This article describes a two-week residential program for youths with visual impairments whose goals were to enhance their career development and transition from school to work. An evaluation of the program, based on telephone interviews with the participants and their parents, indicated that the program gave the participants the opportunity to socialize and share experiences with other youths and helped them acquire a number of skills and become more aware of careers and job responsibilities.
A special forum for individuals to respond in detail to material published in the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness or to raise issues which relate to the specialized field of work with blind and visually handicapped persons. Contributions should be 350–1000 words in length.
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