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Download full textPhelps, L. Allen; And Others – 1986
This compendium, which is part of a series, describes the current status of 105 demonstration projects funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, as part of the Transition Initiative to help disabled youth make the transition from schooling to successful employment. Eight major…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students. The purpose of the Network was to expand the quantity and quality of special needs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
PDF pending restorationPhelps, L. Allen; Thornton, L. Jay – 1979
This report presents baseline data describing perceptions and training needs of eight groups of leadership personnel involved in vocational programming for the handicapped. An introduction sets forth the problem--obtaining comprehensive data to assist in planning and development of appropriate inservice technical assistance activities the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Agency Role, Demonstration Programs
Phelps, L. Allen; Wermuth, Thomas R. – 1992
A study focused on the development and preliminary validation of a framework for effective vocational education programs serving students with special needs. An initial framework composed of 20 program components was posited from an analysis of recent, rigorous studies of vocational education programs serving disabled, disadvantaged, and limited…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs
Phelps, L. Allen; And Others – 1991
Three aspects of equity embedded in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 were examined through a review of the research literature: access, program effects, and student outcomes. The analysis suggested that access to vocational education programs for disabled students improved in recent years, disadvantaged and poor students…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation, Educational Research
Phelps, L. Allen; Treichel, Janet – 1983
This publication examines seven programs that emphasize industrial and educational collaboration for special needs youth and adults in Illinois. The programs use various strategies to help persons with special needs, such as disadvantaged, handicapped, and limited-English-proficient persons, to prepare for the economic and employment mainstream.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
