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Long, Joseph J.; Butchart, Maggie; Brown, Michael; Bain, Janice; McMillan, Anne; Karatzias, Thanos – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellectual disabilities and providing better support to those individuals identified as visually impaired.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Visual Impairments, Vision
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Bucey, Janet C.; Provident, Ingrid M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This article evaluates a peer mentoring experience for school-based practitioners and its effect on collaborative consultation practices. Best practice and public school policy promote the use of collaborative consultation services but school-based practitioners report significant barriers in achieving effective collaborative consultation…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Peer Groups, Mentors, Pretests Posttests
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Ryder, Courtney; Mackean, Tamara; Ullah, Shahid; Burton, Heather; Halls, Heather; McDermott, Dennis; Edmondson, Wendy – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2019
Socially accountable health curricula, designed to decrease Aboriginal health inequities through the transformation of health professional students into culturally safe practitioners, has become a focal point for health professional programmes. Despite this inclusion in health curricula there remains the question of how to best assess students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Health Personnel, Indigenous Populations, Social Differences
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Manson, Spero M.; Jiang, Luohua; Zhang, Lijing; Beals, Janette; Acton, Kelly J.; Roubideaux, Yvette – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: This study examined the associations between participant and site characteristics and retention in a multisite cardiovascular disease risk reduction project. Design and Methods: Data were derived from the Special Diabetes Program for Indians Healthy Heart Demonstration Project, an intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk among American…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Age, Physical Activities, American Indians
Barilli, Elomar Castilho; de Freitas Barretto, Stenio; Lima, Carla Moura; Menezes, Marco Antonio – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper is intended to share the results of the assessment of the use of the Online Work Community (OWC), developed in the Moodle technology that was used as an instrument to facilitate the educational and operational processes, intended to share problems and proposals for solution among the 470 members of the development teams, made up of…
Descriptors: Health Education, Communities of Practice, Familiarity, Critical Theory
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Zaback, Tosha; Becker, Thomas M.; Dignan, Mark B.; Lambert, William E. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
In this article, the authors describe a unique summer program to train American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health professionals in a variety of health research-related skills, including epidemiology, data management, statistical analysis, program evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, community-based participatory research, grant writing, and…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Participatory Research, Summer Programs, Program Evaluation
Hospital and Health Planning Council of Metropolitan New Jersey, Inc., Newark. – 1970
A survey was made in 1969 through interviews and questionnaires administered to hospital personnel directors to give health planners an indication of the health manpower needs and the existing hospital based or affiliated training programs. Areas of concern were accreditation, medical school affiliation, training programs, nursing home…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Health Personnel, Hospital Personnel
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Bryson, Susan E.; Koegel, Lynn K.; Koegel, Robert L.; Openden, Daniel; Smith, Isabel M.; Nefdt, Nicolette – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2007
This paper describes a collaborative effort aimed at province-wide dissemination and implementation of pivotal response treatment (PRT) for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Three critical components of the associated training model are described: (1) direct training of treatment teams (parents, one-to-one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workshops, Program Descriptions, Young Children
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Health Sciences Continuing Education. – 1975
The document presents a comprehensive review of the Health Professions Drug Abuse Education Project (HPDAEP), which provided training programs for over 1,800 interdisciplinary health professionals with little formalized education in chemical dependency. Chapters include: (1) Conclusions and Recommendations; (2) Background and Project Development,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Drug Abuse, Educational Objectives, Health Education
Schneps, Jack A.; Katz, David – 1976
Presented is a report of the CIPHER (College and Industry--Partners in the Handicapped Employment Role) program which involved statewide (New York) conference/workshops and a survey to expose industry and community college groups to the work capabilities, aspirations, and educational needs of disabled students. Information is provided on the three…
Descriptors: Banking, Career Education, Conference Reports, Disabilities
von Kuster, Thomas, Jr. – 1980
Results from the first federally sponsored study of the chiropractic health care profession are presented, and a broad range of facts and issues of concern to policy-makers, the profession, and the public are described. The two-year project included three national surveys of: service providers (doctors of chiropractic in practice more than two…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Programs, Costs, Degree Requirements
Stevens, Joyce; Latshaw, Lois L. – 1975
The final report summarized the development of a health occupations continuing education center. The project was designed to assess the needs of selected health occupations at the vocational level and to develop guidelines for the establishment of a model for a health occupations continuing education center. The learning needs of licensed…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy
Latshaw, Lois L. – 1975
The project was designed to assess the learning needs of selected health occupations at the vocational level and to develop guidelines for the establishment and administration of a model for a health occupations continuing education center based upon these needs. Licensed practical nurses, nurses aides, and operating room technicians employed in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
McKay, Elizabeth R.; Lucas, John A. – 1977
To determine the feasibility of establishing a program for training cardiac exercise technicians and leaders at William Rainey Harper College, a survey instrument was mailed to 901 organizations who were potential employers. No follow-up was used and 85 questionnaires were returned (9.4%). It was assumed that none of the non-respondents were…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions
Mountain, Karen; And Others – 1983
The Rural Texas Domestic Violence Health Professionals Education Program (RTDVHPEP) was designed as an initial and circumscribed effort in the establishment of a comprehensive network of services for Texas victims of rural domestic violence. Immediate goals of RTDVHPEP were to provide rural health care professionals with knowledge and skills to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Involvement, Community Problems, Conferences
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