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Ball State University Trains and Certifies High School Special Education Students in Basic Computing Skills

Overview When WorkOne, a job placement service in Fishers, Indiana, found itself with excess grant funds from the Workforce Investment Act, they approached the Ball State University Outreach Services Site, an extension office of Ball State University, for assistance. Together, the university and local workforce development and special services organizations discussed options to meet the needs of 16 to 18 year-old special education students with disabilities from local high schools. As they discussed the needs of the students they were serving, computer skills training options were proposed.

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Publisher	Certiport	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 2006	Downloads	9
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Career Development, Training and Certification, Computer Courses

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