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Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes 2007-2008 school year activities and services in Austin Independent School District funded through the federal NCLB Title I Part A and Part D grants to serve eligible students and staff at facilities for neglected youth or delinquent youth located in the AISD attendance zone.
Descriptors: Delinquency, At Risk Students, Institutionalized Persons, Child Abuse
Tyner, Polly, Ed. – LDA Gram, 1995
This special newsletter issue on learning disabilities and juvenile justice includes statistics indicating unfavorable outcomes for many individuals with learning disabilities, presents findings of the Incarcerated Youth Task Force Report, and describes five successful programs for teaching reading. Articles include: "Parents Don't Care!--Or Do…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Court Judges, Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons
Kuttner, Donna Holberg, Ed. – 1989
This publication presents papers and reprints of articles aimed at family members of persons with mental illnesses. After an introductory chapter, the second chapter reviews definitions of mental illness, and discusses what is known about medicating such conditions as well as the relationship of substance abuse to mental illness. The next chapter…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Communication Skills, Delivery Systems, Drug Therapy
Hayes, Christopher L. – 1985
Clinicians who work with at-risk older adults are often faced with the difficult decision to override their client's civil rights and force institutionalization. Many times the professional is pressured by police or a housing manager to "just do something" with the judgmentally impaired older client. Clinicians faced with these decisions may…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Clinical Diagnosis, Conflict Resolution, Counselor Client Relationship
Coelho, George V., Ed. – 1981
In this collection of papers, 10 social researchers and mental health specialists review and assess the state of the art in relevant areas of their expertise to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the role of television as a teacher. An overview of issues, findings, and recommendations by Elizabeth J. Roberts is followed by nine…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Television, Evaluation, Institutionalized Persons
Ellsworth, Sharon K.; Demos, George – 1981
Research is attempting to examine the causes and effects of incestual child abuse and has discovered more complicated temporary and long-term repercussions than previously suspected. Fifteen subjects in a residential facility participated in a study to examine the self-concept and intellect of girls who had been victims of incest. Their scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Child Abuse, Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis
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Murray, Carol A.; And Others – 1975
Previously hospitalized psychiatric patients experienced a psychologically therapeutic day-care program. These aftercare clients were interviewed concerning psychological change in their behavior. The results show that most clients increased their ability to psychologically function and relatively few clients indicated a decrease in their ability…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Day Care, Experimental Programs, Institutionalized Persons
Nevid, Jeffrey S.; Morrison, James K. – 1976
A humanistic ideology which emphasizes self-determination, self-reliance, and personal responsibility in decision making, is congruent with the goal of community psychiatry to integrate the ex-institutionalized psychiatric client in the community. The following applications of this ideology in a small community mental health center are described:…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Heller, Tamar – 1980
This paper reviews the research of the effects of involuntary residential relocation on the personal adjustment of institutionalized individuals, i.e., the institutionalized elderly, mentally ill, and mentally retarded. Discrepant findings in studies of involuntary relocation are discussed in terms of the transferees' personal characteristics, the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Ecology, Emotional Adjustment
LEPORE, ALBERT R.; WILSON, JACK D. – 1958
THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND YEAR (1957-58) OF AN EXPERIMENT IN OPEN CIRCUIT INSTRUCTIONAL TV ARE REPORTED. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO COMPARE PERFORMANCES AND ATTITUDES OF 3 GROUPS OF STUDENTS--(1) TV INSTRUCTION AT HOME, (2) TV INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS, (3) CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER TEACHING METHODS, DISCUSSION,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, College Curriculum, College Students
Hinterkopf, Elfie; Brunswick, Les – 1979
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of teaching mental patients to use client-centered and experiential therapeutic skills with each other. To determine whether these skills could be learned, the 42 patients were pretested and posttested using the Hinterkopf-Brunswick Talker and Helper Rating Scales. The patients were randomly…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Brooks, George W.; Weaver, Lelon A., Jr. – 1966
A battery of four psychomotor tests was developed and evaluated as a measure of the potential of mental patients of varying diagnoses for rehabilitation training. The tests were to be suitable for administration and interpretation by non-professional level technicians. The relationship between performance on the 5 days of tests and patient outcome…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1974
Provided in the first of four booklets on citizen advocacy for the mentally retarded is a general introduction to the concept. Advocacy is defined and traditional approaches including institutional practices are reviewed. The individual advocate-protege relationship is seen to be the central feature of the citizen advocacy model serving mentally…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Community Resources
Jaffe, Sanford – 1976
This report provides an account of public-interest law firm activities supported by the Ford Foundation. Public interest law is a phrase that describes efforts aimed at providing legal representation for underrepresented interests in the legal process. The report is arranged into four major sections. The first section, on the evolution of the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Courts
Mondale, Walter F. – 1972
On December 9, 1970, Senator Walter F. Mondale addressed the Senate on this nation's failure to meet the needs of its children and the need to implement the recommendations of the 1970 White House Conference on Children. Speaking a week before the first meeting of the 1970 conference, he reviewed a series of preliminary forum reports which contain…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
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