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Gowen, Rebecca P., Ed. – 1984
These proceedings were published to interpret and disseminate research findings to operational personnel working with juvenile repeat offenders; to share information among researchers and practitioners regarding prevention, intervention, and treatment program models and strategies for juvenile repeat offenders; to explore the impact of juvenile…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Download full textDewey, William L., Ed.; Harris, Louis S., Ed. – 2003
This publication summarizes the activities of the most recent meeting of the nation's most influential drug abuse professionals and measures progress in a variety of areas. Outcomes of symposia, meetings, and presentations are discussed. Symposia include: (1) "Is Dopamine the Answer? Evidence for the Importance of Other Systems in the…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Use
Scientists' Inst. for Public Information, New York, NY. – 1986
During a symposium on adolescent pregnancy, medical and education personnel presented an overview of the problem and its causes, a description of solutions currently in practice throughout the country, analysis of the state of research in the field of prevention, and a look at the government's role. Addressed in this transcipt of the symposium are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Early Parenthood, Health Education
Easter Seal Research Inst., Don Mills (Ontario). – 1988
The conference reported in this document utilized a conceptual matrix to organize presentations on research priorities in prevention, definitive treatment, and ongoing management of impairment, disability, and handicap. Ten research strategy recommendations developed at the conference are offered for implementation by The Easter Seal Research…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Epidemiology, Intervention
AVANTE International Systems Corp., San Antonio, TX. – 1981
Written in Spanish and English, the proceedings include 6 papers and the recommendations presented at the conference on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems among Hispanics attended by approximately 400 participants, representing 29 states, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. "The Challenge of the 1980's: Action Through Unity" discusses the need…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcoholism, Community Action, Cultural Awareness
Carroll, Claudia A., Ed.; Gottlieb, Bruce, Ed. – 1983
This publication presents papers from a 1982 child sexual abuse conference sponsored by the Colorado State Department of Social Services, designed to identify major issues and trends and to stimulate the exchange of perspectives and practices among persons concerned about preventing and treating child sexual abuse. The first section of the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, County Programs, Court Litigation
Brown, Catherine Caldwell, Ed. – 1983
The booklet summarizes proceedings from a conference on prenatal and perinatal factors associated with learning disabilities and neurological problems. Many of the papers report data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, a longitudinal study of pregnancy…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Birth Weight, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Clark, Catherine P. – 1985
This document reports the proceedings of a 1985 conference on preventing the legal problems that could grow out of the implementation of career ladder and merit pay programs for teachers. The contents of the report include a welcome by Preston C. Kronkosky; an overview by Virginia Koehler of the goals, characteristics, and demands of career ladder…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Court Litigation, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1988
This report is a summary of deliberations and strategy development at a forum focussed on the problems of youth at risk of not making a successful transition from school to adulthood. Twenty work groups came up with three priorities in dealing with the problems of at-risk youth: (1) address a child's education, social, health, and other needs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Conferences, Cooperative Planning
Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC. – 1999
This booklet presents information gathered at the November 1997 conference conducted by the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education in cooperation with EduTech, Ltd. The conference brought together educators, social workers, health professionals, researchers, teen parents, grandparents, government officials, and others…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Day Care, Early Parenthood
Morse, Susan C., Ed. – 1987
This summary of a forum for migrant educators defines dropout issues, explores solutions and models of service, and offers recommendations to address the needs of out-of-school migrant youth. Notes from forum workshops and summary task force reports deal with dropout identification/needs assessment, dropout/enrollment/graduation data, interagency…
Descriptors: Coordination, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Mexico. – 1979
Twelve papers from the Inter-American Development Bank's second seminar on educational finance in Latin America and the Caribbean analyze and present statistical data in two broad areas. First, they examine the relationships among Latin America's expanding educational programs, their costs and financing, and each country's socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Prevention, Economic Development, Educational Demand
Gibson, Guadalupe, Ed.,; Torres, Angelina Moreno – 1981
The conference focused attention on the severe problems of abuse and neglect among Mexican American children, particularly among migrant children. The welcome address discussed the plight and hardship endured by the Mexican American migrant worker and family. The keynote address emphasized the fact that minority families, who are usually poor, and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1981
Intended to aid administrators, decision-makers, and the general public in learning about and gaining better understanding of Hispanic concerns, needs, and recommendations regarding justice administration, this document includes the keynote addresses and 15 topic papers presented at the conference which was attended by 91 law enforcement experts.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Correctional Rehabilitation
Torres, Angelina Moreno – 1983
The 26 papers focus on child abuse issues affecting the Mexican American family. The keynote address notes various issues in child abuse and neglect among Mexican Americans. Three papers discuss Mexican American families in transition, adjustment of the family into the Mexican American barrio and vice versa, and the effects of sexual assault on…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
