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Download full textBuck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
Northern Illinois Univ., Oregon. Lorado Taft Field Campus. – 1991
This guide provides information about an 8-day outdoor education experience required for third-year teacher education majors at Northern Illinois University (NIU). The residential program is held at the Lorado Taft Field Campus of NIU. The guide addresses the values of outdoor education and the benefits for both teachers and students. General…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Outdoor Education
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1998
This report presents findings of an investigation by the New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled into the programmatic and financial practices of the Independent Living Center of Amsterdam (ILC/A), a New York institution which receives two-thirds of its monies from Medicaid to provide services to individuals with…
Descriptors: Adults, Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Financial Audits
O'Brien, John – 1991
The current standard in providing residential services for individuals with severe disabilities favors serving small groups of people with similar levels of assistance needs in ordinary housing units, which are owned or leased by nonprofit agencies, funded by a mix of federal and state funds, and employ shift workers who provide professionally…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes, Independent Living
Peer reviewedGrimes, David A.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
A 3-month elective in medical education was undertaken by a first-year resident to obtain a background to prepare for a potential career in academic medicine and medical student teaching. Benefits to the resident of the elective are outlined, and guidelines for similar experiences are suggested. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Elective Courses, Higher Education, Medical Education
Rimmer, Alan, Ed. – 1986
The packet of information is intended to help residential workers with disturbed children in the United Kingdom. The first section on theory contains two papers: "Which Children Come Into Residential Care?" (Robin Benians); and "Models of Treatment: Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Cognitive" (Daphne Lennox). The next section…
Descriptors: Attendants, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries
Loughran, Elizabeth Lee; White, Priscilla – 1987
This paper describes the response of one locality, a rural county in Western Massachusetts, to the reality of rural homelessness. Jessie's House, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, is a short-term emergency shelter providing meals, housing, and advocacy to homeless families and individuals. The shelter has a staff of three full-time residents and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Helping Relationship, Homeless People, Housing Needs
New York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1985
This report presents data on the social, legal, and demographic characteristics of youth admitted to the residential programs of the New York State Division for Youth (DFY) during 1984. These programs offer services for youth referred by the courts, social services, and other agencies. The report is divided into seven sections. Section 1 outlines…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Williams, Bruce W.; Morin, Herbert – 1984
Overtime pay was used to encourage staff personnel of a state institution to carry out an intensive around-the-clock program to reduce the self injurious behaviors of a severely retarded and deaf adult. Contingent use of restraints, in conjunction with an intensive program of differential reinforcement of other behavior and differential…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Deafness, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedMaier, Henry W. – Child Care Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delinquency, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedMcCormick, Mark; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment
Arndt, J. Richard – Improving College and University Teaching, 1975
The educational potential of residence halls needs to be better understood and utilized. Presents a plea for faculty members to associate themselves with programs of student residence halls and their directors. (PG)
Descriptors: College Housing, Faculty, Higher Education, Residential Colleges
Peer reviewedHandler, Ellen – Social Work, 1975
Is local residential treatment for juvenile delinquents living up to expectations? This study of three programs in the Midwest raises provocative issues that affect program planning and social policy. (Author)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centers, Residential Programs
Child Center of Our Lady of Grace, St. Louis, MO. – 1980
The document contains policies and guidelines for the Child Center of Our Lady of Grace, a facility offering psychiatric evaluation and treatment for children (ages 4 to 17) in the St. Louis (Missouri and Illinois) region. After a brief statement of program rationale and an introduction to the program, services and policies are described.…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Guidelines, Position Papers
Bautsch, John E. – 1979
The paper describes the background and development of The Residential Facilities Worker Training Program, a 2-year degree program at Seattle Community College (Washington) to train staff persons to work in community based residential settings with developmentally disabled children, adolescents, and adults. Need for the program is discussed,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Higher Education
