Part of a resource package to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs in vocational education programs, the fourth of nine instructor guides introduces procedures for developing an individualized plan for the special student. It is explained that the…

Discussed are guidelines for vocational program development for handicapped students. The author rejects the norm-referenced system that compares individual performance to group performance and advocates the criterion-referenced system that is based upon mastery of specific skills. A vocational program's effectiveness is then related to five…

Part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs enrolled in vocational education programs, the first of nine instructor guides presents an overview of the three-phase special needs identification and assessment system. A…

Part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs enrolled in vocational education programs, the fifth of nine instructor guides illustrates how the training plan can supplement the learner's individual vocational plan and…

Presented are guidelines and requirements of vocational education programs for secondary school handicapped students in Colorado. It is explained that the 1968 amendment to the Vocational Act of 1963 requires that each state spend 15% of its basic federal grant for vocational training for the handicapped. Work Experience and Study (WES) programs…

The administrator's manual is part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving the quality of instruction and supportive services to students with special needs enrolled in vocational education programs. The manual consists of three sections: a section which briefly describes a three-phase identification…

Intended for regular school personnel, the guide presents information on vocationally oriented school planning for handicapped students. The document is divided into sections on the following topics: analysis and implementation suggestions for Public Law 94-142; career education suggestions (including examples of field trips, resource persons, and…

Suggestions are made for improving high school work-study programs for the mildly handicapped which have tended to be self contained and segregated, and which have produced graduates who have high unemployment rates. (MC)

Described in the handbook is the Merrill Area (Wisconsin) Public Schools program to prepare handicapped youth for occupations in recreational-environmental vocations. In Part I, a school forest summer curriculum workshop already tested with handicapped children is outlined in terms of purpose and philosophy (to increase the special vocational…

Reviewed are activities carried out over a 1-year period by the Center for Studies in Vocational and Technical Education project to modify regular programs and develop curriculum materials for vocational education of the handicapped. Provided in Section I is a summary of project activities which include workshops in VTAE (Wisconsin Board of…

A briefing paper summarizes the OE-administreed programs aimed at helping the seven million handicapped boys and girls in the Nation. (Editor)

The design and development of a needs assessment procedure to assist local vocational education administrators in planning a mainstreaming approach for handicapped students in vocational education was the purpose of this study. The methodology involved a review of the literature on the general mainstreaming topic, program planning, needs…

Described are the rationale for and development of employment orientation programs for handicapped secondary students in New Jersey. Background information (including operational definitions of handicapped children and a review of the historical development of special education) is provided. It is explained that the employment orientation…

Intended to assist local vocational education administrators in needs assessment and planning procedures for mainstreaming handicapped students, this manual presents a five-step process: (1) needs assessment and barrier identification (includes instruction in the nominal group technique process); (2), goal, objective, and strategy development (a…