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Wild, Diana L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty with attention, impulsiveness, and safety issues; consequently, special measures must be taken to secure their safety. One such measure is canine intervention, which provides children with highly trained service dogs that can respond to their autism behaviors. Social support theory…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Animals
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Morera, Maria C.; Monaghan, Paul F.; Galindo-Gonzalez, Sebastian; Tovar-Aguilar, J. Antonio; Roka, Fritz M.; Asuaje, Cesar – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
Educating farm labor supervisors about the regulations that govern agricultural operations and employment is critical to reducing unintentional violations of workplace safety and labor laws. Cooperative Extension can provide the training needed to professionalize this vital and diverse workforce. One challenge to providing adult education to a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Extension Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education
Brundage, Tracy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The greatest challenge we face in the next ten years is the challenge of making sure we have a qualified workforce able to meet the demands of living in a global economy. To do this we will need to expand the capacity of our workforce development and educational system to meet the training needs of business and industry. In order to assess the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Laborers, Fuels, Control Groups