Serving the Handicapped. Model Development Report-,

-Virginiaserved as model states for e project on vocational education models for linking agencies serving the handicapped. Using a multi-agency team with members representing vocational education, special education, rehabilitation, guidance, and other agencies at the state level, each state developed a state interagency linkage model. The Maryland model foa establishing and improving interagency-linkages-is based on a IL:nual entitled "Cooperative Planning for the Handicapped; Resource Manual. " In addition, the Maryland model includes a series of 13 learning modules that provide vocational teachers with training about the educational needs of handicapped students. Designed to provide a framework for local agency representatives to use when establishing and implementing cooperative agreements, the New Jersey model places major emphasis at the county-local level. The following six major areas were addressed by deimlopers of the New Jersey model: vocational education, health, skill development, transportation, job placement, and support services. The Virgin4 model involves formal written agreement