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Smith, Thomas E. – 1986
This report recognizes the problems faced by community-based placement as a result of deinstitutionalization of clients from rehabilitation and treatment centers for youth, and offers an alternative approach for serving these youth. The program described involves specialists in residential placement working with specialists in education/therapy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention
Deasy, Richard J. – 1983
Maryland's decade of experience in providing programs for gifted and talented students indicates that response to the needs of such students has been strongest when federal, state, and local policy and financial commitments were complementary. The notion that federal financial support is not necessary and may even be counterproductive is…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Greer, Nora Richter – 1988
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) became involved in the problem of homelessness through the establishment of the Search for Shelter program, a collaboration with several other architectural organizations. The program, led by the AIA Housing Committee, sought solutions to the housing crisis through a series of workshops held around the…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textShoultz, Bonnie – 1988
Discussed are current practices and promising approaches in the development of community-based living arrangements for children and adults with psychiatric or developmental disabilities. Problems with current systems include a lack of safe, affordable housing; lack of consumer choice; inflexibility; lack of a coherent, clear ideology; failure to…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
PDF pending restorationBogdan, Robert – 1986
The case study describes a family residential service for three people with profound and multiple disabilities in Burlington, Vermont. The disabled individuals live with a couple and their two children who are also provided support services in the form of weekend relief and helpers for the late afternoon and evening period. The house is owned by a…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Community Programs, Family Environment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
The Medicaid program and its impact on the long-term care of developmentally disabled individuals were the subject of this hearing, held in September 1986. The hearing examined the current funding provided through Medicaid, the range of services delivered, and the most appropriate setting for long-term care of the developmentally disabled…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Alaska Governor's Council for the Handicapped and Gifted, Fairbanks. – 1984
The plan presents information relating to persons with developmental disabilities and other substantial handicaps in Alaska. A joint effort by state planning and service providing agencies, the plan was developed with input from consumers as well as providers. An introduction to the document is followed by an overview of the state and the…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services
Mulcahey, Mary Ann; Warren, Steven F. – 1984
Sixty older parents were interviewed about plans for the future living arrangements of their 35 adult mentally retarded sons and daughters. Seventeen of the 35 families lived in rural communities, 18 in an urban area. Questions focused on (1) whether or not group care was perceived as an alternative to sibling care or institutional placement; and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Services, Group Homes, Long Range Planning
Andrews, Robert J.; And Others – 1979
The results of a survey of special education provisions, needs, and priorities in Australia are presented. It is explained that questionnaires were sent to primary and secondary schools in each state and territory, government and nongovernment special schools and their teachers, and to teachers in special classes/units attached to regular schools.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Konopasek, Dean E. – 1979
The background, organization, and operation of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), a residential program for behavior disordered and emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, are described. Components of the educational program at API, including academic and social assessment, individual education plans, and elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
SANTESSON, STURE; STAF, KARL-RUNE – 1966
TO RATIONALIZE AND COORDINATE TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE METAL TRADES SECTOR IN SWEDEN, THE SWEDISH METAL TRADES EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION (SVF) SET UP A TRAINING DEPARTMENT IN 1958. JOBS ARE ANALYZED AT WORKPLACES BY CONSULTANTS, PLANS ARE APPROVED BY AN SVF TRAINING COMMITTEE DRAWN FROM INDUSTRIES, AND THEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTOR…
Descriptors: Coordination, Courses, Curriculum Guides, Educational Cooperation
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. Research and Demonstration Inst. – 1979
The handbook provides an overview of residential services for mentally retarded persons. An introductory section defines the term and cites major problems associated with the service. Philosophy and 13 basic principles are covered in the second chapter. Among the goals cited in Chapter 3 are learning to learn, skills training, and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Homes
Salvation Army. New York, NY. – 1976
This guide, one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed for use in Salvation Army demonstration programs, outlines a course for pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers in residential centers. The 4-day-a-week program, with sessions of 1 to 2 hours, was planned to fit school and work schedules of residents. Weekly schedules…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Community Services, Curriculum Guides
Eun, Bong-soo; And Others – 1977
The Pendleton Project residential service is a short term intensive care alternative to the long term, costly, and ineffective non-community based institutional model for treating children and families suffering from behavior problems. The residential services are designed to develop community competency from the vantage point of its unique…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Battle Creek Public Schools, MI.
Presenting a brief overview of the historical development, philosophy, programs, and facilities of the Battle Creek Public Schools' year-round outdoor education center, this document also details four current programs as follows: (1) a 30-week resident outdoor school program for fifth and sixth grade students; (2) a 25-week farm-garden program for…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Ecology, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
