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Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corp., Berkeley, CA. – 1979
Four panel presentations in full text are presented commenting on the following: an overview of national Indian strategy; goals and strategies of eight demonstration projects; a review of current federal legislation; and making services for American Indians culturally relevant in child placement, family support, and child care. Representatives, on…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Welfare, Federal Legislation, Program Development
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. Adult Competency Education Unit. – 1987
These proceedings include a brief overview of the 11th Competency-Based Adult Education (CBAE) Conference along with the texts of the following conference presentations: "National Legislative Update" (Patricia M. Keeton); "Adult School/High-Risk Youth Connection--Is There One?" (Joellen Bruce); "Overview of Adult ESL Programs: A National…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Corporate Education
1974
Participants at this four-day meeting of the Teacher Corps Planning Conference discussed the past function of the Corps and possible future courses. The general outline of the agenda was to look into the substantive fields for Teacher Corps focus and the priority needs in teacher education to which the Teacher Corps should address itself. Project…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Braun, Kurt; And Others – 1977
Results are presented of a national workshop designed to improve educational and employment opportunities for handicapped and disadvantaged persons by providing a setting for fifteen university teams (one from each of the ten U.S. Office of Education regions and five at large) to develop specific plans of action for the creation or expansion of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
Cook, Joyce; Williams, Jeanne – 1975
The objectives of the conference, determined by a Conference Steering Committee together with staff of the U.S. Office of Education, were: (1) to identify and promote effective methods and techniques for moving career education from a project status into an ongoing educational program status; (2) to determine and discuss major issues in the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conference Reports, Educational Administration, Educational Legislation
Conti, Gary J. – 1982
A 3-day conference was held to generate the goals for Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Texas for the remainder of the decade, to examine barriers to and bridges for accomplishing these goals, and to propose strategies for implementing these goals. During the conference, 19 participants (including directors, supervisors, teachers, university faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, Educational Finance
Newton, Mark, Comp.; Cox, Sterling, Comp. – 1979
These proceedings of a conference for state directors of vocational education on the topic of charting a course of excellence for vocational education in the 1980s consist of the texts of 13 conference papers, the conference agenda, and a listing of program presentations and participants. Topics of the first group of papers, which all revolve…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1985
The paper explores policy options for beginning, expanding, or establishing services for disabled and at-risk infants and toddlers in a state. An initial section outlines characteristic advantages and drawbacks of options in three areas: legislative action (mandatory, phase-in, and non-mandatory legislation), executive action, and interagency…
Descriptors: Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Infants, Policy Formation
Thayer, Ted M.; Rice, B. Douglas – 1990
This report explores ramifications of vocational rehabilitation services being provided in independent living programs through tracing the development of disability rights and independent living movements from their inception to the present. Comparisons are drawn between the programmatic approaches of state rehabilitation agencies and independent…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Liberties, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
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Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1983
This manual is intended to serve as a resource document as well as a training guide for rehabilitation personnel to use in developing and implementing Projects with Industry (PWI) programs. Covered in a historical profile of PWI are the changing work environment, the evolution and definition of PWI, the impact of PWI on rehabilitation, and various…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Barnes, Milford E. – 1974
Reported are the proceedings from a 1974 conference on programing for gifted children which was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for the Study and Education of the Mentally Gifted. Reviewed in a keynote address by J. Gowan are 12 outstanding research studies conducted during the past 25 years regarding identification and education of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed. – 1980
The National Rehabilitation Association annually sponsors the Switzer Memorial Seminar, a program designed to explore, in-depth, a particular topic of interest to the rehabilitatin of handicapped individuals. Participants are selected for their achievements and involvement in the area to be studied. This monograph of the proceedings of the Fourth…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Community Support, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Dearmin, Evalyn, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Program evaluation strategies and techniques based on materials developed by the California Evaluation Improvement Project were discussed at this meeting of the Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP). RIPP members represent the State Departments of Education of ten western states, and have met periodically over the past nine years to discuss…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Northwest Regional Special Education Instructional Materials Center. – 1975
Conceived as an idea book for educators, parents, concerned citizens, and others interested in special education services for handicapped children living in rural areas, these proceedings constitute the results of a 3 day workshop. Used as a guide, this document may serve as an index to possible resources for use in any typical rural area. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Role
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