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Download full textHutto, Melanie D. – 1995
This monograph is intended to be a guide to the teacher of adult basic education (ABE) whose students include those with learning disabilities. An introductory chapter notes that participants with learning disabilities in ABE programs may or may not have received special educational services depending on whether they attended school before or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Demonstration Programs
Wehman, Paul – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
This paper reviews trends in transition for young people with disabilities including national education reform, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other legislative advances, advances in behavioral and rehabilitation technology, changing attitudes, and the impact of federally funded model demonstrations. A table enumerates reasons…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Dropouts
Gifford, Bev – 1994
This report examines the provisions of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act and describes the steps that have been taken thus far to establish an Ohio system. It discusses the general features that must be included in Ohio's school-to-work system and the strategies around which Ohio's school-to-work plans are being structured. Recommendations are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Demonstration Programs
Wiberg, Mary – 1995
This digest consists of two brief articles. The lead article, "The School-to-Work Opportunities Act: An Opportunity To Serve All Students" (Mary Wiberg) tells how the STW Act differs from vocational education by expanding the traditional programs and reflecting the constructivist model of education reform and how STW meets the needs of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Hartman, Rhona C., Ed. – Information from HEATH, 1991
This newsletter summarizes federal and state legislation concerned with the transition of youth with disabilities into further education or work. It identifies relevant provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Specific federal resources concerning employment, transportation, public…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1997
This document contains the text of the Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act of 1997, as amended by committee, including the titles that cover the following: general provisions; employment and training programs for disadvantaged youth; federally administered programs; adult education programs; miscellaneous provisions; the State Human…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Milgram, Donna; Watkins, Kristin – 1994
Research conducted by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) in 1993 confirmed the following: young women are still concentrated in traditionally female training areas and are still virtually absent from technical and high-wage training areas; discrepancies between males' and females' wage and unemployment levels are greatest among individuals who do…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1986
The text of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments (1986) is presented. Title I focuses on handicapped infants and toddlers with sections specifying: definitions, general authority, general eligibility, continuing eligibility, requirements for statewide system, the individualized family service plan, state applications and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deaf Blind, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Rusch, Frank R., Ed.; Chadsey, Janis G., Ed. – 1998
This text summarizes knowledge from research that focused on reforming secondary special education and high schools and makes recommendations for improving high schools' effectiveness. Chapters are as follows: "Characteristics of Youth and Young Adults" (Stephen Lichtenstein); "Emerging Transition Best Practices" (Frank R. Rusch, Dorothy M.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Career Development
Kallembach, Sheri, Comp.; And Others – 1992
This resource guide was developed in response to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. It is designed to help administrators, counselors, researchers, and others concerned with special needs education to locate resources to help develop or improve transition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Cooperation
Spera, Vincent; Williams, Andra – 2000
The School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994 requires that all young people, including young people with disabilities and out-of-school youth, have equal opportunities to participate in the activities funded by it. Local intermediary organizations that provide a critical convening role and offer services to core education and business partners can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Programs, Definitions, Demonstration Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1997
This report presents a final assessment of the early implementation of the School-to-Work (STW)/Youth Apprenticeship Demonstration programs and participants. Chapter I describes the evolution of STW policy. Chapter II discusses marketing methods, the student selection process and selection criteria, reasons for student participation, and number…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 2000
This document, which is intended to provide technical assistance to individuals responsible for integrating year-round and summer employment and training services for youth under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), contains case studies of eight employment and training programs that have already or are in the process of integrating their summer…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Case Studies
Stickney, Eric M.; Alamprese, Judith A. – 2001
A process study was conducted between 2000-2001 in order to gauge the progress of 98 Connecticut institutions that received state school-to-career (STC) grants. Progress was measured against national averages. The following were among the findings: (1) grantees made significant progress in implementing fundamental STC components, such as career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Career Academies, Career Awareness
