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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1991
Sixteen papers from a conference on findings from prevention research are presented in this document. The papers are categorized into these six areas: (1) state and federal roles in prevention; (2) prevention research perspectives, including prevention research, school-based drug education research findings, and drug abuse prevention research…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Haskins, Ron – 1981
While parent education has become popular among educators and reformers, the long-term implications of the emphasis on parent education deserve careful and dispassionate examination. Are exclusively center-based developmental programs for preschool children to be discredited? Should federally-sponsored intervention programs insist on parent…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Conferences, Coordination, Government Role
One Voice, the Canadian Seniors Network, Inc., Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
As a result of a 1989 survey finding that 64 percent of Canadians aged 55-69 experience some degree of trouble with everyday reading material, One Voice, the Canadian Seniors Network, conducted a conference that brought together seniors, researchers, literacy project leaders, education professionals, community agencies and policy makers to examine…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Scarborough, Rebecca H., Ed. – 1989
Keynote papers from Delaware's first annual statewide conference on the education of children of limited English proficiency (LEP) are presented in this document. They include: "Delaware's Initiatives in the Education of Children of Limited English Proficiency" (William B. Keene); "Research and Issues in the Education of LEP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate