Job Retention Skills for At-Risk Youth

描述（由申请人提供）：在这个项目中，我们建议开发、制作和评估一个基于dvd的培训项目，为处于危险中的青少年提供就业保留技能。许多青少年，尤其是有学习障碍的高危青少年，刚进入劳动力市场就可能失去工作，不是因为他们没有工作所需的实用技能，而是因为他们缺乏融入职场文化所需的社交技能。该计划将涵盖与工作相关的社交技能领域：时间管理、工作期望、工作外表、工作场所社交、权威、零容忍政策和工作场所冲突。DVD将提供快节奏的多媒体卡通，讲述与工作有关的青少年的互动故事。DVD视频播放器是一种流行的低成本技术，它可以提供多媒体交互程序，而不需要许多社会服务提供商不具备的计算机硬件和软件。在第一阶段，我们将开发和评估准时上班和准时上班（来自时间管理）以及职位描述和雇佣合同（来自工作期望）的单元。我们将对96名就业服务团学员使用与工作相关的社交技能来评估该项目的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For this project we propose to develop, produce, and evaluate a DVD-based training program on job retention skills for at-risk teens. Many teens, especially at-risk teens with learning disabilities, just entering the workforce will likely lose their jobs, not because they don't have the practical skills to do their work but because they lack the social skills needed to integrate into the workplace culture. The proposed program will cover job-related social skills in the areas of: Time Management, Job Expectations, Appearance at Work, Socializing in the Workplace, Authority, Zero Tolerance Policies, and Conflicts in the Workplace. The DVD will deliver fast-paced multimedia cartoons that tell interactive stories of teens in work-related situations. DVD video players are a popular low-cost technology that can deliver multimedia interactive programs that do not require the computer hardware and software that many social service providers do not have. In Phase I, we will develop and evaluate units on Getting to Work on Time and Being Timely on the Job (from Time Management) and The Job Description and Employment Contract (from Job Expectations). We will assess the impact of the program using a measure of job related social skills with a group of 96 Job Corps trainees.