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Social Awareness and Transition to Employment for Adolescents with Mental Retardation

Rhonda S. Black, EdD

Rhonda S. Black, EdD is an Assistant professor of special education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research interests include social competence, self-determination, transition from school to work for students at risk and with disabilities, and teacher education. Department of Special Education, The University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1776 University Ave., Wist 127, Honolulu, HI 96822.

John Langone, PhD

John Langone, PhD, is an Associate professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Georgia. His areas of expertise and research interests include mental retardation, transition from school to work, and special education technology.

This article provides a review of relevant literature concerning instruction emphasizing social awareness as opposed to specific social skills for adolescents with mental retardation. social awareness is discussed in terms of promoting discrimination, generalization, and maintenance of appropriate social behavior in work environments. instructional techniques such as cognitive process approaches and community-based instructional settings for promoting social integration are then discussed. recommendations for the field of special education are suggested based on analysis of this literature.

Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 18, No. 4, 214-222 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/074193259701800403
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