by requirements for the degree of (Education) - NCRTM

A comparison of Appendices B and C shows that a relatively small
number of Wisconsin's public school districts and county classes reporting
EMR's in special education Programs had formal occupational adjustment
programs during the period studied. In 1965-66 approximately 17 schools
throughout the state had such Programs; this number rose to 31 in 1967-68,
41 in 1968-69 and 6S in 1969-70. In spite of this continued expansion,
there is a serious question as to why more schools are not making use of
DVR services through the occupational adjustment Program. It would be an
study to compare DVR clients who went through a cooperative
interesting
program in which VR services are integrated into the academic
school-work
program, with mentally retarded individuals who were never introduced to
such a program. The effectiveness of the school-work Programs in terms
of individual vocational adjustment and independent functioning could,
therefore, be evaluated. As stated in the final report of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Mental Retardation (Statewide Planning for Vocational
Rehabilitation, 1967, p. 21),
should conduct special studies of the existing
DVR
Programs to measure the extent to
(school-work)
mentally retarded client that is served
which...each
DVR and the school have [sic] a program that is
by
to his needs with the most feasible and ap-
tailored
combination of academic instruction, work
propriate
training, and on-the-job experience...The
adjustment
adjustment programs and similar coopera-
occupational
Programs involving DVR and the schools tend to
tive
stereotyped in the sense that the disposition
become
the mentally retarded person is frequently deter-
of
more by his chronological .age and grade place-
mined
than by his unique characteristics, interests and
ment
Some mentally retarded clients are given
abilities.
training even though they can no longer benefit
academic
it. Others are denied a full Program of academic
from
even though could continue to benefit. Many
training
them are placed in lower level unskilled employment
of
soon and are denied the opportunity to achieve their
too
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