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This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with developing special vocational education programs for incarcerated individuals. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the rationale for vocational special education within correctional facilities, the skill areas and knowledge necessary for offenders to obtain and maintain competitive employment, procedures for writing skills as complete behavioral objectives, identification of current and future training sites/situations for programs, procedures for obtaining instructional materials and recommended activities for inclusion in a vocational special education program, and formulation of specific plans to design a vocational special education program. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with identifying and using instructional strategies and methods that are critical to the instruction of handicapped juvenile and adult offenders. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the direct interventionist approach to instruction, systematic models of instruction, levels and methods of assessment, selection and writing of behavioral objectives, task analyses, antecedent-response-consequence instructional units, the role of student attention and learning, ways of securing and maintaining student attention, classroom organization, transitions and classroom management, and the role of independent seatwork activities. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the terminology and issues/concepts of special education. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the distinction between normality and abnormality in statistical, medical, and social terms; different areas of exceptionality; factors that influence schooling in the United States; major problems of the U.S. educational system; the emergence of special and remedial programs in American schools; the significance of major legislation and litigation in the right to education for the handicapped movement; the concepts continuum of services, mainstreaming, and least restrictive environment; and current issues in special and correctional education. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) and individualized education programs (IEPs). Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the major policy considerations in the drafting of PL 94-142 and its provisions, ways of identifying students for special education, the major components and procedures for development of an IEP for students with different types and degrees of disabilities, mainstreaming and least restrictive environments, major considerations in placement decisions, current legal issues in special/correctional education and implementation of PL 94-142 in the correctional setting. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with basic assessment and evaluation procedures for use in identifying and evaluating disabled students. Included among those topics addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following: the direct intervention approach to instruction, a systematic model of instruction, reasons for and methods of conducting assessments, the purpose and procedures of educational diagnosis, domain-referenced testing, assessment of behavioral and social skills, and the difference between testable explanations and explanatory fictions. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with developing a curriculum for providing the direct interventionist approach to instruction; assessment and evaluation; factors influencing curriculum decisions, curriculum management; and considerations in developing reading, mathematics, communication and language, career and vocational, and functional living skills curricula. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the characteristics of special populations and issues in the education of incarcerated individuals. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the nature of various physical, emotional, and behavioral disabilities and impairments, the functional aspects of these handicapping conditions, and similarities between handicapped offenders and other incarcerated persons with skill deficits. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the U.S. criminal justice system. Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the major functions of the criminal justice system, differences in the treatment of juvenile and adult offenders, and the major types of correctional education programs. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)