A Study of the Post-School Adjustment of Special Education Students with a View to Initiating Adult-Education Programs. Final Report. (Special Education Research Program: Educational Improvement for the Handicapped).

Autor/in	Coy, Michael N.
Institution	Merced County Schools, CA.
Titel	A Study of the Post-School Adjustment of Special Education Students with a View to Initiating Adult-Education Programs. Final Report. (Special Education Research Program: Educational Improvement for the Handicapped).
Quelle	(1977), (198 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Adult Education; Adult Programs; Adults; Disabilities; Employment; Exceptional Child Research; Needs Assessment; Postsecondary Education; Surveys; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Handicap; Behinderung; Dienstverhältnis; Bedarfsermittlung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Presented is the final report of a study on the post-school adjustment of special education students, with emphasis on the feasability of initiating adult-education programs to meet these individuals' needs. Research procedures are reported as involving the assessment of handicapped adults' post-school adjustment, needs, and priorities using a survey questionnaire during personal interviews; assessment of interest, commitment, and available resources which exist among public and private county-based groups, agencies, and businesses; and assessment of existing adult programs throughout the state and out-of-state. Among findings (which are detailed in table form) are that the majority of the respondents are unemployed or employed through one of the two sheltered workshops; that 89.1% of the interviewees desire further training; and there is a need for increased recreational opportunities for handicapped adults. Also provided are findings of the community and out-of-county surveys. Implications of the study are noted to include the need to broaden the concept of vocational training and to disregard popular ideas about intelligence which have resulted in inappropriately low levels of expectation for the mentally handicapped. Appended are sample copies of the post-school followup survey, community survey, out-of-county survey, nurses' survey on adult handicapped needs, and Schelby Center Teachers' Survey. (SBH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01