Profiles and Best Practices:
Exemplary Vocational Special Population Programs (MDS-856)

• TOP OF DOCUMENT
• INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • How the Programs Were Evaluated
  • How This Monograph Is Organized
  • Related Publications
• WHAT MAKES PROGRAMS EXEMPLARY?
  • Exemplary Program Components
  • Other Characteristics
  • Conclusion
• EXEMPLARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  • Profile of Model Programs
    • Outreach Equity Nontraditional Program (PAVE--Promoting Access to Vocational Education)
    • Project GRADS (Guidance in Retaining Adolescent Dropouts)
    • Employment Specialist Program (formerly the Vocational Tracker Program)
    • The Learning Achievement Program for the Learning Disabled
      (LEAP Center)
    • Electronic Manufacturing Support Specialist Program
    • ENCORE! A Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker/
      Single Pregnant Woman Program
    • CHOICE (Community Helping Our Youth in Career Education)
    • Reentry Transition Program
    • Center for High Tech Training for Individuals with Disabilities
    • Mission Trails Regional Occupational Program's Assessment Program
    • Supermarket Careers Community-Based Transition
    • Nontraditional Options Project
    • Network of Services and Transformations
    • Partnership for Professional Technical Education Services
    • Great Oaks Special Needs Occupational Development Program
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX A: Rating Form for Evaluating Exemplary Program Applications
• APPENDIX B: A Checklist for Evaluating Exemplary Programs