Inclusive post-secondary education (PSE) delivers positive personal, social and academic outcomes. However, there is limited support for students with intellectual disability (ID) to participate in higher education, particularly in Australia. This study investigated the expectations and experiences of students with ID in an inclusive individual…

The purpose of this study was to advance understanding of perceived intellectual and social attainment gains of first-generation, first-year college students participating in First Generation Access Programs at the University of South Florida (USF), a large, public research university in Florida. Understanding the self-reported intellectual and…

Examined contention that social and intellectual development of African-American college students is nurtured better by traditionally Black colleges than by predominantly White colleges in 250 African American college students. Results did not support superiority of traditionally Black colleges. (Author/ABL)

This pilot study trained parents in behavior modification techniques and attempted to evaluate the impact of this training on the rate of cognitive, linguistic and social development in infants. A second goal was to identify significant areas in infant development which might be influenced by the teaching strategies used. Subjects were four…

Reported was program effectiveness of an early childhood educational program designed to provide a supportive educational atmosphere to meet the educational needs of young children handicapped by deviant emotional, behavioral, educational, and neurological growth patterns. Eighteen students participated in the program with objectives of…

This report summarizes the research and results of the Evaluation of Experiential Learning Project, undertaken to (1) assess the impact of experiential learning programs on the social, psychological, and intellectual development of secondary school students; and (2) use these data to identify those program variables most effective in facilitating…

The Title I Early Childhood Component of Boston's Elementary Enrichment Program (1977-78) was intended to provide children (including the hearing impaired) with enriched educational experiences that would contribute to socialization skills and general readiness for school and later life experiences. The Component was also intended to provide…

An appendix to a report entitled "Alternative Federal Day Care Strategies for the 1970's," this volume identifies and reviews possible measures of specific impacts of child care in such areas as the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development and the educational attainment of children; the child rearing attitudes and…

A game-oriented curriculum was devised to promote the cognitive-language and social-emotional development of preschool children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, supplemented by Guilford's Structure of the Intellect, served as models. The games included such materials as card packs, models and…