ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the careers guidance and information on placements provided by the schools in our survey, then at the teenagers’ and parents’ satisfaction with these services. Most of the pupils attending ordinary schools in our study were only offered the same careers education and vocational guidance arrangements that were generally available in the school. The school leavers and their parents have a long and established relationship with the school which can be a helpful back-up service during this time of transition. The chapter examines the services provided after leaving school, mainly from the experience of our follow-up group. The careers officer can act as a consultant to careers teachers or the school staff who are in everyday contact with a handicapped pupil, whether in a special or ordinary school. It might be expected that special schools would be much more geared to the needs of the individual pupil and so would have well-established contacts with the careers service.
