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Hesser, Lois Ann; Kontos, George – 1995
Almost half of the students at Nova Southeastern University (Florida) are enrolled in field-based programs taught through distance education. Technology of one kind or another has been the backbone for delivering masters and doctoral level education for students at a distance from the Fischler Center for the Advancement of Education at Nova…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Delivery Systems
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1994
This document consists of papers that received recognition in a competition sponsored by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. The competition sought to focus attention on problems in providing treatment and prevention services for drug and alcohol problems in rural areas. The papers…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Services, Correctional Education, Delivery Systems
Hayden, Mary F.; And Others – Policy Research Brief, 1992
This policy brief reports on a study of how families and agencies cope with growing waiting periods for community services for adults who have mental retardation or developmental disabilities (MR/DD). Preliminary information looks at reasons for long waits, characteristics of families waiting for services, and impact of adult members with MR/DD on…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Agencies, Attitudes
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1992
The Des Moines (Iowa) Plan for Student Success provides an academic program for about 6,500 students having difficulty in reading/writing and/or mathematics in K-12. The Plan is a comprehensive kindergarten through grade 12 program with five components: (1) a Kindergarten Enrichment Program; (2) the Reading Recovery Program; (3) the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Early Intervention
G. Allan Roeher Inst., Toronto (Ontario). – 1993
This book presents results of a major study of the policies and programs that affect whether people with disabilities take part in the Canadian labor force. It concludes that people with disabilities are excluded, not primarily because of their disability nor its severity, but rather because of barriers resulting from public policy and program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
View, Virginia A.; Amos, Kim J. – 1994
This report describes the Promoting Success in Zero to Three Services Project, which focused on community-wide efforts in six communities to build systems to provide services for families with infants and toddlers. Part 1 analyzes issues confronted by community stakeholders in their 5-year effort to establish, improve, expand, or maintain services…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1989
This report provides demographic, statistical, and other indicator data related to rural education in the Mid-Atlantic region of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The data are intended to aid state rural assistance councils in developing plans to improve rural schools. One obstacle to consistent policy implementation is the…
Descriptors: Definitions, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; Shotts, Cynthia – 1994
The Bridging Early Services Transition (BEST) Project--Outreach was designed to help families, administrators, and service providers facilitate the transition of young children, birth through age 5, as they move between services and service systems including: from early intervention to special preschool services; from Head Start or preschool to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Shelton, Terri L.; Stepanek, Jennifer Smith – 1994
This monograph articulates eight key elements of a family-centered approach to policy and practice for children needing specialized health and developmental services. An introductory section reviews the development of the first edition of the monograph in 1987 and its widespread dissemination and acceptance since that time. Each of the following…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Check Lists, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Fredricks, Bud – 1993
The purpose of the Teaching Research Assistance to Children and Youth Experiencing Sensory Impairments (TRACES) Project was to provide technical assistance to state and multistate projects to improve the quality of existing placements and services for children with deaf-blindness. Seven major objectives guided project activities: assist projects…
Descriptors: Consultants, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement
Corthell, David W., Ed. – 1991
The purpose of this book is to aid vocational rehabilitation professionals in maximizing human resource capacities. It is intended to help build a delivery system based on needed skills and attitudes among its work force, through integration of various human resource components. The book proposes that in order for rehabilitation agencies to…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1991
In this report of a hearing on infants' and children's health, two factsheets present information on the lack of recent progress in reducing infant mortality rates; the accessibility of prenatal care; low birthweight; nutrition; inadequate child health care; health risks for low-income children; the lack of adequate health insurance; the health…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Delivery Systems
Association of Small Computer Users in Education, Greencastle, IN. – 1992
Forty-three papers from a conference on microcomputers are presented under the following headings: Computing in the Curriculum, Information and Computer Science Information; Institutional and Administrative Computing, and Management, Services, and Training. Topics of the papers include the following: telecommunications projects that work in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation
Stuntzner-Gibson, Denise; And Others – 1990
This 60-item bibliography, a compilation of abstracts of books, articles, handbooks, conference proceedings, and newsletters published from 1978 through 1989, addresses various aspects of groups, programs and other self-help resources for parents and other family members of people with disabilities. Literature in the first section provides…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Delivery Systems
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1992
Within the framework of the Wisconsin Model for a Comprehensive K-12 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Program, this curriculum guide is designed to help students develop information and personal, interpersonal, and social system competencies as they explore fundamental principles related to alcohol and other drug abuse. The guide begins by…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Design
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