The Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project, funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is a community-specific strategy delivered through eight regional networks designed to address the full spectrum of community-based prevention. This article summarizes a strong and meaningful pattern of improvements…

Background: Community health efforts often include outreach activities designed to increase awareness and ensure uptake of services or programs. Yet, few comprehensive outreach evaluations exist, particularly those designed to improve access to and use of mental health services. Purpose: This article summarizes the use of two established…

Interested in bringing the benefits of the arts as integral to quality education for all children, in 2004 the Ford Foundation launched the National Arts Education Initiative, a seven-year demonstration in nine communities across the United States. Building from arts education programs that serve "pockets" of children, Ford investments…

This report focuses on the seven original Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects selected for funding in 2003. Three of the original seven projects were selected for a national random assignment evaluation in 2005; however, this report only focuses on program operations prior to joining the random assignment evaluation for the three…

The document describes model demonstration projects, products, and Learning Disabilities Research Institutes funded by the Program for Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Children and Youth and by the Handicapped Children Model Program (HCMP). An overview section contains an analysis of data regarding the characteristics of children/youth served,…

The document provides summaries of 53 programs from around the country demonstrating innovative approaches to identifying needs and developing and delivering services and materials to families. Chapters are organized according to broad themes which underlie their programs' design. Chapter 1 (10 programs) examines programs which explore informal…

Described are the activities of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program, designed to facilitate the provision of quality services to preschool-age handicapped children and their families. (SBH)

The paper presents an overview of the interdisciplinary team approach for providing services to multihandicapped learners (3 to 18 years old). The model was developed to alleviate problems encountered by educational personnel serving the multihandicapped in a rural state. The model incorporates a local and a state interdisciplinary team. The two…

For availability, see EC 103 600 Described is the program offered by the Child Service Demonstration Center for Urban Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (IM)

Reports the progress of a project which completed a model designed to validate categories of standards for quality agricultural/agribusiness education. The development of the model and its implementation and dissemination procedures are described. (BM)

The guide was designed to assist public school personnel in the delivery of educational services to young handicapped children by providing access to information on model programs, increasing knowledge of adopting or adapting educational innovations, suggesting pertinent questions to ask when considering a specific model, and recommending sources…

The Saginaw Valley (Michigan) Special Needs Clinic serves visually impaired children and adults, multiply impaired low vision persons, and developmentally disabled persons with vision problems and is based on a client-centered concept involving health professionals, rehabilitation specialists, special educators, consumers, and social agency…

The authors look at the developments and events that grew out of the Learning Disability Act of 1969 (P.L. 92-20), particularly in relation to the role of Child Service Demonstration Centers (CSDCs). It is concluded that CSDCs spread the philosophies and technologies of the field of learning disabilities. (SW)

Described are the conceptualization, implementation, and results to date of the George Peabody College for Teachers Model Center for Severely Handicapped Multi-impaired Children with Visual Impairment as a Primary Handicapping Condition. (Author/IM)

The "one-size-fits-all" approach to teaching and program delivery is indefensible. Minnesota has enacted a law specifying standards of knowledge and skills that high school students must demonstrate to qualify for a diploma via multiple pathways. All pathway programs (classical, postsecondary, interactive-technology evening school,…