Vocational Special Education. Teacher Training Module #8. Correctional/Special Education Training Project.

Overview & Synopsis

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with developing special vocational education programs for incarcerated individuals. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the rationale for vocational special education within correctional facilities, the skill areas and knowledge necessary for offenders to obtain and maintain competitive employment, procedures for writing skills as complete behavioral objectives, identification of current and future training sites/situations for programs, procedures for obtaining instructional materials and recommended activities for inclusion in a vocational special education program, and formulation of specific plans to design a vocational special education program. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)