A Study of the Relative Importance of Training on the Employability of the Mentally Retarded as Rated by Employers and Educators in Cache Co unty, Utah by John F. Hurst , Master of Science Utah State Un iversity, 197 2 Major Professor: Dr. Devoe c. Rickert Department: Special Education Relative differences in attitudes between educators and employers concerning training of the mentally retarded...

Topic. Additional interventions used to enhance the effectiveness of individual placement and support (IPS). Aim. To establish whether additional interventions improve the vocational outcomes of IPS alone for people with severe mental illness. Method. A rapid evidence assessment of the literature was conducted for studies where behavioural or psychological interventions have been used to supple...

Qualitative mismatches arise when the qualifications or skills of workers, individually or in the aggregate, are different from the qualifications or skills required or specified for their jobs. This review develops the distinction between short run mismatches occurring between workers and jobs and long run aggregate mismatches that arise from shifts in supplies and demands for workers. The rev...

prison life experience is different despites individual differences, family, social and criminal prisoners, conditions and characteristics of them. this study was qualitative research findings from in-depth interviews with 20 women after releasing from prison. the prison puts women in a particular subject and very serious consequences for their marks. the vast majority of women are considered t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between general practitioner vocational training location and subsequent practice location, including the effect of rural origin. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Annual panel survey of GPs (from the MABEL study) who completed their vocational training and transitioned to independent practice, 2008-2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rural practice location in the 5 yea...

Review of "Effect of communication skills training program for oncologists based on patient preferences for communication when receiving bad news: A randomized controlled trial" by Fujimori et al. (2014), Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 2166-2172. For a further discussion of survey research, please see the related article by Julie Ponto starting on page 168.

The ability to work in a team is currently one of the most demanded competencies professionals and, therefore, constitutes key transversal aspects be targeted by educational systems. This especially important at stages prior job insertion. aim present study was validate scale measuring perceptions teamwork skills within sample students undertaking vocational training south Spain. For this, both...

This paper discusses our preliminary experiences in the design of a user interface of a computerized content-rich vocational training courseware meant for users with little or no computer experience. In targeting a growing population with limited access to skills training of any sort, we faced numerous challenges, including language and cultural differences, resource limits, gender boundaries a...