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REFOR TRESUMES ED 016 102 VT 004 065 A PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND PRE-VOCATIONALCENTER FOR NON- FEASIBLE DEAF ADULTS AND RESEARCH TO DISCOVERAND ESTABLISH - -(1) THE EXTENT TO WHICH VOCATIONALREHABILITATION CAN BE ACHIEVED, (2) THE TIME REQUIRED, AND (3) THE COST. FINAL PROJECT REPORT. BY- RETHERFORD, ROBERT M. MICHIGAN ASSN. FOR BETTER HEARING, EAST LANSING PUB DATE 65 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$7.66 190P. DESCRIPTORS- *VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, *DEAF, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, *PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION, DEMONSTRATIONPROJLCTS, *PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL EVALUATION,PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, ADMISSION CRITERIA, JOB PLACEMENT,PROGRAM COSTS, *ADJUSTMENT (TO ENVIRONMENT), ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERS, VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT,TEST RESULTS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INDIVIDUALCHARACTERISTICS, DEAF MEN WHOSE HANDICAPS WERE BEYOND THE SCOPEOF AVAILABLE STATE SERVICES WERE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP READINESS FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THE 33 TRAINEES WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTION IN COMMUNICATION,READING, SOCIAL STUDIES, ARITHMETIC, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT.OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING, DRIVER EDUCATION, AND PREEMPLOYMENTTRAINING. TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TEACHING TECHNIQUES WERE USED. THE SMALL SIZE OF THE TRAINEE SAMPLE, THE INADEQUACYOF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEAF CLIENTS, AND THE LACK OFRELEVANT NORMATIVE DATA SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS--(1) THE MAJORITY OF TRAINEESOBTAINED SOME TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT,(2) EVIDENTLY MOST OF THE MEN REACHED A LEARNING PLATEAU IN THE SIXTH' AND EIGHTHMONTHS OF TRAINING,(3) ALTHOUGH ACADEMIC SKILL IMPROVED LITTLE,THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT EXPOSURE TO FORMAL INSTRUCTIONBROADENED COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND MADE POSSIBLE MORE CONTACT WITH OTHER TRAINEES AS WELL AS WITH OTHER DEAFOUTSIDE, AND (4) THE 33 MEN SPENT AN AVERAGE OF 368.2 DAYSIN RAINING AT AN AVERAGE COST OF APPROXIMATELY $10,250 PER MAN PERYEAR.
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