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Sargent, Laurence R. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1981
The Marshalltown (Iowa) High School offers a model program for mildly retarded students involving simulated work situations, individualized instruction, integration with regular classes, and involvement in a work/study program. (CL)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Individualized Instruction, Mainstreaming, Mild Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedKeim, Robert; And Others – Journal of Career Education, 1982
Describes the Work Study and Special Needs Programs of the Cleveland Public Schools, which were based on the rationale that assisting handicapped students to become economically self-supporting is necessary for self-growth and self-respect. The program focuses upon career awareness and personal guidance preparation and support. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Hayes, Melissa – 1981
The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Program was adopted and implemented to replace the traditional work experience program for senior year educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students at a public high school. The EBCE program had two major priorities--to create a set of learning experiences which were uniquely…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Experiential Learning, Mild Mental Retardation
California Univ., Berkeley. – 1980
The Academic Internship Program for Handicapped Students at the University of California, Riverside, focuses on the multiple career development problems faced by college students with physical disabilities. The problems these students face include a narrow range of career exposure, lack of work experience, prejudice and stereotyping by employers,…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Programs, College Students, Demonstration Programs
Thielman, Jeff – Momentum, 2002
Describes an educational foundation that offers financial support to those wishing to institute a San Miguel/Nativity or Cristo Rey model school. Reports that these schools must strive to reduce dropout rates, increase number of students prepared for college, and increase number of students receiving Catholic education. (NB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Demonstration Programs
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1976
The document consititutes Part 1 of the California State Plan for Vocational Education and provides the policies and procedures that will apply to the operation of the various phases of vocational education that qualify for financial support from the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. It is based upon guidelines mandated by the U.S. Office…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Murphy, Garrett; Heitner, Bess – CAAL Bulletin, 2002
This document profiles 31 federal programs from which funding for adult literacy may be available. The document's three sections present descriptions of the following types of sources of funding and programs: (1) single pieces of legislation that contribute the major federal share of federal support for adult education in the United States; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Alaska Natives
