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Administration for Children & Families, 2014
This catalog provides short descriptions of major Division of Child and Family Development (DCFD) projects from Fiscal Year 2014. Multiple projects are described in the areas of child care, Head Start/Early Head Start, child welfare promotion, and the recognition of cultural diversity. An additional section features projects that fall into more…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education
Olsen, Laurie; Dowell, Carol – 1989
This directory, produced by the California Tomorrow Immigrant Students Project, describes 75 model programs for the education of immigrant children in California. Program descriptions are grouped around the following nine theme chapters: (1) "The First Steps: Orientation/Assessment and Newcomer Support" focuses on orienting immigrant…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Cultural Differences
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Mental Health Services. – 1998
This fact sheet describes the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children Program overall and includes descriptions of 22 specific programs. The program was authorized by Congress in 1992 and provides federal funds through demonstration grants to states, communities, and Native American tribes. The program currently administers 22…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Children, Community Programs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
This report provides information on 25 national educational research and development centers. The description of each center contains the name and address of the grantee, the director(s), affiliated organizations, a detailed abstract of its mission and activities, and a list of key personnel. The following centers are included: (1) National…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Differences
Klassen, Frank H.; Leavitt, Howard B. – 1982
This document seeks to help deans and faculties of colleges and schools of education in the United States develop a global perspective for teacher education. The report explains the urgent need for a global approach to both the general and professional components of teacher education--teaching and learning methods as well as clinical and practical…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Huber, Mary; And Others – 1994
This report describes a federally funded project designed to meet the needs of culturally diverse children with special health care needs and their families in New York. The goal was to establish a model program that would demonstrate that the quality of life for culturally diverse children with special health needs and their families would be…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Children, Clearinghouses, Community Programs
DeCarme, Judi, Ed.; Orkwis, Raymond, Ed. – 1997
This directory abstracts more than 180 projects funded during Fiscal Year 1996 by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Research to Practice Division. Projects developed under four major program areas are described: (1) research; (2) technology, educational media, and materials; (3) serious emotional disturbance;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Computer Software, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems