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Barlow, Julie; Swaby, Laura; Turner, Andrew – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The lay-led, community-based Supporting Parents Programme (SPP) aims to assist parents caring for children with long-term or life-limiting conditions through support and cognitive behavioral techniques. The value of the SPP from the perspectives of parent participants and tutors was examined in focus groups and telephone interviews. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Focus Groups, Confidentiality
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Steckelberg, Allen L.; Vasa, Stanley F. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Describes a paraeducator training program that used the World Wide Web (WWW) to provide self-study instruction units that were accessible from local schools. The WWW allowed for increased interaction between paraeducators and instructors, encouraged discussion among trainees, and facilitated communication between the university and local training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Hypermedia, Multimedia Materials
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Conley, Ronald W. – Mental Retardation, 2003
A survey of 49 Maryland service providers offering vocational services found the weekly earnings of persons placed in supported employment were 3.5 times the earning of persons employed on the premises of the service provider. Nevertheless, there was strong evidence that substantial improvements are needed, and possible, in supported employment.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
This document describes the Tampa Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's distance education program in higher education (PHE). Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD practices/needs, Nova University's PHE and HRD program, the proceedings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Hamilton, Mary, Ed.; Withnall, Alexandra, Ed. – 1995
The following conference papers cover a wide spectrum of issues in continuing education: "Introduction" (Katherine Leni Oglesby); "Footprints in the Sand?--The Legacy of the University Funding Council's Support for Research in Continuing Education" (Chris Duke); "Thinking Fragments: Learning, Life Histories and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning