WORK SKILLS FOR DISADVANTAGED AND UNPREPARED YOUTH AND ADULTS

The paper considers vocational preparation and career guidance for ind ividuals who are disadvantaged and otherwise unprepared for employment . From the vocational counselling literature, suggestions are taken fo r an expanded role for counsellors, and models are considered which ha ve emphasized the need to focus on both personal and social skills as well as work skills, in training and retraining. From the vocational r ehabilitation literature, the importance of work skills training, and identification of necessary skills for training are examined, with par ticular reference to the research of Mueller (e.g., 1988) and his asso ciates. Thus, both the vocational counselling and vocational rehabilit ation fields provide guidance for the vocational training of disadvant aged and unprepared youth and adults.