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Peer reviewedEdgar, Eugene – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Preparing disabled students for transition to productive adult lives involves careful planning between sending and receiving agencies. The article describes state and school district transition programs, emphasizing interagency planning teams (Oregon), cross-agency coordination and ninth grade vocational assessments (Minnesota), and field-testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Download full textNational Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1998
A national focus group with 25 participants explored the current state of services for persons with disabilities in adult basic education (ABE) and how the ABE and disability communities could work together to create better service models. It found many states are doing little in this area. Six key findings were as follows: state ABE programs are…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation
D'Cruz, J. V. – 1990
Consultations with and written submissions from practitioners and administrators provided the basis for this overview of adult basic education in Victoria, Australia. Based on the findings, recommendations were formulated to allocate new funds to improve programing. The recommendations center on these issues: (1) the need for greater understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1989
This report provides information about special populations in Illinois as well as information about services and programs designed to serve these targeted groups. It addresses the needs, services, and resources for making vocational education programs accessible to the populations identified at both the federal and state levels for targeted…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Disabilities, Displaced Homemakers
Missouri State Dept. of Corrections, Jefferson City. – 1981
The 310 project is an educational research and demonstration program with learning centers located in five Missouri correctional institutions. These are the Missouri State Penitentiary, the Missouri Intermediate Reformatory, the Missouri Training Center for Men, the Central Missouri Correctional Center, and the Ozark Correctional Center. Manned by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Correctional Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
This document, a transcript of a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on a Reagan Administration proposal, discusses consolidation of existing federal vocational and adult education programs, simplification of requirements for states and other recipients participating in federal vocational and adult education programs, authorization of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Disabilities, Dislocated Workers
Gardner, Daniel L. – 1993
These two reports outline accomplishments and challenges faced by Florida's AE program in FY91 and FY92 in the following areas: adult literacy, social participation, career development, special needs of the AE program's diverse identified target groups, high school completion, General Educational Development, workplace literacy, networking,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
