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Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY. – 1978
Through this report, the Council of State Governments, in conjunction with the Academy for Contemporary Problems, attempts to shed new light on the problem of the placement of children in out-of-state residential care. The report describes the results of a pilot feasibility study conducted in Illinois, North Carolina, and Texas to determine the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Certification, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Goldfarb, William; And Others – 1969
The corrective socialization approach to the treatment of childhood schizophrenia which involves modification of the environment to allow the child to close maturational gaps is discussed. Also discussed is the therapeutic setting of the Ittleson Center for Child Research: the facilities, the structured environment, and the child centered climate.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Body Image
Download full textKERR, FRANCES M.; RUSSELL, VALERIE E. – 1967
THE THIRD SUMMER (1967) OF THE MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE RESIDENTIAL SUMMER PROGRAM FOR ABLE, DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IS DESCRIBED. BECAUSE OF A DRASTIC CUT IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, THE PROGRAM WAS FORCED TO CHANGE FROM ITS ORIGINAL PLAN TO PREPARE THESE GIRLS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. INSTEAD, THE PROGRAM OFFERED COLLEGE PREPARATION AND…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Environment, College Preparation, Data
Thompson, Charles; And Others – 1967
This report describes a residential remedial school for high potential underachieving grade 8 boys selected from public schools across the state. The school had four terms of two to three months duration each year, and attendance each term averaged about 200 boys and 25 visiting teachers from the same public school systems. The visiting teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Finance, Educational Research
Fenenbock, Michael C., Comp. – 1974
The booklet contains 18 articles, essentially journalistic efforts topically organized according to the categories overview, research, education, human growth and development, and support, which describe the Mountain-Plains Program, a regional program in comprehensive family career education in Montana. Article titles and their authors are:…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Communication Skills, Community Development
Pirtle, Wayne George – 1966
German adult education before 1933 stressed group experience in the family, clan, and culture rather than knowledge and the individual. Outside trends, expecially in England, Austria, Denmark, and the United States, repeatedly influenced the German movement. While lecture institutes, university extension, and other activities were important, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Cultural Education, Doctoral Dissertations
Oklahoma State Univ., Okmulgee. School of Technical Training. – 1969
The development of understandings, attitudes, and appreciation appropriate for selective state and local vocational-technical educators, guidance personnel, general educators, and federal personnel with potential responsibilities for residential vocational education programs comprise the focus of this conference. Working papers which were…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1969
The Planning Committee, appointed by the British Secretary of State for Education and Science to work out a comprehensive plan for an Open University, reports on the objectives, general approach, charter and statues, administrative structure and appointments, degree structure and courses, academic staffing, relationships with the British…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Correspondence Study, Curriculum
Hughes, Stephen G. – 1973
Reviewed in the paper are studies on college and university living, facts and proposals from persons cognizant of residential living, and information about present residential accommodations of students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). The aim of the paper is given to be collecting previously unknown data about housing of…
Descriptors: College Students, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments, Identification (Psychology)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs. – 1971
Ten legislative bills related to VA health manpower training and education and to veterans' health care were considered at this hearing. The bills concerned the following: (1) establishment of new public nonprofit medical, health profession, and allied health schools and the expansion and improvement of health manpower training programs in VA…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Educational Facilities
Sharma, Shilpa – Online Submission, 2002
The present study, "Mapping Rural Adolescent Girl's Participation in Residential Non- Formal Education Program--A Study in Lunkaransar Block, Rajasthan", was an attempt to understand the dimensions of rural adolescent girls' participation in the "Balika Shivir" Program. It is a six month residential non-formal education program…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups
Ramachandran, Vimala – Online Submission, 2004
One of the challenges that we currently face in achieving universal education is how do we ensure that girls, who have missed the school bus or simply got off the bus too early, can still realise their right to quality basic education? This paper reviews several key education initiatives implemented in the last decade to reach out to the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Females, Acceleration (Education), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedVan Bourgondien, Mary E.; Reichle, Nancy C.; Schopler, Eric – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2003
A study evaluated the effectiveness of a residential program, based on the TEACCH model, in improving the program quality and adaptation of 32 adolescents and adults with autism and severe disabilities. Participants experienced an increase in structure and individualized programming in several areas, and the families were significantly more…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults
Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1991
This study evaluated whether personality and family characteristics could predict socioemotional adjustment of 44 adolescent girls enrolled in a residential early college entrance/acceleration program. Results indicated predictive relationships between staff, student, and peer assessments (such as Jackson Personality Inventory and the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adolescents, College Admission, College Students
Lansdell, Nick – Horizons, 2000
Outdoor residential programs offer benefits related to personal development--particularly in terms of group and independent living skills, coping with new experiences and surroundings, and encouraging participants to get along with each other--that are unique and justify the cost. Further documentation of these benefits is necessary to ensure the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
