Employment of Deaf-Blind Rubella Students in a Subsidized Work Program

Recipients of training in a model vocational program for deaf-blind youth participated in a summer workshop placement. Three deaf-blind teenage students were placed for four to eight weeks in a community-subsidized work program modeled on the Specialized Training Program. All students generalized assembly and self-help skills in which they had been trained, with peer tutor assistance, prior to placement. Their rates of productivity and supervisor contacts were similar to those of other work program employees. The results demonstrate the potential of individualized programming to meet the vocational needs of the adolescent deaf-blind rubella population in existing work programs for the severely handicapped.