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McDuffie, Winifred G., Ed.; Whiteman, Judith R., Ed. – 1989
This handbook (which contains a collection of articles and resources) describes activities that have been used in a program of intergenerational activities in Broome County, New York. In part 1 of the handbook, chapter 1 provides an overview of intergenerational program development. Succeeding chapters present information concerning: (1) issues to…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Children, Grandparents, Health
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Passig, David – Religious Education, 2000
Describes an effort by a Hebrew school and its Jewish community to encourage interaction among parents, teachers, and teenagers. Focuses on a curriculum to improve participants' ability to enact change and develop future images. Discusses the curricular procedure and images that emerged in detail. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum, Futures (of Society), Intergenerational Programs
Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1991
Seven model family literacy programs in Illinois were monitored for one year to determine successful program components and characteristics and to assist local programs in developing and implementing practical evaluation systems. Six were networking programs each of which involved several agencies, and one program was designed on a center-based…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Heinrich, June Sark – 1991
In contrast to many senior education programs, the senior program at Triton College (TC) has as one of its aims bringing together younger and older students in both noncredit and credit courses without neglecting the need and desire of many older adults to learn in their own age group. The term "older students" is loosely defined at the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age Differences, Community Colleges
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
Family Friends is an intergenerational program that brings senior volunteers into the lives of children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. JobStart is a training program in which volunteers help children with disabilities who are 10 years of age or older prepare to enter the world of work. A JobStart team is formed for each child in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Career Planning, Check Lists
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1996
A project was undertaken to develop a model that adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs throughout Pennsylvania could use as a framework to develop and implement collaborative family literacy programs in cooperation with human services agencies and community-based organizations, including providers of Even Start, Head Start, and other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations