ERIC Number: ED302046
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 118
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Project MEAL (Model for Employment and Adult Living). Final Report and Replication Manual.
Crawford, Dorothy; And Others
Project MEAL (Model for Employment and Adult Living) provides a program for post-high-school preparation of unemployed learning-disabled young adults. Its strategies and interventions can be adopted for use with learning-disabled individuals still in school and with individuals having other handicapping conditions. The program's target population is handicapped persons who are exiting or have recently exited from secondary schools and are unprepared for competitive employment or independent living. The program provides a comprehensive model of training and support services which link members of the target population to available community training/education programs and services. Project MEAL strategies call for creation of a service delivery model that includes: linkages between local education agencies and providers of services for learning-disabled adults; provision of educational and vocational career assessment; assistance for clients in developing job readiness skills, specific job skills, and independent living skills; and job placement services. Described in this final report and replication manual are Project MEAL's referral and intake procedures; assessment procedures; curriculum and instructional program; development of Individualized Education, Training, and Employment Plans; tutoring services; financial planning; job development; job tracking; problems encountered while conducting the project; the case management system; and an evaluation of the project's effectiveness. (JDD)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Research and Development Training Institutes, Phoenix, AZ.
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