Ordinary Labour Research Articles

Mental retardation and work opportunities ‐‐ on teachers’, managers’ and supervisors’ conceptions of the students’ possibilities in their working life

ABSTRACT Only about 10 to 15 per cent of the students from vocational schools for the mentally retarded in Sweden can find employment within the ordinary labour market without subsidies from the state. This study examines explanations and conceptions of this phenomenon among teachers for the mentally retarded as well as supervisors and representatives of the employers at supervised work training places. The purpose of the study is to make an inventory of problems and to advise on how to improve the teaching as well as the conditions faced by the mentally retarded in employment.

Schools for the Mentally Retarded in a Labour Market Perspective

This study examines explanations and conceptions among teachers and parents of the mentally retarded as well as supervisors and representatives of the employers at supervised work training places of the fact that only few of the students from vocational schools for the mentally retarded in Sweden can find employment within the ordinary labour market without subsidies from the state. The purpose of this study is to make an inventory of problems connected with the placement of mentally retarded students in the labour market and to give advice on how to improve the teaching of subject matter for the mentally retarded as well as how to change other circumstances connected with their participation in work life

Schools for the mentally retarded in a labour market perspective

Abstract This study examines explanations and conceptions among teachers and parents of the mentally retarded as well as supervisors and representatives of the employers at supervised work training places of the fact that only few of the students from vocational schools for the mentally retarded in Sweden can find employment within the ordinary labour market without subsidies from the state. The purpose of this study is to make an inventory of problems connected with the placement of mentally retarded students in the labour market and to give advice on how to improve the teaching of subject matter for the mentally retarded as well as how to change other circumstances connected with their participation in work life