Recognizing the importance of the need for effective career planning, the United States Army, in conjunction with the Council of Economic Development, conducted a forum to focus on this issue. What emerged was a program called Planning for Life, which annually recognizes outstanding career planning programs at the state and national level. The…

This document presents an evaluation of the New York State Preventive Services Demonstration Project, which provides services to families in distress to shorten or prevent the placement of children in foster care. A total of 549 cases, involving 992 children, were involved in the 1-year study. The experimental group of 373 cases received services…

This volume of an annual journal explores the problems and opportunities confronting young people attempting to find employment and the challenges faced by employment and training professionals trying to assist them along with some possible solutions. The 16 articles are divided into three parts concerned respectively with defining the problems,…

THIS 5-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT PROVIDED ADOLESCENT EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WITH A COMBINED PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SERVICES AND OTHER SECONDARY LEVEL EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCES. STATE AND LOCAL VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES WERE UTILIZED. STUDENTS WERE REFERRED FOR VOCATIONAL…