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PDF pending restorationThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1978
The monograph reviews literature on issues related to deinstitutionalization and residential services for the developmentally disabled. Six main topics are addressed in the review (sample subtopics in parentheses): planning for deinstitutionalization (use of institutional facilities no longer in operation, training and job placement of displaced…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
DEVLIN, LAURENCE E.; LITCHFIELD, ANN – 1967
IN THE PROGRAM RESEARCH PROJECT OF RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS, DATA WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRE ON 25 ASPECTS OF 1,196 STAFF-INFLUENCED ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN 1966 AT RESIDENTIAL CENTERS OF TEN UNIVERSITIES. DATA WERE GROUPED BY NUMBER, LENGTH, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVITIES, NATURE OF THE ACTIVITY, ORIGIN AND SPONSORSHIP, ROLE OF…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Organizations (Groups), Participant Characteristics
Alford, Harold J. – 1968
This book deals with university continuing education centers emphasizing those at ten pioneering institutions (Michigan State University, Columbia, Oxford, California Polytechnic State College, Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and the Universities of Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire) that came into being through the financial…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Building Design, Conferences, Continuing Education Centers
Download full textByrne, Jane M., Comp. – 1976
Intended as a guide for professionals and local administrators in initiating and developing early intervention programs for handicapped children, the volume provides descriptions of 10 models and techniques presently utilized in Pennsylvania. Included are reports with the following titles and authors: "A System of Open Learning" (P.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
American Association on Mental Deficiency, Washington, DC. – 1967
Conference participants consider the role of the architect and the programer in planning and constructing facilities for the mentally handicapped. David Rosen discusses the design problems of state institutions with particular reference to the Woodbridge State School in New Jersey; Gunnar Dybwad describes the need of the programer for the…
Descriptors: Administration, Architects, Architectural Programing, Building Design
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
Intended as a budgetary guide for potential replicators, this document presents a detailed discussion of estimated costs involved in setting up and operating a program similar to the Mountin-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Guides, Budgets, Career Education
Jenkins, Robert L., III – 1976
Focusing on program development and evaluation, this document presents the summative evaluation of the community development component of the Mountain-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The report…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Grosse, Reg – 1975
A year-round outdoor recreation and education program for the moderately and severely retarded begun in 1972 at Craig State School in Sonyea, New York, is summarized in this report of development of the program, its success, and recommendations for the future. The program builds progressively from a nature trail hike to a day camping program one…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Attention Span, Camping
Lynch, Robert; Smith, Mona – 1976
An In-Camp Learning Program focuses on the specific needs of the out-of-school youth and adult migrant farmworker. Although its primary intent is that of education, other areas such as health and social services are addressed. In 1975, New York's In-Camp Learning Program focused on the assessed and expressed educational needs of approximately 400…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Alcohol Education, Ancillary Services, Educational Programs
Foshee, J. G.; And Others – 1969
Information is provided concerning Florida's facilities construction plan for the mentally retarded. Aspects covered include the administering state agency, methods of administration, and program development. Also detailed are the following: needs and services for Florida's mentally retarded; inventory, services, and programing; and priorities.…
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Services, Construction Programs, Day Care
Romer, Lyle T.; And Others – 1987
This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on the topic of residential services for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Lyle T. Romer describes three measures for evaluating residential programs: capacity, progress, and lifestyle. Valued outcomes of a residential…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Young, Steven C. – 1991
This practicum report describes a project designed to increase the level of coordination of treatment planning between professional and paraprofessional staff at a residential treatment and educational facility for 40 adolescent males with learning disabilities or severe emotional disturbances. Three corollary aims were to increase the level of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Coordination, Decision Making
WELDEN, J. EUGENE – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 22 CONFERENCES PLANNED WITHOUT PARTICIPATION REPRESENTATION AND 25 PLANNED WITH PARTICIPATION REPRESENTATION ON THREE MEASURES OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS--(1) PARTICIPANTS' PERCEPTION OF PROGRAM RELEVANCE TO PERSONAL MOTIVES, (2) THEIR EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE PROGRAM, AND (3)…
Descriptors: Conferences, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs, Evaluation
West Virginia State Commission on Mental Retardation, Charleston. – 1966
Recommendations of the West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation are summarized for both legislative action and major supplementary requests, and basic principles of the state plan are given. Descriptions are given of the state plan organization as a whole and programs for community facilities (diagnostic and treatment centers and community…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Educational Programs, Employment Programs
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1975
One of three supplements which accompany chapter 1 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning the start-up plan and operational budget of the executive division. The following areas of the program are…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgets, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
