UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1938 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents SPECIA are an accepted part of the public-school system. Their greatest development in the day schools has taken place during the past 20 years. Established in the beginning exclusively in the elementary grades, they have now found their way into junior and even senior high schools. It is conceded that handicapped adolescents are as much a responsibility of the school as are physically and mentally normal adolescents. Hence the conception of their education in the secondary years is coming to include all the elements which characterize secondary education in general. One of the important items to be considered is their vocational preparation. This bulletin is a report of what is being done in a selected group of cities for the provision of occupational experiences for handicapped adolescents in preparation for a more satisfactory vocational adjustment in later years. It is hoped that the analysis of present practices may prove a basis for the improvement and further development of the program. To all who have cooperated in this study through the contribution of data concerning their own city programs the Office of Education expresses its grateful acknowledgment. Also the photographs which have been sent to us in connection with the project are deeply appreciated. For those which are used in this bulletin we owe our thanks to the following cities: Los Angeles, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Distribution among segments of the school system. The visually defective-The crippled-The deaf and the Los Angeles, Calif.-Boston, Mass.-Detroit, Mich.- IV |