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  2. Vocational rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    The British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine represents medical professionals involved in vocational rehabilitation services, [36] who are an important part of the rehabilitation process. However, it is widely understood that the responsibility for the success of vocational rehabilitation services is largely with the employer. [ 4 ]

  3. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Wikipedia

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    Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Long title: An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities ...

  4. Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act

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    The new law, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century (Perkins V) Act, was passed almost unanimously by Congress. The Perkins IV re-authorization included three major areas of revision: Using the term "career and technical education" instead of "vocational education"

  5. Rehabilitation Services Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, [5] and is headquartered within the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. [3] [6] It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. [2]

  6. Vocational education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vocational schools or tech schools are post-secondary schools (students usually enroll after graduating from high school or obtaining their GEDs) that teach the skills necessary to help students acquire jobs in specific industries. The majority of postsecondary career education is provided by proprietary (privately-owned) career institutions.

  7. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - Wikipedia

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    The law also pertains to any "local educational agency (as defined in section 8801 of Title 20), system of vocational education, or other school system". [4] As applied to K–12 schools, "the language broadly prohibits the denial of public education participation, or enjoyment of the benefits offered by public school programs because of a ...

  8. Vocational education - Wikipedia

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    Vocational training schools (szakiskola) initially provide two years of general education, combined with some pre-vocational education and career orientation, they then choose an occupation, and then receive two or three years of vocational education and training focusing on that occupation—such as bricklayer.

  9. Free Appropriate Public Education - Wikipedia

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    The free and appropriate public education proffered in an IEP need not be the best one that money can buy, [44] nor one that maximizes the child's educational potential. [43] Rather, it need only be an education that specifically meets a child's unique needs, supported by services that permit the child to benefit from the instruction. [43]