Successful placement of vocational graduates depends on the actions and motivation of the graduate. Vocational educators must teach students how to (1) broaden their employment potential; (2) locate potential places of employment; (3) secure a job; and (4) keep a job and advance in it. (LRA)

The special section contains three papers focusing on the effects of federal legislation on deaf education: "Public Residential Schools for Deaf Students in the United States, 1970-1978" (A. Schildroth); "Due Process--A Status Report on Schools for Deaf Children" (G. Holman); "The Impact of 504 on Schools for the…

As long as vocational education is presented as an investment in the future, it must stand the test of economic evaluation. Research on its economic effectiveness is essential to more informed public policy and support for vocational programs. (SK)

Theory and methodology to study the elation of professional training programs to large scale socioeconomic trends are specified. Times series analyses of both Berkeley and of a quite different counseling program at San Francisco State demonstrate the capabilities of the approach. Practical implications and further application are discussed.…

With the help of parents and employers, Texas schools are helping special needs students to compensate for their disabilities, accept their handicaps, and achieve success in a vocation. Special education students attend a vocational adjustment class to develop basic job skills. (LRA)

Describes the Comprehensive Vocational Motivation Program for high school students with special needs. The program includes personal and vocational counseling, help in locating social services, development of vocational skills and part-time employment, motivation activities, and crisis intervention. Programs are tailored to individual needs. (JAC)

Discusses the value of using community jobs in the career education of handicapped students, and presents a model for developing an effective program. When preceded by appropriate classroom activities, the community job reinforces social skills training and career awareness. (JAC)

Describes a personalized employment and assistance program developed and implemented for international students. The program provides personal contacts that cut through bureaucracy and give students readily accessible means of helping themselves. (JAC)

Investigates relationship between diagnostic classifications and educational placement recommendations utilized by educational psychologists in the evaluation of psychoeducational reports evaluated for clinical consensus in five input areas: developmental history, school history, cognitive functioning, sensorimotor-perceptual functioning, and…

Kindergarten is not soon enough to begin teaching young children in a group setting, according to elementary principals surveyed by the author. Most principals surveyed believed that all children could benefit from prekindergarten programs during the year before kindergarten entrance. (Author)

Three trends in adaptive behavior measurement are noted: (1) an awareness of the paucity of suitable scales; (2) sensitivity to the effects of adaptive behavior in the declassification of students previously labeled under outdated procedures; and (3) the use of measures for identification and intervention with emotionally disturbed students.…

The Chicago Board of Education's testing and tutoring program allows high school students to qualify for advanced classes, independent study, and credit in 29 foreign languages. Tapping the city's diverse ethnic resources for materials preparation and tutoring, the program has increased language enrollments by motivating students to explore their…

Advocates individualizing remedial writing courses at the college level and describes three programs that emphasize individual placement, focus on student writing rather than on workbook materials, and offer peer tutoring. (MKM)

The Educational Resources Center at Hampton Institute is breifly described including the services it offers to both students and faculty with counseling services, placement, financial aid, and other support activities. (JMF)

The author addresses the problems of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) which hinder efforts to provide programs for handicapped students. Considered are problems in child identification, student placement, mainstreaming, individualized education programs, in-service education, and attitudes of teachers and…