Summer: A Transitional Work Opportunity.

The booklet describes the Maine Medical Center's Summer Youth Employment Training Program conducted in 1986, 1987, and 1988 providing disabled high school students with work experience under close supervision. The first section describes program benefits and the incorporation of the program within the Hospital Industries program which screens, evaluates, trains, and employs people with severe disabilities. Students experience applying for a job, being interviewed, and participating as a regular employee of a major institution. The second section describes program implementation including the role of the employer, the school, the training resource center, and state agencies; financial responsibilities; organizing all project participants, and benefits to the partners. Program components are explained next including referral and selection, work scheduling, the student program, and evaluation and follow-up. The final section notes benefits of such programs to both participants and society. Appendixes include a listing of Maine job training offices, the Hospital Industries Program Intake Form, a work behavior rating form, a situational assessment scale, and a report forms. (DB)