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Cress, Christine M.; Stokamer, Stephanie T.; Van Cleave, Thomas J.; Kaufman, Joyce P. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
This is a practical guide to designing, teaching, and coordinating service-learning courses, and for developing reciprocal community partnerships and community-based research through a lens of equity that addresses the endemic racial, social, economic, and environmental disparities across society. The text provides a comprehensive framework for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Community Involvement
Fiedler, Craig R. – 2000
This book provides a comprehensive examination of advocacy by special education professionals, with information from related fields integrated in order to identify essential advocacy competencies for special educators. Unique features of the book include advocacy vignettes integrated throughout the book, as well as "advocacy anecdotes" and…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Glang, Ann; And Others – 1993
This paper presents an analysis of current education services for students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the perspectives of children, parents, and educators. It presents results from several pilot surveys that asked parents and educators to identify the strengths and weaknesses of current educational services for students. Guidelines for…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Head Injuries, Knowledge Level
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Miller, Richard L.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes an undergraduate psychology class that required the students to either write an essay (counterattitudinal advocacy) or read an essay supporting a scientifically acceptable position contrary to one of their beliefs. Maintains that counterattitudinal advocacy is more effective for overcoming beginning students' erroneous beliefs about…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Students
Jarzab, Jacquelyn L. – 1987
This practicum project was designed to educate developmentally delayed students, parents, and educators concerning the availability of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) through application to the Social Security Administration. Results of a survey of school staff and parents showed a need for information dissemination concerning SSI funds. The…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities, Eligibility, Federal Aid