Education and the Training of the Mentally Retarded

An investigation was conducted to study the employment characteristics of recent graduates in special education. The variables of interest included academic characteristics of the subjects prior to graduation, types of internship assignments, types of positions taken following graduation and the tim…

Based on the descriptive findings of this study, the following recommendations are presented for consideration for the teacher training of special education teachers: internship at schools of higher learning; teacher education to master's level; classroom research; in service meetings.