Findings from the STETS Transitional Employment Demonstration.

Kerachsky, Stuart; Thornton, Craig

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Findings from the STETS Transitional Employment Demonstration.

Kerachsky, Stuart; Thornton, Craig

Exceptional Children, v53 n6 p515-21 Apr 1987

The article describes the model Structured Training and Employment Transitional Services (STETS) demonstration program for retarded young adults funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Evaluation of STETS focused on five issues: participants' subsequent labor-market behavior, use of school and training programs, public-transfer dependence, life styles, and benefits/costs of intervention. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Potential, Federal Programs, Intervention, Life Style, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Transitional Programs, Vocational Education, Vocational Rehabilitation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive

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