ERIC Number: ED495180
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 51
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: ISBN-1-9208-9657-0
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People with a Disability in Vocational Education and Training: A Statistical Compendium
Cavallaro, Toni; Foley, Paul; Saunders, John; Bowman, Kaye
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
This statistical compendium examines, firstly, vocational education and training (VET) students with a disability as a whole group, focusing on their participation levels, achievements and outcomes from VET, and identifies gaps and/or issues with the existing data. This is followed by a section dealing with people with different types of disabilities and a conclusion. The appendix contains detailed profiles, which can stand alone as fact sheets, for each disability type: physical disability, medical condition, vision disability, learning disability, hearing disability, intellectual disability, mental illness, acquired brain impairment, and other/unspecified disabilities. Also included is a profile on Indigenous people with a disability. (Contains 16 tables and 11 figures.)
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Training, Physical Disabilities, Mental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Indigenous Populations, Visual Impairments, Profiles, Hearing Impairments, Mental Retardation, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Outcomes of Education, Individual Characteristics, Educational Attainment
National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd. P.O. Box 8288, Stational Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. Tel: +61-8-230-8400; Fax: +61-8-212-3436; e-mail: ncver@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/index.html
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia).
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