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Teaching, Including, and Supporting College Students with Intellectual Disabilities, 1st Edition
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Kelley, Kelly R.; Westling, David L. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
"Teaching, Including, and Supporting College Students with Intellectual Disabilities" provides higher education professionals and proponents of post-secondary education programs for students with intellectual disabilities (ID) with a comprehensive guide to developing new programs and inclusive practices for college students with ID.…
Descriptors: College Students, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Teaching Methods
Enhancing Instructional Problem Solving: An Efficient System for Assisting Struggling Learners. Practical Intervention in the Schools Series
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Begeny, John C.; Schulte, Ann C.; Johnson, Kent – Guilford Publications, 2012
This book presents a schoolwide model of instructional support designed to make the most of available time, resources, and personnel--one that is also fully compatible with other problem-solving models, such as response to intervention. The authors provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for linking assessment and intervention. They show…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Student Evaluation, Reprography
Training the Reading Team: A Guide for Supervisors of a Volunteer Tutoring Program.
Walker, Barbara J.; Scherry, Ronald; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1999
This book provides guidance and practical information for the organization of a volunteer tutoring program. Three sections take supervisors through each step of the program, including: publicizing, obtaining funding, establishing roles of each team member, training volunteers in effective tutoring, and assessing each student's and tutor's…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Service-Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
Jacoby, Barbara; And Others – 1996
The 14 readings in this book focus on service learning in higher education, its theoretical framework, the advantages of various techniques, and practical means for implementation. Service learning is seen to offer students the chance to combine academic knowledge/skills with community experience. Chapter titles and authors are: (1)…
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education
A City Year. On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers.
Goldsmith, Suzanne – 1993
City Year is a community-service program based in Boston (Massachusetts) that has frequently been praised as a model for other service programs. In City Year, young people of all races and from differing backgrounds work together for 9 months on public service programs ranging from physical labor to tutoring. Volunteers receive a small stipend and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Dynamics
Service Learning. Ninety-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Part I.
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Schine, Joan, Ed. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1997
This yearbook contains 14 essays that address a wide variety of issues that educators, policymakers, and others involved in education are exploring in order to expand the understanding of the burgeoning field of service learning. The following papers are included: "Youth Participation: Integrating Youth into Communities" (Peter…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Higher Education, Program Development, Program Implementation
How To Establish a High School Service Learning Program.
Witmer, Judith T.; Anderson, Carolyn S. – 1994
A great deal has been said and written about the importance of giving students the opportunity to provide service to others. This book is designed to provide educators with a "crash course" in how to start or repair such a program in their schools or districts. Following the introduction, chapter 1 defines service learning and explores its…
Descriptors: High Schools, Human Resources, Human Services, Program Design
Your Public Schools: What You Can Do To Help Them.
Hansen, Barbara J.; Mackey, Philip English – 1993
Designed to be perused at any point, this book is for people who understand that creating and maintaining good public schools is a never-ending effort requiring everyone's attention. The book has four main sections: introduction, strategies, background information, and resources. The introduction discusses some problems facing today's schools and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Citizen Participation