Directory and Program Information for the OSE Vocational/Career Projects 1980-81. Personnel Inservice and Preservice Training: Programs for Educators to Accommodate Handicapped Children and Youth in Vocational/Career Education Class Settings. Policy Research and Resource Series: Document 6.

Overview & Synopsis

This document contains abstracts of 72 vocational/career education projects funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education (OSE), Division of Personnel Preparation, to help prepare personnel to provide appropriate vocational and career education opportunities for handicapped children and youth. The projects include regular education inservice and program assistance grants. The abstracts have been written in the standard format used by the National Inservice Network (NIN), which is located at Indiana University. The abstracts provide the following information for each project: project number, title, sponsoring agency, grant number, contact person, project description, major objectives, information dissemination (audience and method), evaluation method, products, NIN descriptors, and a table showing training activities. To further provide national dissemination of the projects' activities, the abstracts will be entered into the NIN computerized network. Also contained in this publication is a list of project directors, a map illustrating the geographical distribution of the individual projects, a section on common concerns relating to Division of Personnel Preparation Grant Administration, and a directory of the Division of Personnel Preparation program staff. (KC)