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Bateman, David F., Ed.; Yell, Mitchell L., Ed. – Corwin, 2019
School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Legal Problems, Special Education, Program Implementation
Bray, Melissa A., Ed.; Kehle, Thomas J., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2011
With its roots in clinical and educational psychology, school psychology is an ever-changing field that encompasses a diversity of topics. "The Oxford Handbook of School Psychology" synthesizes the most vital and relevant literature in all of these areas, producing a state-of-the-art, authoritative resource for practitioners,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Problem Solving, Delivery Systems, Cognitive Ability
Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment--including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They'll get the…
Descriptors: Play, Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Inge, Katherine J., Ed.; Wehman, Paul, Ed. – 1993
This manual presents six papers on the design of community-based employment programs for students with severe disabilities. The first paper is "Community-Based Vocational Preparation for Students with Severe Disabilities: Designing the Process" by Katherine J. Inge et al. This paper details a five-step process for designing such a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Employment Potential
Levitan, Sar A., Ed.; Mangum, Garth L., Ed. – 1981
A summary of an in-depth study of the training component of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this volume consists of a series of findings and recommendations emerging from a national survey of 476 CETA prime sponsors. It provides a comprehensive review of CETA training based on the analysis of longitudinal data on the quality,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Decentralization
Hughes, Ruth P.; And Others – 1979
Three papers focusing upon the beliefs and issues confronting professionals concerned with consumer and homemaking education programs are presented. The first paper "Consumer and Homemaking Education Today" (R. Hughes), examines the questions of content and audience from a curriculum development view. The status of programs using…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Planning
Cozic, Charles P., Ed. – 1997
Efforts to reform the welfare system in the United States have been gaining momentum since the late 1980s. Critics have been arguing that states should receive federal waivers to create their own programs to encourage welfare recipients to find work. The thrust of the 1996 welfare reform act transfers control over welfare spending to the states.…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Pautler, Albert J., Jr., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 22 papers on workforce education issues for the new century: "Introduction" (Alfred J. Pautler, Jr.); "Vocational Education: Past, Present, and Future" (Cheryl L. Hogg); "A Philosophic View for Seeing the Past of Vocational Education and Envisioning the Future of Workforce Education: Pragmatism…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Associate Degrees, Career Development, Career Education
Michael, Robert J., Ed.; Upton, Graham, Ed. – View Finder, 1993
This monograph presents 14 brief papers on special education in other countries or comparisons between countries. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Legal Foundations of Special Education: A Comparison of the United States Public Law 94-142 and the China Compulsory Education Law" (Hong Bo Wang et al.); "International…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational Practices
Charters, Alexander N.; And Others – 1981
Comparative international adult education, defined as that field in which adult educators from various countries compare their own institutions and practices with those of their counterparts in other nations, is examined. Provided is an account of adult education in nine European socialist countries (including the Soviet Union), as well as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis
State Univ. of New York, Utica. – 1979
The sixteen chapters in this publication represent summaries and combinations of weekly reports done by students in the graduate course, Curriculum Development in Vocational Education. These reports on selected topics pertaining to curriculum development in vocational education are presented in the following format: discussion of the topic with…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Career Education
Milne, Ann M., Ed. – 1998
This document contains six studies that were commissioned for the National Assessment of Vocational Education. "Introduction" (Ann M. Milne) provides an overview of the reforms of the 1980s. "The Impact of Educational Reform on Vocational Education" (Marion Asche, Donald E. Elson, Ann Echols, Arthur Williams) examines primary…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Haring, Norris G., Ed.; Romer, Lyle T., Ed. – 1995
This collection of 18 papers focuses on the inclusion of students who are deaf-blind in regular classrooms. Papers include: (1) "Inclusion of Students Who Are Deaf-Blind: What Does the Future Hold?" (Lori Goetz); (2) "A History of Federal Support for Students with Deaf-Blindness" (R. Paul Thompson and Charles W. Freeman); (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Community Involvement
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers