Vocational Programming and Services for Handicapped Individuals in Illinois: Program Costs and Benefits.

Autor/inn/en	Phelps, L. Allen; und weitere
Institution	Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education.
Titel	Vocational Programming and Services for Handicapped Individuals in Illinois: Program Costs and Benefits.
Quelle	(1982), (66 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Adults; Case Studies; Cost Effectiveness; Cost Estimates; Disabilities; Educational Benefits; Federal Legislation; Job Training; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Program Costs; Program Effectiveness; Sheltered Workshops; Vocational Rehabilitation; Vocational Training Centers; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungsertrag; Bundesrecht; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Berufliche Rehabilitation; Vocational training center; Vocational training centre; Vocational training centres; Ausbildungseinrichtung; Berufsaufbauschule
Abstract	A 6-month study was conducted of Illinois job training, rehabilitation, and vocational education programs serving handicapped persons by the Illinois Vocational Education Task Force. From a list sent to 225 vocational and special education directors, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors, and rehabilitation services officers, eight programs were selected for in-depth case studies to determine their cost-benefits. The programs included three community colleges, two rehabilitation facilities, an area vocational center, a high school, and an evaluation and development center. Observations about the programs showed that these successful programs had extensive employer involvement, comprehensive services, strong professional personnel, excellent interagency coordination, and stable financial support from a variety of sources. The programs were expensive, averaging $4,175 per client. These costs, however, were offset by increased wages paid to the trained individuals, resulting in taxes paid and in reduction of public assistance, and by enhanced independence and self-concept. As a result of the study, recommendations were made to continue and expand economic incentives for employer participation in programs for handicapped persons, to continue federal legislative mandates for programs for them, to increase funding, to promote interagency collaboration, and to encourage local schools to provide career development education for handicapped youth. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC