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Peer reviewedKaczmarek, Louise A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1985
Integration of language/communication objectives across the preschool day involves 6 steps: (1) determining language/communication objectives of students, (2) determining most appropriate model for integrating each language/communication objective, (3) determining settings for integration, (4) assigning staff responsibilities, (5) developing and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Language Acquisition, Models
Innes, Ruth S. – 1990
A licensed counselor working in a privately owned mental health facility implemented a practicum study designed to improve the parenting skills and quality of family communication in families with children between 3 and 14 years of age. Practicum goals were to: (1) give parents information that would improve their parenting skills; and (2)…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Family Problems, Instructional Development
Download full textTexas Univ., Austin. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts. – 1999
This professional development guide focuses on teaching secondary students effective communication skills in both professional and social situations. Information in the guide will assist the teacher in determining the students' understanding of the communication process and build on this understanding by providing the communication skills needed…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Faculty Development, Instructional Innovation, Program Implementation
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1993
This handbook contains the evaluation strategy and the instructional strategy components of the Evaluating Students' Learning and Communication Processes program. The program described in the handbook is based on the principle that secondary school students' achievement is related to the extent to which students have independent control over…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
Korn, Jeanne M. – 1990
An associate director of an independent preschool and elementary school developed and implemented a practicum intervention designed to improve five inexperienced teachers' ability to conduct parent-teacher conferences. Through self-evaluation, teachers identified skills they needed to improve. Intervention focused on preconference planning…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Haas, Julie; Popowicz, Louanne – 1991
In an attempt to provide a model of language intervention tailored to toddler needs, this poster session gives an overview of a playgroup program implemented by a speech-language pathologist and an early intervention specialist. The program's aim is to improve communicative abilities while maintaining the integrity of the child-caregiver…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Interaction
de la Cruz, Beverly Metro – 1989
A kindergarten teacher designed and implemented a practicum for increasing the oral language competence of 20 kindergartners in an inner-city public school. Goals were to improve children's receptive and expressive language abilities, social skills, and mastery of kindergarten curriculum objectives, and to increase parent involvement. A whole…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Inner City
Peer reviewedMarino, Gloria; Gerber, Beverly Levett – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
A total communication program was introduced to enhance the communication skills of 8 students, age 11-14, with severe and moderate retardation. The method gradually developed into a successful introductory reading program, with instruction focused on sight vocabulary and comprehension skills. (JDD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communication Skills, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Ulisse, Peter – 1988
Designed to provide information to administrators at Housatonic Community College, Connecticut (HCC) on the status of writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs, this report presents an overview of WAC, strategies for its implementation, and examples of WAC programs currently in existence. Introductory sections present a brief history of and a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Sousie, Susan P. – 1988
The paper offers a framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate, effective communication instructional programs for persons who are severely developmentally delayed. The use of an ecological approach that incorporates the instruction of communication skills with that of activities of daily living (ADL) is emphasized.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSerna, Loretta A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
A communication program was implemented with the families of three adolescents with behavior problems. Skill teaching resulted in parent-adolescent dyads learning to use the skills in the teaching setting, but competent use of the skills in the home was not observed until an in-home family conference phase was implemented. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Wolfe, Barbara, Ed.; Herwig, Julia, Ed. – 1986
Developed to help the home visitor build an effective home-based program for Head Start children and their families, this handbook is intended to serve as a blueprint for parent-focused home visits that assist the child and family to meet their full potential. The first chapter lays a foundation for the program that includes a home-based…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Gire, Judy; Poe, Berlyenn – Pointer, 1988
A junior high school sought to prepare mildly handicapped students for an effective transition from school to work by incorporating prework skills into already existing curricula, especially into science, world studies, and reading. The project's three components included: social, organizational, and communication skills; world of work…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Integrated Curriculum
Reneau, Fred; And Others – 1989
This catalog provides a description of duties, tasks, performance objectives, performance guides, and related data in the area of occupational therapy occupations. Seven duties and their performance objectives are covered: (1) performing administrative tasks; (2) communicating information; (3) performing diagnostic measures; (4) planning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Skills
Lupack, Barbara Tepa – 1983
A writing across the curriculum program offers an organized and systematic approach to involving all departments in the development of student literacy. Among preliminary steps in implementing these programs are (1) a review of the literature on student literacy, (2) a local assessment of college students' literacy needs, (3) a local assessment of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Communication Skills, Content Area Writing
