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Designing Studies to Evaluate Parent-Mediated Interventions for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Minding Our Business: Longitudinal Effects of a Service-Learning Experience on Alumni
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Newman, Cynthia M.; Hernandez, Sigfredo A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
The mission of Minding Our Business (MOB), a service-learning course started in 1997 to meet community needs, is to advance the personal and vocational development of urban youth through entrepreneurship education and mentoring. This paper evaluates the long-term impact of MOB on the personal and vocational development of the alumni mentors…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Mentors, Alumni, Service Learning
Understanding Communities Today: Using Matching Needs and Services to Assess Community Needs and Design Community-Based Services
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Taylor, Kenneth I. – Child Welfare, 2005
Matching Needs and Services (MNS) is a practice tool intended to help people who work with vulnerable children use rigorously assembled information on needs as a guide to design, implement, and evaluate more-effective services. To do this, MNS focuses on needs but links them to outcomes and thresholds before dealing with the services to achieve…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Children, Needs Assessment, Program Development
Support for Military Families and Communities
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Hoshmand, Lisa Tsoi; Hoshmand, Andrea L. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This is a call for community psychologists to engage in research, consultation, and program development and evaluation in supporting military families and communities. Barriers to such involvement are identified and discussed. It is argued that the needs of military families and communities cannot be ignored when military and civilian communities…
Descriptors: Program Development, Needs Assessment, Psychologists, Psychology
Institute on Developing Dynamic Public Library Services Responsive to Community Needs. Final Narrative Report.
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Minor, Barbara B., Comp. – 1976
During Phase I of a conference for personnel of small and medium sized public libraries, participants were expected to acquire skills in: (1) design and execution of community analysis; (2) evaluation of library resources and services; and (3) development and implementation of programs to satisfy community needs. In Phase II, participants were…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Needs, Community Services, Information Needs