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Developing a Project to Improve Employability for Secondary Students with Special Education Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Christine Roberts-Yates
Christine Roberts-Yates*
Affiliation:
Special Education, Northern Area Education Office
*
Northern Area Professional Services Centre, Beafield Road, Para Hills, S.A. 5096
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Abstract

Note: This article provides the theoretical background for the Social Skills and Employability Project in South Australia. The Project was established in 1989 by the S.A. Education Department (Northern Area) and the Institute for the Study of Learning Difficulties. It is a school and industry based project designed to develop personal, social, and vocational skills for young people with special educational needs. The author has agreed to write a further article describing the program in action. This will appear in a future issue of the journal.

Type
Research into Practice
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , 1990 , pp. 38 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1990

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