Described are the ways in which Illinois complied with the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding institutional work by handicapped residents, and reviewed are alternative approaches to vocational training. (CL)

Information is provided about approximately 120 recently conducted, career education programs for handicapped adolescents. Programs and projects are presented alphabetically by state, and were selected by state personnel as representative of good vocational education for the handicapped with the potential of replication in other states. Usually…

Legislation supporting the mainstreaming of exceptional children is reviewed, and the Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students is described. Considered are P. L. 94-482, the Education Amendments of 1976; PL L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; and P. L. 93-112,…

Presented is the final report of a project to determine the number of disadvantaged and handicapped high school students in Kentucky, where their needs for vocational education and rehabilitation are not being adequately served, and the approximate cost of implementing each suggested program, service, or activity. Chapters cover introductory…

The monograph is designed to encourage developmentally disabled consumers and their advocates to understand, use, and influence their state vocational education and vocational rehabilitation programs. Part I presents an historical discussion of the development of vocational education and vocational rehabilitation. Parallels are drawn between the…

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…

Discussed is the present status of career education for normal, handicapped, and visually handicapped youth. (DB)

Revision of a paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults (Boston, Massachusetts, November 15, 1968).

The results of a conference on the delivery of vocational education to handicapped students in New Jersey are presented. After an introductory section detailing the organization of the conference, addresses by T. McNulty on the need for collaboration in the vocational education of handicapped children and J. Richardson on the need for…

Presented is the final report (1974) of an assessment of vocational education programs for the handicapped under Part B of the 1968 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act which included the requirements that 10 percent of each state's basic vocational education grant be expended exclusively for the handicapped. Part 1 focuses on assessment at…

Information in the guidelines for Kentucky programs for exceptional children includes administration of classroom units and criteria for special classes and programs in the areas of crippled and special health problems, home and hospitalized instruction, trainable and educable mentally handicapped, deaf, hard of hearing, neurologically impaired,…

The yearly report focuses on major achievements in Maryland special education in 1978 and on projected 1979 efforts. Initial sections center around a progress report of FY 1978 objectives and a review of fiscal resources for that year. Considered in a section on major achievements of 1978 are developments in nonpublic tuition assistance, hearing…

The Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students developed demonstration programs for the handicapped at six high schools, two vocational centers, and one community college. The Network was designed to demonstrate those practices which resulted in the provision of effective services to…

Intended for use by vocational administrators responsible for mainstreaming handicapped students into vocational education classes, the resource guide lists and describes governmental and private agencies that provide vocational programs and support services for the handicapped on a local and statewide basis in the California counties of Monterey,…

The guide provides information on training materials, programs, and organizations for preparing educators to work with handicapped children. Entries include a brief description, cost, and contact address for materials on the following topics: adapted physical education, administration, affective development, early childhood education,…