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Springer, Marva – 1996
The breakdown in parent/adolescent relationships, along with the increase in disruptive behaviors by adolescents, has become a major concern of parents and practitioners. The goal of this practicum is to review the literature on parent/adolescent conflicts and offer a conflict resolution program intended to enhance the coping skills of parents.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Coping, Interpersonal Communication
Download full textLee, Valerie – 1990
This practicum addressed the effectiveness of a social skills training program with adolescent students identified as "at risk" and enrolled in alternative education programs. These students had not achieved a high level of prosocial competence which created inadequate emotional and/or behavioral adjustment in the school setting. This increased…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Lanigan, Paula – 1994
This practicum aimed to provide nonverbal students with a communication program to increase expressive language for daily living skills. Target students were four children (ages 6 to 7) with cerebral palsy. The practicum involved introducing children to pleasurable activities that encouraged communication behaviors, showing the children…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Pitcher, Harriet A. – 1995
This practicum study was designed to improve the communication and social skills of 43 students (ages 14-22) with developmental disabilities by involving families in at-home treatment activities that reinforced and enhanced in-school and community-based speech/language therapy and by increasing attendance of parents at school meetings and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Participation
Jordan, Evelyn – 1996
A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of reading comprehension strategies in improving the reading skills of underprepared students at a community college. The instructional strategies, which included determining main ideas of passages, drawing inferences and conclusions, and building vocabulary within the context of readings, were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Weber, Kathleen M. – 1991
A program was developed for six kindergarten students identified as at risk because of developmental delays. The program involved an hour of instruction after the regular school day, 2 days a weeks for a 10-week period, with a curriculum focusing on visual, auditory, and motor development. Specific skill areas included visual motor coordination,…
Descriptors: After School Education, Auditory Training, Early Intervention, High Risk Students
