The Enrichment Triad Model (Triad) and the Revolving Door Identification model (RDIM) form the TRIAD/RDIM program model for gifted and talented students. The article outlines the key features of the program. (MD)

Connecticut has designed and implemented a model that includes emphases on systematic instruction in functional life skills, transdisciplinary related services, generalization, and specific behavior management skills to provide quality integrated public school programs for severely handicapped students. (CL)

Prepared for use by teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and career education personnel, this source book is designed to stimulate ideas for program planning, to help them become acquainted with the kinds of activities other schools have found to be successful, to provide personnel from other school districts to contact who have worked…

A statewide consortium effort in Connecticut was designed to increase the quantity and quality of services available to postsecondary students with learning disabilities (LD). Two model programs were funded and evaluated, and the consortium was developed to replicate the success of the models by encouraging program development throughout the…

Father involvement enhances children's well-being. A growing body of research supports this conclusion, showing that children with involved fathers exhibit greater school readiness, increased cognitive development, higher levels of empathy, and other positive characteristics (Administration for Children and Families 2004a). Research also indicates…

Evaluated was the 3-year (1969-1972) Title III 3R (reeducation, reality, responsibility) intervention program serving over 600 emotionally disturbed elementary level students from four towns (in Connecticut) in a special unit and regular classes. A systems approach used throughout the project analyzed inputs, processes, and effectiveness of the…

The Birth to Three Inservice Training Project was a federally funded demonstration project which trained Connecticut early interventionists from a variety of backgrounds. The model stressed a conducive learning climate, mutual planning, diagnosis of individual learning needs, continuous evaluation, and follow-up training. The service delivery…

The methods used during 1975-76 in the career education program in Norwalk (Connecticut) were designed for each grade level--elementary, middle school, and high school. (The program began with a Federally funded pilot program in the spring of 1972 in three schools and has expanded, over a four and one-half year period, to a total program in all 25…