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Direct linkLayen, Sara; Hattingh, Lone – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
This study examines the perspectives of a group of 10 UK undergraduate students and one Master's student on a residential field trip to four Danish forest kindergartens. Two dimensions are examined: the impact of collaborative reflection and co-construction of knowledge on student learning; and the influence of cultural assumptions on…
Descriptors: Student Development, Reflection, Residential Programs, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedHeller, Tamar – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
The effects of group discussion and decision-making on subsequent individual decisions of 48 mentally retarded adult residents of group homes were studied. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Group Discussion, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedFitz-Gerald, Della; Fitz-Gerald, Max – American Annals of the Deaf, 1976
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, National Surveys, Research Projects
Willms, Jon Douglas – 1978
The study discusses the development of attitudinal measures regarding community based residential facilities for retarded adults and presents results from two tests administered to 75 adults living near a facility housing 36 retarded adults. It is explained that interviews were conducted with the adults to determine their previous contact with…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Group Homes
Peer reviewedReeder, Charles W.; Kunce, Joseph T. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the applicability of a "vicarious behavior induction" (VBI) strategy to a residential treatment program for heroin addicts. Subjects who participated in the videomodeling group had substantially better vocational outcomes 30, 90, and 180 days after treatment than those who participated in the videolecture…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Models, Pilot Projects
Download full textGoveia, Leonard H.; Tutko, Thomas A. – 1969
A research project was designed to compare the therapeutic effectiveness of treatment in a state hospital with treatment in a supportive, residential halfway-house facility involving patients in the acute initial stages of a psychiatric episode. Psychological tests were administered to randomly assigned patients at admission to the two facilities,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Disturbances, Experimental Psychology, Psychiatric Hospitals
Graebner, Oliver E.; And Others – 1970
Eight papers report on the project at Austin State School, funded by a Hospital Improvement (HIP) grant, which used a multidisciplinary team to implement socialization programs for institutionalized mildly retarded persons exhibiting socially inept behavior. Two papers consider social rehabilitation and the task of trying to move residents out…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Bernstein, Judith W. – 1976
Human sexuality classes were conducted with each of two groups (20 Ss in each) composed of randomly selected and assigned staff members at an institution for emotionally disturbed children. One group received conventional, didactic experiences in a large group environment; the other experienced informal, student-directed activities in a small…
Descriptors: Adults, General Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
Mechau, Dorik – 1978
The shelter for battered women described in this report was established for three purposes: (1) to provide assaulted and battered women and their children refuge from domestic violence; (2) to enable women to identify viable alternatives to life-threatening situations and encourage self-reliance; and (3) to act as an advocate for change within the…
Descriptors: Administration, Battered Women, Family Violence Shelters, Females
Hatfield, Agnes B. – 1978
Utilizing the conceptual framework of coping theory, 30 family care-givers of mentally ill family members were interviewed to determine the relationship between coping effectiveness and such variables as patient characteristics, factors of the care-givers life situation, and the availability and adequacy of community supports. Care-givers were…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Coping, Emotional Disturbances, Family Problems
Peer reviewedMokhtarzada, Younos M.; Sedlacek, William E. – College Student Journal, 1975
New residents in University halls hoped for more help from housing staff than they got and some formed negative impressions of staff before they moved in. Satisfiers stemmed from variables intrinsic to dorm life and dissatisfiers stemmed from extrinsic variables. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, College Students, Conformity
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Status offenders are minors brought to the attention of courts because they are runaways, truants, or are considered ungovernable or incorrigible. This report assesses the costs and service impacts of deinstitutionalization of status offenders. The findings are based on case studies in 10 states. Included in this report are sections on the state…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Delinquency, Human Services
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Secretary's Committee on Mental Retardation. – 1969
A list is given of the 99 projects funded for fiscal year 1969 by the Mental Retardation Hospital Improvement Program (HIP), a direct grant program designed to stimulate improved services to the mentally handicapped in state institutions by demonstrating innovative techniques. Information provided specifies grantee institution and address (by…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Federal Aid, Grants, Hospitals
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1969
This annual report of the California Youth Authority (CYA) Research Program described 28 projects focusing on the causes, treatment, and control of delinquent behavior. Eight of the projects received grant support through federal aid, including: (1) The Community Treatment Project, a comparative assessment of institutional and community treatment…
Descriptors: Action Research, Annual Reports, Correctional Education, Delinquency Causes
Ware, Cindy – 1990
This guide to more than 1,000 summer programs for teenagers encompasses recreational and academic programs sponsored by colleges, universities, independent schools, foundations, museums, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses. Every program listed accepts students age 13-18; some programs also accept participants older or younger.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Athletics, College Programs
