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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Adult and Continuing Education Program Development. – 1990
This guidebook is based on telephone interviews, conducted in April and May 1989, with the staff of 19 homeless shelters in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee, site visits at eight New York State shelter programs, and a review of the research on literacy training for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Homeless People
Download full textNational Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1993
This booklet presents summaries of the 35 projects funded by the National Institute for Literacy in 1992. Each summary provides the project's purpose, findings, products, and contact person with address and telephone number. These projects are included: Adult Literacy in the United States; Cognitive Skills-Based Instruction and Assessment; Hmong…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs, English (Second Language)
Leto, Lyn – 1994
An adult basic education (ABE) class was developed to help parolees of the Schuylkill County Prison develop reading, writing, and communication skills and use those skills in a community service project aimed at helping at-risk youth. Parolees were recruited into the project through county parole officers, and their reading, writing, self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, At Risk Persons, Basic Skills
Barker, Sue, Comp.; And Others – 1991
This manual is designed to provide information to those interested in developing family literacy projects. Part I contains information on the design and operations of Project Family, a program to empower parents to be better role models, foster supportive environments, and express positive attitudes about education. Other topics include…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Imel, Susan – 2003
The increase in the number of youth under age 18 enrolling in federally funded adult basic and literacy education programs is a trend that is putting increasing pressures on programs designed to serve an adult population. Documenting the extent of the trend is difficult due to the way in which federal statistics on age of program participants have…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Continuation Students
Drake, Angela, Ed.; Anonsen, Kay, Ed. – 2000
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on family literacy that was attended by representatives of community-based literacy and family literacy programs in Newfoundland and Labrador. The document begins with an executive summary of the conference activities. The texts of the following keynote addresses are presented: "A…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Brain, Community Education
