SURVEY-TRAIN-PLACE. VOCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED STUDENT

The paper reviews a community-oriented behavioral approach to vocational training and suggests behaviors to be acquired before handicapped students leave the public schools. The initial survey of the community is designed to identify possible community job placements and determine relevant vocational behaviors within each of the jobs.: Survey methods include verbal reports and direct observations. The second section of tht report focuses on training severely handicapped persons to become competent v,:rkers and includes information on training behavior (shaping, discrimination, generalization) and managing behavior (reinforcement, extinction, and punishment). The thi-d section of the model, placement in community-based vocational settings, includes three critical features: cooperating with potential placement staff, monitoring student performance, and advocating for fair and equal treatment. (CL) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************************************tt* a U.E. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIO