This handbook contains suggested guidelines for planning and implementing an occupational assessment program and an overview of fifty-one occupational assessment instruments. The guidelines cover these topics: instrument selection and use, administration, scoring, and interpretation. Each of these reviews of occupational interest and ability…

This packet contains information and materials for conducting a training workshop for working with adults who are developmentally disabled. The materials are specifically designed to train volunteer teachers in the College for Living (CFL) program, which supplements residential programs in and around Denver and aids institutions in orienting…

One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College of Living, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Wardrobe II. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to aid in orienting institutionalized persons to eventual…

This three-part report describes the data collected during Fall 1979 in a longitudinal study of 5,892 students at 15 California community colleges. Chapter I describes the background of the study in terms of the research procedures used (i.e., sampling, interviewing, data collection instruments, data transmittal and analysis); goals and…

This publication contains ten papers designed to show relationships between job creation and vocational education. Information is presented regarding three areas: (1) national and state perspectives of job creation, (2) examples of how specific vocational education disciplines impact in the job creation process, and (3) case studies of job…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a hierarchy of purposes for reading assignments applied to secondary school social studies; (2) the effects of sentence combining practice on reading comprehension; (3) the effects of…

This annotated bibliography contains 166 English language annotations of newspaper, journal, and government publications from Egypt on the topic of education. All items were published in 1979. The items are categorized by subject areas including: adult education, art education; basic education; child care, education and psychology; demographic…

This handbook for vocational educators and teachers overviews concepts, methodologies, and strategies appropriate for those serving handicapped children. Chapter l discusses organizing and providing appropriate vocational education programs for the handicapped, including the cooperative/team approach, pre- and inservice training, and work…

Cosmetology Reading Strategies is one of five instructional guides in the Reading Strategies in Vocational Education Series. Developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency, the guide contains several strategies, suitable for adaptation, specifically related to cosmetology instruction. Each…

PROGRAMS DEVELOPED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE REPORTED FOR EACH STATE, GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EACH REPORT INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION AND THE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS IN REDUCING SCHOOL…

SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN OHIO. THIS BOOKLET IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS. PART 1 IS CONCERNED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR AURALLY HANDICAPPED…

GUIDELINES COVER THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PROCEDURES ARE STATED FOR DEVELOPING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH HEARING, VISUAL, OR PHYSICAL HANDICAPS AND THE HOMEBOUND OR HOSPITALIZED. ACCOMMODATING THE CRIPPLED IN REGULAR BUILDINGS, PROVIDING PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY, AND ARRANGING…

The final report of a 3 year project to improve the quality of life of mentally retarded, cerebral palsied, and epileptic persons in Region III is presented. The first section details the efforts of the project staff in providing competitive employment opportunities or sheltered employment for 40 severely disabled persons. Equipment modification…

This collection of comments consists of four chapters of informal remarks by trustees, educators, and students from various types and sizes of institutions with innovative mainstreaming programs for handicapped students in postsecondary vocational education programs. Chapter 1 contains comments by nine individuals (students and administrators) on…

Designed to help special needs students develop an awareness of their own individual characteristics, values, interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality, this self-inventory is the first unit in a nine-unit secondary level careers course intended to provide handicapped students with the knowledge and tools necessary to succeed in the world…