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Miles, Mike – 1985
This report synthesizes the discussions which took place at an international conference on profound mental handicap held in Madrid, Spain (November, 1984). An overview of the issues involved in helping people with profound handicaps cites several positive trends, such as education for all, family support services, home visitations by direct care…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Coping, Family Involvement, Foreign Countries
Family Resource Coalition, Chicago, IL. – 1990
Family support and education programs are community-based efforts that offer sustained assistance to families at various periods in their development. Support is provided to promote parental competencies and behavior that lead to healthy and positive development of parents and children. These programs take many forms, such as drop-in centers,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit)
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
In order to catalyze the exploration, planning, and implementation of successful technology integration into schools, the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) hosted Stage I of the national initiative, Learning Tomorrow, in January 1989. Thirty-eight professionals, including classroom teachers, school facilities designers,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Facility Planning
Maas, Frank, Ed.; Sach, Susan, Ed. – 1984
This publication is an edited record of a series of public seminars held between June and October of 1983. The seminars, entitled "Community Based Services for Children and Families," were based on two policy background papers commissioned by the Institute of Family Studies (ISF) on the topics of family support and children's services.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Services, Family Life, Family Programs
Download full textTait, Alan, Ed. – 1989
Twenty-five papers presented at the conference include papers on the role of the site coordinator in a distributed education network in Ontario; student support systems in the Open University of Israel; the dilemmas of designing a computer mediated communication support system; interactive libraries; tutoring in technical science in the Open…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Correspondence Study, Cost Effectiveness
Cohen, Lucy M., Ed.; Grossnickle, Mary Ann, Ed. – 1983
The conference upon which these proceedings are based was held to draw together scholars, public officials, and representatives of private agencies in order to explore priority issues in research and training for professionals who work with new immigrants and refugees. Following a preface, which outlines the themes addressed by conference…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anthropology, Artists, Females
Griffin, Gary A., Ed.; Hukill, Hobart, Ed. – 1983
Sixteen expert educators participated in a working conference on the first years of teaching. The proceedings included two commissioned papers, a panel discussion among three persons engaged in on-going induction programs, and large and small group discussions following each presentation. Kenneth Zeichner's paper, "Individual and Institutional…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Role, Beginning Teachers, Coping
Akridge, Robert L., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This document contains 18 papers presented at a conference designed to increase practitioners' understanding of disability issues and peer support strategies, with emphasis on peer support in such practice settings as independent living centers, community-based employment programs, medical programs, and secondary and higher education. The papers…
Descriptors: Career Development, Civil Liberties, Community Programs, Counseling Services
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1991
These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Community Programs, Coping
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1989
Part I of this publication contains a background paper, "The Health and Socioeconomic Situation of Midlife and Older Women in Latin America and the Caribbean" (Sennott-Miller). Part II includes and introduction and the following presentations: "Opening Statement" (Crooks); "Empowering Older Women: An Agenda for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Aging (Individuals), Chronic Illness
