United States Federal Board f Education
Published: 2015-07-28
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Excerpt from Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors: Letter From the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of Jan; 27, Report on a Preliminary Study by the Federal Board Entitled "Vocational Rehabilitation and Placement of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors" This document is the outcome of a special research ordered by the Federal Board for Vocational Education on August 16, 1917.The board took this step because it recognized that the United States would soon be confronting the problem of rehabilitating the disabled soldiers and sailors resulting from the great war. As the vocational reeducation of these men has come to be a vital part of their rehabilitation, it is believed that the study here presented may be of service in the discharge of our great obligation as a people to those injured in the national defense. The experience of our allies in vocational rehabilitation has been collated and analyzed. The lessons gained by them are presented for the guidance of all those interested in the problem in our own country. Certain general principles and policies toward which this experience points have been put forth as the basis of any sound program of Federal legislation and national action. While the report deals primarily with the handicapped soldier and sailor, attention is directed particularly to the discussion of the possibility of providing vocational reeducation for the victims of industry as well as of war. The report also outlines a complete series of studies of the entire problem as the basis for future and more detailed investigations in this field. This study was made by Dr. John Cummings under the supervision of Charles H. Winslow, assistant director for reasearch. Acknowledgments for valuable suggestions are hereby made to T. B. Kidner, vocational secretary of the Canadian Military Hospitals Commission; Royal Meeker, Commission of Labor Statistics; and R. M. Little, chairman of the United States Employees Compensation Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.