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Ouderkirk, Wayne – 1979
The purpose of this module is to present a training experience for child care workers which focuses on the therapeutic aspect of their work--that aspect involving growth-stimulating experiences for the children. Programming is discussed in three ways: analysis of activities, therapeutic activity programming, and cottage programming. All three ways…
Descriptors: Activities, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Daily Living Skills
HORTON, AIMEE – 1966
THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, FOUNDED IN 1931 TO TRAIN RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS, WAS AN INTEGRATED CENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION IN THE LATE 1930'S AND THE 1940'S AND FOR NATIONAL FARMERS UNION SESSIONS IN THE EARLY 1950'S. IN 1953 HIGHLANDER ORGANIZED TWO SUMMER WORKSHOPS ("THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS"), FOLLOWED…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Community Leaders, Folk Schools
Hammerman, Donald R. – 1980
During the past 50 years, outdoor education as a curriculum development has progressed from a few pilot projects to some fairly comprehensive programs in the United States and Canada. In the process, outdoor education programs have lost the relaxed pace of earlier programs, flexibility in planning and scheduling, and total involvement of the…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Humanistic Education
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Human Resources, Raleigh. Div. of Mental Health Services. – 1977
The manual presents policies and guidelines for planning and developing group homes for developmentally disabled and mentally retarded adults. Procedures are outlined for agencies involved in developing a group home, including the area mental health program, non-profit board, regional mental health office, regional facilities serving the mentally…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Kelba, Nestor N. – 1974
The study's purpose was to develop a valid instrument for evaluating residential outdoor education centres in Canada. Using published and unpublished literature, a preliminary instrument consisting of 206 criteria was constructed. Twenty-five recognized Canadian experts in residential outdoor education were randomly selected from 3 subsample areas…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Masters Theses, Measurement Instruments
Fenenbock, Michael C.
The promotional pamphlet explains the Mountain-Plains career education program which is designed to improve the economic, social, and personal status of rural individuals and families in a six-State area. The program is engaged in developing a career education model for duplication which includes: motivation to continue education; guidance about…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged
Braddock, David L. – 1975
To determine critical deficiencies in institutional reform related to accreditation, data from surveys conducted by the Accreditation Council for Facilities for the Mentally Retarded were analyzed. Identified were critical standards with which significant proportions of the facilities surveyed did not comply, formulated was an…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Data Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment
Hoffman, Alf – 1974
The pre- and posttestings of 30 emotionally disturbed children (median age 10.3 years) provided with short term residential services (median stay 8.2 months) in a mental health facility were evaluated to determine if there were a significant time rate of change in mastery learning and if the significant factors could be identified. The test…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes
PDF pending restorationNational Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Chicago, IL. – 1971
The directory of resident camps is designed for persons with special health needs (children and adults with physical, mental, social, or emotional handicaps). Published by the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the listing contains residential facilities only (day care camp program information is not included). Listed…
Descriptors: Camping, Directories, Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children
Gaver, Kenneth D. – 1969
Information is provided concerning state mental health services in Oregon, including estimates of need and organization of the Mental Health Division. Major thrusts of the 1969-71 budget are detailed as are administrative considerations in budget preparation. Also covered are hospitals for the mentally ill, hospitals for the mentally retarded,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Services, Mental Health Programs
American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY. – 1968
Presented by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) are background information and policy statements on community housing, use of rehabilitation centers, housing for children, and housing for aged persons who are visually handicapped. Because of society's adherence to the concept of the single family home it is maintained that institutional…
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Services, Housing, National Organizations
Coleman, Thomas W., Jr.; Hyman, Milton – 1971
A study was conducted for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to gather background data necessary to initiate prototype community housing for mentally and physically handicapped independent adults. In an extensive survey and analysis of the literature and existing facilities, the problem of mental retardation, including legislation…
Descriptors: Adults, Building Design, Disabilities, Housing
PDF pending restorationKidd, J. R. – 1969
The objectives of this study were: (1) to study the present goals and operations of the Banff school in Canada and to approach its unique contributions to the life of the nation, (2) to assess the role the school might play in the future, and (3) to determine the most effective arrangement for governing and support of the school. Most of this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education Centers, Data Collection, Educational Change
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Information Center on Exceptional Children. – 1972
The selected bibliography of programs for trainable mentally handicapped children contains approximately 55 abstracts with indexing information explained to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of August, 1972. Abstracts are said to be chosen using…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Down Syndrome, Exceptional Child Education
Cortazzo, Arnold D.; And Others – 1972
The study of the divisional concept, a residential model to intensive programing for optimal resident development, reported on effectiveness of intensive, specialized treatment programs on growth and development of retarded residents and compared effectiveness of four divisional or intensive, specialized treatment approaches to single, large…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Exceptional Child Research
