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Download full textMACDOUGALL, MARY ANN – 1966
SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN REMEDIAL READING, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SUMMER SCHOOL INSTRUCTION, AND SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATION ARE EVALUATED. ALTHOUGH THE REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM DID NOT ESTABLISH THE SUPERIORITY OF ANY PARTICULAR METHOD OF TEACHING, IT DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE OF HAVING A READING SPECIALIST ON THE SCHOOL STAFF. MOST 4-YEAR-OLD…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, After School Programs, Child Development, Community Action
Delaware State Board of Education, Wilmington. – 1964
THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE DELAWARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE SUMMARIZED CONCERNING THE NUMBERS AND AGES OF EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED CHILDREN, LOCAL CLINICS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHER REFERRAL AND TREATMENT FACILITIES, TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, PARENT PROBLEMS, AND WAYS IN WHICH OTHER COMMUNITIES MEET THE…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Needs, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Steilacoom Prisoners' Support House, WA. – 1975
The report evaluates a project to stimulate dialog between staff and inmates of a Federal penitentiary and members of a nearby community. The purpose was to bring prison and community people together to begin discussion of crime, punishment, rehabilitation, and recidivism in an atmosphere of informed, reflective thought. Nearly 500 people…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Relations
Neleigh, Janice, Ed.; Levy, Jerome, Ed. – 1969
As described at a 1969 conference and summarized here, the training and use of nonprofessionals in the demonstration program (1962-68) of the Dona Ana Mental Health Services, New Mexico, represented a significant change in structure, manpower utilization, and delivery system for such services. The conference itself reviewed such aspects as…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adults, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Mattera, Gloria; Steel, Eric M. – 1974
Since 1966, more than 1,900 projects have been funded by the 1965 Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act Migrant Amendment and the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act for migrant children's problems of educational continuity, health, and other needed services. This paper describes various exemplary programs selected for comprehensiveness of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Programs, Educational Programs, Financial Support
Willis, Mary Jackson – Equity and Choice, 1988
Legislation in 1977 strengthened the role of school councils, comprised of teachers, parents, and students, in South Carolina to increase community and parent participation in schools. Accomplishments achieved and obstacles encountered by school councils are discussed. Aspects of effective councils are identified. (BJV)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Associations
Gage, Mary Ann; And Others – Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped (JASH), 1982
Results for three years of inservice training provided to managers and direct care personnel employed in community, residential, and vocational programs for developmentally disabled/mentally retarded and adults are reported. It is concluded that training was successful, since 1,015 of 1,080 training objectives were completed by trainees at…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Followup Studies
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There has been increased interest in the development and implementation of physical activity interventions designed to increase young people's physical activity participation in recent years. This is perhaps founded on concerns over youngsters' physical activity levels and the possible health consequences. School-based interventions are the most…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Health Personnel, Young Adults
Hayes, Cheryl D.; And Others – 1995
Many service systems have fundamentally reoriented services by creating infrastructures that link resources from many parts of the community. This paper reviews 50 comprehensive community-based initiatives and describes their costs, results, and methods of finance. The overview defines comprehensive community-based initiatives and outlines…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationSibley, Annette; And Others – 1996
The five-year Georgia Head Start Quality Initiative was founded in 1994 to provide training and technical assistance (consisting of monthly group training sessions and individual on-site consultation) for Georgia Head Start administrators as they pursue National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation. This document…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrators, Community Programs, Day Care Centers
Blake, Ellen M.; And Others – 1994
The fourth edition of the sourcebook, "Reinventing Quality," contains descriptions of innovative activities designed to assure and enhance the quality of services to persons with developmental disabilities. The programs profiled are those seen as: systematic efforts to improve the quality of services to persons with developmental disabilities,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services
Clasemann, Audrey; And Others – 1992
This report presents findings of a Minnesota study group which reviewed the costs and structures under which developmental disabilities services are provided. The group conducted a series of town meetings throughout the state and concluded with a toll-free call-in day. Six themes emerged from the meetings: (1) "We have a lot to be proud of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Children. – 1991
This sample guide is intended to assist local Kentucky education agencies to establish policies and procedures to fulfill the legal requirements of Child Find, a federally mandated program to locate, identify, and evaluate children with disabilities. Generally provided for each legal requirement are an example of the concept, suggestions for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Databases
Orlandi, Mario A., Ed.; And Others – 1992
As an introduction to a series on the array of issues in the implementation and evaluation of substance abuse prevention programs, this volume attempts to integrate two types of competence for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention program practitioners: program evaluation competence and cultural competence. The chapters in this document provide…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Asian Americans
Lipka, Richard P.; And Others – 1985
This booklet examines the theory and practice of projects that involve secondary students in community services. Through such involvement, young people will develop positive attitudes toward community participation that will persist throughout their adult lives. Community service projects represent an important and exciting way to bring democracy…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Objectives, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
