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Valverde, Leonard A. – 1978
This paper presents the findings of a one year national study. The research was directed at determining the status of culturally pluralistic programs in 29 urban school districts across the United States. Statistical and descriptive information was gathered from 130 urban school districts by means of questionnaires and observation teams. Among the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
Moersch, Martha S., Ed.; Wilson, Ted Y., Ed. – 1976
Presented is an informal report of a 3-year early intervention project for young handicapped children in Michigan, a part of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program, sometimes referred to as the First Chance Projects. Sections cover the following topics, an overview of the project; identification and screening; the service delivery…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Rowley, Jo Anne – 1978
The handbook describes the Project FIND Zero-Reject Model for identifying and serving handicapped children in Texas's Gregory-Portland Independent School District. A Flow Chart of the system is provided, and the following components are discussed (sample subtopics in parentheses): needs assessment, staffing patterns (responsibilities of directors,…
Descriptors: Administration, Ancillary Services, Conceptual Schemes, Elementary Secondary Education

Bedell, Jeffrey R.; Archer, Robert P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results indicate equivalent levels of patient performance when contingent reinforcement in a residential token economy program was controlled by either patient peer groups or staff. Patients in a peer-managed program showed positive ward behavior, reductions in psychosocial problems, and increase in potential for adjusting to community life.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Mental Health Clinics, Patients
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1974
Presented is the final report of Colorado's Child Services Demonstration Project, designed to develop, implement, and evaluate a team staffing program to aid children with specific learning disabilities. The program is described in terms of rationale, replication, children served, staff activities (educational diagnosis, prescriptive programing,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Chenery, Mary Faeth – Camping Magazine, 1987
To determine the nature of camp for senior citizens, four participant observers (staff members) conducted open-ended interviews with campers at a five-day residential camp in Oregon. Results showed universal satisfaction with the camp experience. Campers valued the wide range of activities, comfortable places to socialize, and staff relations with…
Descriptors: Camping, Group Dynamics, Intergenerational Programs, Interviews
Holmes, Monica B.; And Others – 1974
This report evaluates a three-year-demonstration program in child advocacy, created as part of existing Head Start Parent-Child Centers to meet the needs of children under 5 and their families. Local services were integrated and new services created in a variety of areas (health, housing, education and welfare) using a primarily paraprofessional…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Resources, Demonstration Programs, Family Programs
Etheridge, Bessie D. – 1976
A four-stage career development model is described encompassing career awareness in grades prekindergarten to 6; career survey, 7-8; career exploration, 9-10; and career preparation, 11-12. The model is based upon teacher commitment, administrator support, staff development, curriculm research and development, guidance, and community involvement.…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education
Orientation Programs at Colleges and Universities within the Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education.
DeWitt, Robert Craig – 1985
The freshmen orientation programs offered by the colleges and universities that hold membership in the Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education (PCHE) were studied, and recommendations for a comprehensive orientation process were suggested. Interviews with three individuals for each program at nine institutions were sought; attention was directed…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Jordan, Ellen M. – 1975
Provided is a practicum report on a travel training program initiated at the Ray Graham Training Center (Chicago, Illinois) for 40 trainable mentally handicapped young adults. The center is described in terms of the geographic area and clients served, staff roles, parent role, and curriculum. It is noted that a prime impetus for the development of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Hollomon, John W. – 1976
Details the role of the child care center in the provision of social services to children and their families and argues that the need for such services is no longer debatable, but rather the need to communicate and deliver services is the issue. The essay explicates the role of the child care center in terms of what it means to provide…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Day Care
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Information/Dissemination. – 1975
This report describes the second year activities and progress of California's plan for Early Childhood Education (ECE), which in 1974-1975 included more than 1,300 schools and 22 percent of the state's children in kindergarten through third grade. Topics covered are (1) An overview of ECE; (2) Why ECE works, including parent participation, parent…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Hawkins, Donald E.; Folsom, Geneva S. – 1975
Presented in the first of three volumes is a summary and evaluation of the Life Skills for the Developmentally Disabled Project which was designed to prevent inappropriate institutional placement and to assist in deinstitutionalization of individuals in Forest Haven, the District of Columbia's Center for the developmentally disabled. It is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Daily Living Skills, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Seely, Trudy; And Others – 1974
Described is a Georgia county school system's program which began in 1972 for behaviorally disordered children (kindergarten through high school). Opening chapters include a rationale for the program, a definition of behavior disorders, and a list of program objectives such as identifying children with behavior disorders and assisting them to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Kaplan, Michael H. – 1982
A study explored factors that have led to the termination of selected community school programs. Examined during the study were 10 terminated programs in five states (Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Oregon) that had been in operation for at least 3 years. Two major techniques were employed in the study. Structured as well as…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Community Education
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