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Download full textGreenberg, Mark T.; Domitrovich, Celene; Bumbarger, Brian – 2000
A study reviewed outcomes of 34 prevention programs for children (ages 5-18) that produce improvements in specific psychological symptoms or in factors directly associated with increased risk for child mental disorders. The following conclusions can be made regarding validated programs: (1) short-term preventive interventions produce time-limited…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Gormley, Kevin J. – 1996
An evaluation was conducted of 12 higher education service-learning programs at 9 colleges and universities and 1 nonprofit agency in Minnesota. Research was based on interviews with individuals involved in local programs (program directors, faculty, participants, community agency personnel, and service recipients). Analysis of interview responses…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation
Melcher, Joseph – 1993
This manual is designed for high school teachers and students who plan to participate in intergenerational community service programs. Intergenerational community service is a powerful teaching tool that introduces problem solving and active learning while enhancing self-esteem. Four case studies describe what schools in Pennsylvania are doing to…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, High School Students, High Schools
Field, Jane – 2003
This document presents practical guidelines for evaluating community-based adult leaning projects in the United Kingdom to document their impacts. The guide provides frameworks, terms of reference, examples of methods used by community-based projects, ways of demonstrating project impact, and a range of evaluation tools. Sections 1 through 10…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Check Lists, Community Education
Einspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 1999
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Ellickson, Phyllis L. – 1996
Recruiting schools and kids to participate in drug prevention evaluations is no longer, if it ever was, a "done deal." Since the mid-1980s, schools have been inundated with requirements for drug programs and requests to cooperate with program evaluations. As a consequence, both treatment and control schools are harder to find. In addition, many…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Attrition (Research Studies), Children
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1999
This proceedings discusses the role for federal policy in achieving the best possible short and long-term educational results for youth with disabilities in juvenile justice programs. Participants identified the 11 issues regarding students with disabilities in juvenile justice programs and developed a set of recommendations as to how the federal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Community Programs
Pires, Sheila A. – 1991
This monograph is based on experiences of the national Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) and describes a plan for developing and implementing community based systems of care for children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders and their families. It draws on examples from state mental health plans to illustrate planning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies, Children
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1993
This report describes eight programs funded by the New York State Developmental Disabilities Council to provide training and assistance to parents who are developmentally disabled. The report is based on review of program and client records and interviews with directors, staff, and enrolled families. The first chapter provides an introduction to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Community Services
O'Toole, Brian – 1990
The document, in both English and French, describes a 2-year project in Guyana based on the principle of community-based rehabilitation (CBR), which stresses training local community residents as supervisors to provide training of rehabilitation workers and direct services to children with disabilities living in rural areas. The program provided…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the middle school Dropout Prevention Program (DPP) of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) focuses on student characteristics, program services, and outcomes. The 29 DPP middle schools were divided into two models. Fifteen of the schools comprise Project…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Paz, Ruth – 1982
This report reviews activities carried out from 1980 to 1982 under Project Education and Community Development, a home intervention program designed to enhance the social and educational environment of minority group families in Ofakim, Israel. After a brief introduction (Part I), the accomplishments of each component program are considered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Community Programs, Disadvantaged
Carter, Robert M.; And Others – 1980
Intended to help the correctional administrator make informed choices in planning, implementing, and improving community correctional centers, this program model on community correctional centers contains descriptions of three major program model options and information on how the correctional center should be operated. Components of the Des…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adults, Community Programs, Correctional Education
Katz, Arthur J., Ed. – 1979
Articles by social work educators on some of the critical issues in community mental health are presented. Examined are some conceptual and program developments related to coordination, continuity of care, and the use of teams in planning and service delivery for community mental health (Lawrence K. Berg). The issue of civil commitment to and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Clinical Experience, Community Involvement
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1967
ELEVEN STATES HAVE ASSISTED UNEMPLOYED PARENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK AND TRAINING (CWT) PROGRAMS FINANCED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS, WITH FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND SOME SPECIAL SERVICES. TITLE V OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT AUGMENTS THE CWT PROGRAM. IT IS TOTALLY FINANCED BY THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Benefits
