNITY IS PRESENTED. THERE ARE FOUR PHASES TO THE MODEL, ONE FOR EACH YEAR THE STUDENT IS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE STUDENT'S SKILLS, APTITUDES, INTERESTS, INTELLIGENCE, AND ACHIEVEMENTS ARE DETERMINED AT INITIAL FACT GATHERING SESSIONS. THIS…

STEP, THE SCHOOL-TO-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, IS A STATE-SPONSORED EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT TO HELP PUPILS IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 10 WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. IT IS DESIGNED TO PUT INTO EFFECT A PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION AND SCHOOL-SUPERVISED WORK-EXPERIENCE THAT WILL DEVELOP HABITS, ATTITUDES AND SKILLS ENABLING STUDENTS TO OBTAIN SUITABLE…

THE PROJECT'S PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL, ENABLING THEM TO ACCEPT PROMISING OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE. THE GOALS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MOST OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THE PROJECT DIFFERS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION. SOME OF THE CHANGES IN PROCESS BEGUN DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDED--THE…

THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO FIND MEANS OF PREDICTING THE POSTSCHOOL EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED ADOLESCENTS. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE--(1) THERE IS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSTSCHOOL SUCCESS IN EMPLOYMENT AND REALISTIC VOCATIONAL PLANS, AND (2) THOSE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED IN WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE MORE…

A 10-YEAR PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS IS DESCRIBED. ITS OBJECTIVES WERE TO--(1) MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST IN OR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO A REGULAR SCHOOL PROGRAM, (2) RELIEVE THE CLASSROOM TEACHER OF DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS WHICH BECOME TIME CONSUMING TO THE POINT THAT OTHER CLASS MEMBERS ARE PENALIZED, AND (3) ESTABLISH A…

The paper discusses work training and employability of the mildly retarded in Australia, and reports on a pilot survey of patterns of employment of the mildly retarded. Employment prospects for the mentally handicapped are reviewed. Factors seen as influencing the employment of the mildly retarded include psychological variables, employer…