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I. I NI'ROIltJCI'ION
()CCUPATIONAL AD,JUSblE,Nq" PROGRAbl FOR blI!N'fALLY RETAPd)tZD
the period May i, 1955 to July i, 1958, an :Extension
During
Improvement Project sponsored by the Department of lealth
,and
Social Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, under
,-and
3 of Public Law 565, in cooperation with the Bureau for
Section
laadicapped Children, indicated that:
The mentally retarded are most likely to be benefited by an
(a)
adjustment program, if they can be identified
occupational
while still in sclool;
A specialized work training progr.am emphasizing the work
(b)
work attitudes, adjustment patterns and. positive value
habi.ts,
work can make mentally retarded individuals employable;
of
A sheltered workshop is an effective resource for placement
(c)
and/or a long-term adjustment progrmn;
(d) "Ne mentally retarded can be placed in productive employment;
Sub-contract work offers an adequate activity for training in
(e)
habits, attitudes and other adjustment patterns.
work
A follow-up relationship to maintain adjustment on the job
(f)
assist in .finding a new job is a definite need.
and/or
April, 1959, a second research and. demonstration project,
In
a School-I,'ork Experience Project in which retarded pupils
nmnely,
in school spent, half-time in the workshop was begun, l]is
still
completed in dime, 1963, indicated a tendency of a
project,
percentage of the young people who were in the control
larger
and who 1.eft school and/or graduated had not made an
group
adjustment to work by tle end of their first year out of school.
a result of these demonstration-research projects, financed
As
tle .Vocational Rehabili.tation Administration, md conducted by
by
Jewish Vocational Service of Hilwaukee, .an occupational adjust-
the
progrm, including actual work experience in a community and/or.
ment
workshop setting demonstrated its effectiveness in
sheltered
work potentials of mentally retarded young persons. These
improving
inc]uded the cooperation of the State Department of
programs
Instruction and the Milwaukee County Public School Systems,
Itblic
blilwaukee, itefish Bay, South lilwaukee, West kllis-l','est
namely,
and tVauwatosa. In order to continue the demonstrated
Milwaukee
of these programs,-the cooperating groups requested the
benefits
of llealth and Social Services, Division of Vocational
Ipartment
Rehabilitation to provide this service on a state-wide basis.
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