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Kalles, Susan; Ryan, Thomas G. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2015
Herein we identify and address promising practices, essential theories, and related cautions within service-learning. The argument that service-learning is an organized community service which is connected to curriculum in an effort to deepen learning around content was scrutinized and endorsed. We envisioned service-learning as more than a joint…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Postsecondary Education, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
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MacCormack, Jeffrey W. H.; Matheson, Ian A.; Hutchinson, Nancy L. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
Clinical interventions have been effective at increasing social skills of youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, generalization of those skills to non-clinical environments is often low. To reduce this generalization gap, community-based programs have been designed to help youth develop social skills in naturalistic settings. This…
Descriptors: Social Development, Skill Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Harrison, Barbara; Nelson, Connie; Stroink, Mirella – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2013
For six years the Food Security Research Network at Lakehead University, Canada, has been engaged in an interdisciplinary theme-based service-learning initiative focusing on food security. Informed by complexity theory, the contextual fluidity partnership model brings community partners, students, and faculty into a nexus through which new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food Service, Food, National Security
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Soudack, Avi – Guidance & Counselling, 1996
Examines the impact and implementation of the Community-Based Education for Work, Career and Life (CWCL) pilot project in Canada. Subjects were classes from two elementary and one secondary school. Subjects visited community workplaces and participated in small group hands-on activities. A discussion of the findings is included. (SNR)
Descriptors: Careers, Community Education, Community Programs, Dropout Prevention
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Crocker, Diane – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This article describes the child protection team model emerging in rural Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada). Child protection teams encourage a community-based response to child abuse involving first, a community-wide focus on prevention through public education and awareness, advocacy, and professional development, and second, case conferences by…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Intervention
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Westwood, Ralph; Thumlert, Ian – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1994
This article identifies factors that gave rise to current educational models to prepare rehabilitation practitioners for work in community-based services in Alberta, Canada; examines recent changes in resources available and services to be delivered; and offers examples of personnel preparation models being organized for the future. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Models
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Sylvestre, John; Ochocka, Joanna; Hyndman, Brian – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1999
Evaluated 30 Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) projects in Ontario, Canada. CAPC is a Canadian federal government initiative that funds community groups in activities supporting child development and strengthening families. Identified categories of program activities and project outcomes, and found that most projects have adopted…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Programs, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries
Dennis, S.; Stierhoff, K. A. – 1985
The study examines the status of behavioral management services for disabled persons in Alberta, Canada, and offers recommendations regarding alternative service delivery models for the Northwest Region of Alberta. Existing systems are addressed in terms of centralized service models, outreach service models, and combined residential and outreach…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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Light, Justine – TESL Canada Journal, 2006
In this article, an ESL instructor reflects on her preconceptions of power and control in the classroom. In the community-based program described, learners determined not only when and where classes would take place, but also the aims, curriculum, and content of the program. The challenges of this setting required the instructor to redefine her…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fielden, Sarah J.; Rusch, Melanie L.; Masinda, Mambo Tabu; Sands, Jim; Frankish, Jim; Evoy, Brian – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
Community-academic partnership research is a fairly new genre of community-based participatory research. It has arisen in part, from recognition of the potential role of alliances in the development and translation of applied knowledge and the elimination of health disparities. This paper reports on the learning process of academic and community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Program Design, Participatory Research
Frankel, Elaine B.; McKay, Donald – 1990
The paper describes application of an interactive model to providing services for young children with special needs being mainstreamed in community day care programs. In this model, the resource consultant coordinates service delivery in interactions with: (1) the child and family; (2) early childhood educators; and (3) resource specialists. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Peck, Robert S., Ed.; White, Charles J., Ed. – 1983
Described are various models and methods that have helped communities around the United States and Canada give the public a better understanding of legal and judicial systems. An introductory section discusses the role of the legal profession in improving public understanding of the law, how to put together a team to teach about the judicial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Courts, Judges
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. – 1996
This document is intended to assist individuals responsible for completing the annual development plan required of all community-based adult literacy programs seeking funding from Manitoba's (Canada) Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. A sample development plan is presented to illustrate the initiative, reflection, and planning needed to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
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Kyle, Irene J. – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 2000
Reviews current thinking about the optimal organization and delivery of child care and other family support programs, focusing on how child care services in selected Canadian provinces and other countries have been coordinated with other services. Presents theoretical and conceptual frameworks informing current thinking about organization and…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
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