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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2019
For adolescents in recovery from a substance use disorder, school is a setting that may result in interactions with peer groups who are actively using alcohol or other drugs. Unfortunately, after treatment, these students may encounter multiple risk factors when returning to the setting where their substance use problems originated. Recovery High…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Drug Rehabilitation, Outcomes of Treatment
Hamilton, Melissa – Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, 2001
Gould Farm, the oldest therapeutic community in the United States, uses the rural farming lifestyle and a multigenerational community to serve adults with psychiatric disabilities. The Timber Framers Guild helped raise a barn there as one of its community service projects. The barn will be used to enhance the farm's food processing and vocational…
Descriptors: Carpentry, Craft Workers, Farm Occupations, Mental Health Clinics
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Stambaugh, Laura – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Profiles a summer music and arts program specifically designed for children and adults with Williams Syndrome. Williams Syndrome is a chromosomal aberration, usually resulting in mild or moderate retardation often accompanied by an acute sensitivity to sound and perfect pitch. The summer program focused on music and performing arts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Applied Music, Congenital Impairments, Disabilities